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'''''Speak for Yourself''''' is the second solo album by British singer ], following her collaborative effort with ] as ]. The album was released in the United States in 2005. It was written, produced, ], and funded by Heap, without the backing of a record label, and features guest appearances from ], who provides a guitar solo on "]", and Heap's ex-boyfriend, Richie Mills, who argues with her on "The Moment I Said It". |
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'''''Speak for Yourself''''' is the second studio album by English singer ]. It was released on 18 July 2005 in the United States. The album was written, produced, ], and funded by Heap, without the backing of a record label, and features guest appearances from ], who provides a guitar solo on "]", and Heap's ex-boyfriend, Richie Mills, who argues with her on "The Moment I Said It". Heap began working on ''Speak for Yourself'' following her collaborative effort with ] as ]. |
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''Speak for Yourself'' was re-released on 24 December 2012 by ], with additional deluxe and instrumental editions. |
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''Speak for Yourself'' was released in the United States in 2005, and released in the UK through Imogen Heap's own label, Megaphonic Records, in a ] created specifically by Heap, before being licensed to White Rabbit Recordings in 2006 for the UK and international markets. It is licensed to ] and ] in the US, where the first run of 10,000 copies were ] and encased in the digipak (further editions are in a standard jewel case with a cardboard slipcase).{{Citation needed|date = December 2014}} As of August 2009, it has sold 431,000 copies in the US according to Nielsen SoundScan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267524/colbie-caillats-no-1-miley-crashes-party-on-billboard-200|publisher=Billboard|title=Colbie Caillat's No. 1, Miley Crashes Party On Billboard 200|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|date=2 September 2009|accessdate=29 January 2019}}</ref> The album has also achieved gold status in Canada.<ref name="canada"/> In the United Kingdom the album has sold 39,000 copies.<ref name="billboard">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wBeEDJhw110C&q=imogen+heap+album+sales&pg=PA26|publisher=Billboard|title=Greatest Synchs|first= Mark|last=Sutherland|date=20 June 2009|accessdate=29 January 2019}}</ref> Songs ''Hide and Seek'', ''Speeding Cars'' and ''Goodnight and Go'' have sold 647,000, 223,000 and 159,000 copies in United States.<ref name="billboard"/> |
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==Background and development== |
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''Speak for Yourself'' was re-released digitally in deluxe, standard, and Instrumental versions on 24 December 2012 by ].<ref>http://speakforyourself.imogenheap.com/</ref> |
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Heap recorded ''Speak for Yourself'' between her 26th and 27th birthdays, from December 2003 to December 2004. While recording the album, Heap kept a graph on which she had the keys of songs on the ] and the tempos of songs on the Y axis so as to prevent herself from repeating ]s. The album was primarily recorded in her flat in ], ].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goggins |first1=Joe |title=DiS meets Imogen Heap: "I wanted to live in the moment" |url=https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4148136-dis-meets-imogen-heap--i-wanted-to-live-in-the-moment |website=] |access-date=27 November 2020 |language=en |date=3 September 2014 |archive-date=6 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206090348/https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4148136-dis-meets-imogen-heap--i-wanted-to-live-in-the-moment |url-status=dead }}</ref> "I Am in Love with You" was written by Heap at age 19 while she was on tour with ], while "Clear the Area" was the first song on the album to be fully written.<ref name="antimusic">{{cite web |last1=Seaver |first1=Morley |title=MorleyView: Imogen Heap interview - antiMusic.com |url=https://www.antimusic.com/morley/05/ImogenHeap.shtml |website=AntiMusic |access-date=1 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> The song "Daylight Robbery" was written for an advertising agency.<ref name="xtra2006">{{cite web |last1=Percy |first1=Shane |title=Music: Imogen Heap |url=https://www.dailyxtra.com/music-imogen-heap-21573 |website=] |access-date=4 December 2020 |language=en |date=24 May 2006}}</ref> |
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The album's cover was created by Heap's boyfriend at the time, who had been editing a photo of her taken by a friend in ], while the title was the first thing she thought of after seeing it.<ref name="antimusic" /> ''Speak for Yourself'' was released in the United States in 2005, and released in the UK through Imogen Heap's label, Megaphonic Records, in a ] created specifically by Heap,<ref name="westword">{{cite web |last1=Roberts |first1=Michael |title=Imogen Heap |url=https://www.westword.com/music/imogen-heap-5091189 |website=] |access-date=4 December 2020 |language=en |date=7 December 2006}}</ref> before being licensed to White Rabbit Recordings in 2006 for the UK and international markets. It is licensed to ] and ] in the US, where the first run of 10,000 copies were ] and encased in the digipak. As of August 2009, it has sold 431,000 copies in the US according to ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267524/colbie-caillats-no-1-miley-crashes-party-on-billboard-200|publisher=Billboard|title=Colbie Caillat's No. 1, Miley Crashes Party On Billboard 200|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|date=2 September 2009|access-date=29 January 2019}}</ref> The album has also achieved Gold status in Canada.<ref name="canada"/> The album has sold 39,000 copies in the United Kingdom.<ref name="billboard">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wBeEDJhw110C&q=imogen+heap+album+sales&pg=PA26|publisher=Billboard|title=Greatest Synchs|first= Mark|last=Sutherland|date=20 June 2009|access-date=29 January 2019}}</ref> Songs "]", "Speeding Cars" and "]" have sold 647,000, 223,000 and 159,000 copies in the ], respectfully.<ref name="billboard"/> |
