Greetings from Imrie House

Greetings from Imrie House is the debut studio album by The Click Five. It was released on August 16, 2005 and reached #15 on the U.S. Billboard 200. It contains singles "Just the Girl", "Catch Your Wave" and "Say Goodnight" and an iTunes single, "Pop Princess".

Greetings from Imrie House
Studio album by
The Click Five
ReleasedAugust 16, 2005
Recorded2005
GenrePop punk, power pop, pop rock, new wave, pop
Length39:10
LabelAtlantic, Lava
ProducerMike Denneen
The Click Five chronology
Angel to You (Devil to Me)
(2005)		 Greetings from Imrie House
(2005)		 Modern Minds and Pastimes
(2007)
Singles from Greetings from Imrie House
  1. "Just the Girl"
    Released: August 16, 2005
  2. "Catch Your Wave"
    Released: November 22, 2005
  3. "Pop Princess"
    Released: 2006
  4. "Say Goodnight"
    Released: August 2006
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Album of the Year68/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[2]
AllMusic[3]
Blender[4]
Entertainment Weekly(B)[5]
IGN(0.2/10)[6]
Rolling Stone[7]

Background

The album's title refers to the band's Boston house on Imrie Street where they lived while writing the album and attending Berklee School of Music.[8]

The album's musical style of "retro new wave and power pop" was inspired by Cheap Trick, the Beach Boys, and the Knack.[8]

Commercial performance

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 15 on September 3, 2005, marking the highest-ranking debut for any pop or rock band that year, selling 51,541 copies.[8] It was also the best debut in Lava Records' history.[9] Billboard's Melinda Newman opined that the grassroots following the band had developed online responsible for the high debut.[10] In its second week, the album dropped to number 28.[10]

In an era of declining album sales, the band moved 268,000 copies of the album by January 2006, considered disappointing in comparison to the sales of lead single "Just the Girl". "Part of me likes the idea of being a singles band," said Joe Guese to Rolling Stone at the time.[11]

Reception

Greetings from Imrie House received mixed reviews, holding a score of 68 out of 100 on music review aggregator Album of the Year, based on three reviews.[1] Rolling Stone's Barry Walters deemed the album and group "Simultaneously retro, current, mainstream-minded and knowing."[7] Gary Susman of Entertainment Weekly called it "insanely catchy blend," combining "guitar crunch, pop hooks, and Queen-worthy vocal harmonies."[5] John D. Luerssen of AllMusic predicted the band would be considered "disposable," while also attracting "instant acclaim" from other quarters.[3]

Spin's Jessica Grose found the album "unbelievably derivative and banal," commenting, "The thought of the Click Five catering to legions of swooning tweens may be inevitable considering their tour partners, but you don't have to be part of the Click Five problem. You can be part of the solution."[12] A reviewer for IGN was explicitly negative, describing the record at times "an aborted fetus" and "nauseatingly acrimonious," while also suggesting readers should instead download music from Leonard Cohen (misattributed as Joel Cohen), A Tribe Called Quest, and Can.[6]

Track listing
Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Good Day"Ben Romans, Ethan Mentzer3:09
2."Just the Girl"Adam Schlesinger3:54
3."Catch Your Wave"Romans, Mentzer, Joe Guese2:52
4."I'll Take My Chances"Schlesinger, D. Scott3:49
5."Friday Night"Romans, Mentzer3:31
6."Angel to You (Devil to Me)"Romans, P. Stanley3:29
7."Resign"Romans, Eric Dill3:06
8."Pop Princess"Romans4:18
9."Time Machine"Romans3:14
10."Lies"A. Bailey, J. Currie, M. Leeway2:58
11."Say Goodnight"Romans, N. Campany4:50
Total length:39:10
iTunes edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Catch Your Wave" (live version)Romans, Mentzer, Guese4:25
Total length:43:35
Japanese edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."I Think We're Alone Now"Ritchie Cordell2:55
13."Just the Girl" (acoustic live version)Schlesinger3:52
14."Just the Girl" (music video)  
15."Catch Your Wave" (music video)  
Total length:45:29

Personnel

Notes

The song "Pop Princess" was included on the soundtrack for the first season of the Disney Channel original series Hannah Montana.

References
  1. "Greetings from Imrie House at Album of the Year". Album of the Year. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  2. "Review of The Click Five' Greetings from Imrie House". Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  3. John D. Luerssen. "The Click Five – Greetings from Imrie House". AllMusic. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  4. Stephanie Zacharek. "The Click Five - Greetings from Imrie House". Blender. Alpha Media Group. Archived from the original on November 28, 2005. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  5. Gary Susman (August 15, 2005). "Greetings from Imrie House". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  6. "The Click Five - The House of Imrie". IGN. September 19, 2005. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  7. Barry Walters (August 25, 2005). "The Click Five – Greetings from Imrie House". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 10, 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  8. "The Click Five's Debut Album "Greetings From Imrie House" Debuts at #15 on the Billboard Top 200" (Press release). New York: Marketwired. August 24, 2005. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  9. "The Hot Box". Billboard. 117 (36): 85. September 3, 2005. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  10. Melinda Newman (September 10, 2005). "Don't Call Them 'Boy Bands'". Billboard. 117 (37): 64. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  11. Steve Baltin (January 20, 2006). "Stefani, Peas Lead Singles Boom". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  12. Jessica Grose (August 17, 2005). "The Click Five, 'Greetings From Imrie House' Review". Spin. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
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