A Mouthful is the debut album by French/Finnish indie rock band The Dø, released on 14 January 2008. It spawned two singles: "On My Shoulders" (2007) and "At Last!" (2008).The Do The album was given a US release in April 2010, featuring additional versions of three of the album's songs as bonus tracks.
Track listing All songs written by Olivia Bouyssou Merilahti and Dan Levy.A Mouthful back cover. "Playground Hustle" – 2:55 "At Last!" – 4:09 "On My Shoulders" – 5:21 "Song for Lovers" – 2:24 "The Bridge Is Broken" – 4:42 "Stay (Just a Little Bit More)" – 3:06 "Unissasi laulelet" – 2:19 "Tammie" – 3:15 "Queen Dot Kong" – 3:14 "Coda" – 1:57 "Searching Gold" – 5:10 "When Was I Last Home?" – 3:34 "Travel Light" – 4:02 "Aha" – 4:19 "In My Box" – 1:48
Bonus tracks on the US release
Critical reception
Pitchfork Media gave the album a rating of 7.5 out of 10, noting "[A Mouthful] tries to balance the mature and the immature" and that "[Olivia B. Merilahti and Dan Levy] aren't shy about toying with musical categories (...) which compensates for the less-than-advisable inclusions, and the record is as ambitious and fun as any coming-out party in recent memory", but criticizing the lack of a better quality control.
Drowned in Sound gave it a rating of 9 out of 10, saying the band is like "a female Eminem backed with a brass band" or "PJ Harvey on the Moon".
French magazine Les Inrockuptibles gave a positive review, calling them a "cool and promising band".
The album was nominated for the Prix Constantin in 2008 but did not win.
Charts A Mouthful topped the French charts in its first week. It is the first English-sung pop French record to top the albums chart in France.THE DO - Biographie, albums, clips, cd sur MCM.net (archived link)The Dø – Aha – swisscharts.com
Chart (2008) Peakposition Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) 49 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) 39 French Albums (SNEP) 1 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 52
Sales
It was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 100,000 copies throughout Europe.
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