Marry Me (album)

Marry Me is the debut studio album by American musician St. Vincent. It was released on July 10, 2007, in the United States[15] and on September 3, 2007 in the United Kingdom, through Beggars Banquet Records. The album is named after a running gag from the television show Arrested Development.[16] As of 2009, the album has sold an estimated amount of 30,000 copies.[17]

Marry Me
Studio album by St. Vincent
Released	July 10, 2007 (2007-07-10)
Recorded	2007
Genre	Indie pop[1][2] chamber pop[3] art rock[4]
Length	43:38
Label	Beggars Banquet
Producer	Annie Clark with Brian Teasley Daniel Farris
St. Vincent chronology
Paris is Burning (2006) Marry Me (2007) Actor (2009)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
The A.V. Club	A[7]
BBC Collective	[8]
No Ripcord	8/10[9]
Pitchfork	8.0/10[10]
Rockfeedback	[11]
Slant Magazine	[12]
This Is Fake DIY	[13]
Yahoo Music UK	9/10[14]

Background

"I was working on Marry Me before I joined The Polyphonic Spree and then I finished it while touring with them. Sufjan Stevens heard it and asked me to be in his band and open for him. While I was opening for Sufjan in London, the people from Beggars Banquet were there, so I got a record deal based off of that performance. Mike Garson had recorded with The Polyphonic Spree on The Fragile Army, so I got to know him, and he was a really, really kind, sweet guy. He was doing this thing on MySpace at the time where people would basically send him tracks, and he would do his amazing Mike Garson thing on top of it. I think that's how we did it: I sent him my song 'Your Lips Are Red' and he just did his awesome crazy Mike Garson thing. I don't think I own a copy of this album! I think I have a file somewhere, but it's on a laptop that has died. I haven't heard it in years. Listening back to your old records feels a little like looking at a high-school yearbook." – Annie "St Vincent" Clark[18]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Annie Clark, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Now, Now"	4:25
2.	"Jesus Saves, I Spend"	3:56
3.	"Your Lips Are Red" (Clark, Daniel Hart)	4:41
4.	"Marry Me"	4:41
5.	"Paris is Burning"	4:20
6.	"All My Stars Aligned"	3:47
7.	"The Apocalypse Song"	3:47
8.	"We Put a Pearl in the Ground" (Mike Garson)	1:10
9.	"Landmines"	5:07
10.	"Human Racing"	3:48
11.	"What Me Worry?"	3:56
Total length:		43:38

Japanese bonus track

No.	Title	Length
12.	"These Days" (Jackson Browne)	3:19
Total length:		46:57

Personnel

Musicians

• Annie Clark – voices, guitars, bass, piano, organ, Moog, synthesizers, clavieta, xylophone, vibraphone, dulcimer, drum programming, triangle, percussion
• Daniel Hart – violin
• Rick Nelson – violin, viola, cello, upright bass
• Nathan Blaz – cello
• Heather Macintosh – cello
• Lauren Ross – flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, French horn
• Louis Schadwron – French horn
• Mike Garson – grand piano
• Merrilee Challiss – choir
• Jessica Grant – choir
• Andrea Paschal – choir
• Lester Nuby – vibraphone
• Daniel Farris – choir, synthesizer, percussion
• Mark Pirro – bass (track 1)
• Al Carlson – sound design (track 9)
• Aynsley Powell – drum programming (track 9)
• Brian Teasley – drums, percussion

Production

• Annie Clark – production, engineering, mixing
• Brian Teasley – production, additional engineering
• Daniel Farris – production, engineering, mixing
• Mike Garson – additional engineering
• Jeff Halbert – additional engineering
• Al Carlson – additional engineering
• John Golden – mastering
• Tod Seelie – cover photo
• Mary Manning – cover photo styling
• Hanni El Khatib – design and layout

References

1. "Marry Me - St. Vincent". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
2. "St. Vincent Strange Mercy". Slant. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
3. "St. Vincent, 'Actor'". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
4. "St. Vincent: Strange Mercy". Pitchfork. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
5. "Marry Me Reviews, Ratings, Credits and More at Metacritic". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
6. Allmusic review
7. The A.V. Club review
8. Turnbull, Stuart. "BBC – collective – st. vincent 'marry me' review plus full tracks". BBC Collective. Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
9. No Ripcord review
10. Pitchfork Media review
11. Rockfeedback review
12. Cinquemani, Sal. "St. Vincent: Marry Me | Music Review". Slant Magazine. Slant Magazine. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
13. This Is Fake DIY review
14. Yahoo Music UK review
15. "St. Vincent – Music". ILoveStVincent.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
16. "Pitchfork Guest List: St. Vincent". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
17. Ryzik, Melena (May 7, 2009). "I Like Things That Are Unsettling". New York Times: C1. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
18. Pinnock, Tom (January 2015). "Album by Album: St Vincent". Uncut: 54.

External links

Marry Me at MusicBrainz (list of releases)