Santogold (album)

Santogold was written and recorded in the span of eight weeks. She says she was "able to work with all these genres that are typically sub-cultural, like dub or punk or something, and then, by writing in a way that had hooks, made it accessible to everyone." Despite the album also being released on Lizard King Records, Santigold had left the label prior to the release of the album, saying that they "didn't allow me any freedoms. The label was a joke and I'll say that on the record. They weren't involved at all and pretty much got in the way." By the time the album was finished, she signed to Atlantic Records, who she says loved the album and asked her to not change anything on it. The track "My Superman" was inspired by the 1980 song "Red Light" by Siouxsie and the Banshees, and contains an interpolation of it: the song credits of the song were subsequently attributed half to Siouxsie Sioux and Steven Severin on the American Ascap website. ==Critical reception==

Santogold received acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 77, based on 27 reviews. and was positively compared to various acts, such as M.I.A., Pixies, Blondie, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Grace Jones, Debbie Harry, Goldfrapp, The Go-Go's, Joe Strummer, and the Slits. while Rolling Stone, Spin, and New York all listed the album at number 6 on their year-end lists. Pazz & Jop ranked it at number 7 on their annual list. NME also ranked it at number 7, while Slant Magazine placed it at number 9. Other publications who featured Santogold on their year-end lists include Q, The Guardian, Pitchfork, Consequence of Sound, Paste, PopMatters, Drowned in Sound, Gigwise, Mixmag, musicOMH and Blender. The album was also included in lists ranking the best albums of the 2000s (decade). Complex ranked it at number 26 on their list, as well as at number 24 on their "100 Best Albums of the Complex Decade" list, which includes albums released from 2002 to 2012. Slant Magazine placed the album at number 35 on their "Top 100 Albums of the 2000s" list, while Kitsap Sun and Les Inrockuptibles ranked it at number 66 and 76, respectively. In their "50 Essential Albums" list, which includes albums from 2004 to 2014, Clash ranked Santogold at number 41. ==Commercial performance==

As of 2012, Santogold had sold 225,000 copies and 932,000 individual downloads in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan. In 2009 the album was certified silver by the BPI. In 2010 it was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association, which indicates 100,000 sales across Europe. ==Track listing==

Notes • signifies an additional producer ==Personnel==

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Santogold. Musicians • Santi White – vocals , guitar , keyboards • John Hill – bass, guitar , keyboards , • John Morrical – organ , keyboards • Chuck Treece – drums • Chris Feinstein – guitar • Joao Salomao – guitar • Alex Lipsen – keyboards • Alfonzo Hunter – horns • K. Louis – horns • L. Benjamin – horns • Mike Dillon – percussion • Spank Rock – additional vocals • Trouble Andrew – additional vocals Artwork • Isabelle Lumpkin – artwork, design • Amanda Chiu – design, layout Production • Santi White – production • John Hill – production , additional production • Switch – production , additional production • Diplo – production , additional production • Jonnie "Most" Davis – production • Disco D – production • Freq Nasty – production • Jayson Jackson – executive production Technical • Santi White – recording , mixing • John Hill – recording , mixing , engineering , programming • John Morrical – mixing • Vaughan Merrick – mixing • Dan Carey – mixing • Switch – mixing • Disco D – programming • Dr. Israel – programming • Ted Jensen – mastering • Danielle Clare – 2nd engineer, Pro Tools operator ==Charts==

Weekly charts Year-end charts ==Certifications==