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''Speak for Yourself'' was re-released digitally in deluxe, standard, and ] editions on 24 December 2012 by ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://speakforyourself.imogenheap.com/|title=Imogen Heap|website=Speakforyourself.imogenheap.com|access-date=7 June 2023}}</ref> |
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|rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="about.com">{{Cite web|url=http://dancemusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/ImogenHeap.htm|title=About.com review|website=Dancemusic.about.com|access-date=7 June 2023|archive-date=8 October 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061008115423/http://dancemusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/ImogenHeap.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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|rev3Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|last=Ridgway|first=Julian|date=18 July 2005|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/4156/reviews/12726-|title=Album Review: Imogen Heap – Speak For Yourself|work=]|accessdate=25 July 2005}}</ref> |
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|rev3Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|last=Ridgway|first=Julian|date=18 July 2005|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/4156/reviews/12726-|title=Album Review: Imogen Heap – Speak For Yourself|work=]|access-date=25 July 2005|archive-date=27 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827075400/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/4156/reviews/12726-|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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|rev4Score = B+<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/article/2005/11/07/speak-yourself/|title='Speak For Yourself' by Imogen Heap: EW Review|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> |
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|rev6score = 6/10<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/heapimogen-speak-2495933861.html|title=Imogen Heap: Speak For Yourself|website=PopMatters.com|date=19 December 2005|access-date=7 June 2023}}</ref> |
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''Speak for Yourself'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. A reviewer from ] gave the album a perfect score, describing it as "a roller coaster ride of beauty and head pounding intensity."<ref name="about.com" /> Conversely, David Raposa of '']'' opined that "the results of this musical terraforming are at once both gorgeous and bland."<ref name="Pitchfork" /> |
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]'s Ned Wharton named ''Speak for Yourself'' one of the best albums of 2005.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wharton |first1=Ned |title=Cuing Up the Year's Best Music |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5025103 |website=NPR |access-date=25 November 2020 |language=en |date=27 November 2005}}</ref> |
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]'s Ned Wharton named ''Speak for Yourself'' one of the best albums of 2005.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wharton |first1=Ned |title=Cuing Up the Year's Best Music |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5025103 |website=NPR |access-date=25 November 2020 |language=en |date=27 November 2005}}</ref> Also for NPR, American radio presenter ] named "Have You Got It in You?" one of the best songs of 2005.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harcourt |first1=Nic |title=Songs from a Year of 'Music Lust' |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5076321 |website=NPR |access-date=25 November 2020 |language=en |date=31 December 2005}}</ref> |
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"]" and "Goodnight and Go", the album's lead and second single respectively, were both featured in episodes of the US TV drama '']'', as was "Speeding Cars". "The Moment I Said It" was used in the '']'' episode called "Seven Seconds" and in the '']'' episode called "The Gravesitter". "Can't Take It In" was featured in the film '']''. "Clear the Area" was sampled by rapper/lyricist Saint. "Hide and Seek" was also used as the soundtrack for an advert by Sky promoting the Series 5 Finale of a television series, '']''. In 2009, "Hide and Seek" was sampled as the hook in the lead single for ], titled "]". The track "The Moment I Said It" was used for a group routine on ] choreographed by ]. Rapper ] also sampled the track "Speeding Cars" for the song "Textbook Stuff" which featured ]. The song "]" was featured in the 2006 romantic comedy '']'' and was later covered by ] for her 2013 Christmas album, '']''. |
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Credits adapted from ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Speak for Yourself / Imogen Heap |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/48751655/credits |website=Tidal |access-date=1 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> |
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The album's cover was created by Heap's boyfriend at the time, who had been editing a photo of her taken by a friend in Los Angeles, while the title was the first thing she thought of after seeing it. Speak for Yourself was released in the United States in 2005, and released in the UK through Imogen Heap's label, Megaphonic Records, in a digipak created specifically by Heap, before being licensed to White Rabbit Recordings in 2006 for the UK and international markets. It is licensed to RCA and Sony Legacy in the US, where the first run of 10,000 copies were copy protected and encased in the digipak. As of August 2009, it has sold 431,000 copies in the US according to Nielsen SoundScan. The album has also achieved Gold status in Canada. The album has sold 39,000 copies in the United Kingdom. Songs "Hide and Seek", "Speeding Cars" and "Goodnight and Go" have sold 647,000, 223,000 and 159,000 copies in the United States, respectfully.
