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Single (music)
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In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats, in most cases, a single is a song that is released separately from an album, although it usually also appears on an album. Typically, these are the songs from albums that are released separately for promotional uses such as digital download or commercial radio airplay and are expected to be the most popular, in other cases a recording released as a single may not appear on an album. As digital downloading and audio streaming have become prevalent, it is often possible for every track on an album to also be available separately. Nevertheless, the concept of a single for an album has been retained as an identification of a heavily promoted or more popular song within an album collection. Despite being referred to as a single, singles can include up to as many as three tracks on them. The biggest digital music distributor, iTunes, accepts as many as three tracks less than ten minutes each as a single, as well as popular music player Spotify also following in this trend. Any more than three tracks on a release or longer than thirty minutes in total running time is either an Extended Play or if over six tracks long. The basic specifications of the single were made in the late 19th century. Gramophone discs were manufactured with a range of speeds and in several sizes. By about 1910, however, the 10-inch,78 rpm shellac disc had become the most commonly used format, the inherent technical limitations of the gramophone disc defined the standard format for commercial recordings in the early 20th century.26 rpm. With these factors applied to the 10-inch format, songwriters and performers increasingly tailored their output to fit the new medium, the breakthrough came with Bob Dylans Like a Rolling Stone. Singles have been issued in various formats, including 7-inch, 10-inch, other, less common, formats include singles on digital compact cassette, DVD, and LD, as well as many non-standard sizes of vinyl disc. Some artist release singles on records, a more common in musical subcultures. The most common form of the single is the 45 or 7-inch. The names are derived from its speed,45 rpm. The 7-inch 45 rpm record was released 31 March 1949 by RCA Victor as a smaller, more durable, the first 45 rpm records were monaural, with recordings on both sides of the disc. As stereo recordings became popular in the 1960s, almost all 45 rpm records were produced in stereo by the early 1970s
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Paolo Nutini
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Paolo Giovanni Nutini is a Scottish singer, songwriter and musician from Paisley. Nutinis debut album, These Streets, peaked at three on the UK Albums Chart. Its follow-up, Sunny Side Up, debuted at one on the UK Albums Chart. Both albums have been certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. After 5 years, Nutini released his studio album, Caustic Love. The album received reviews from music critics. Caustic Love debuted at one on the UK Album Charts and was certified platinum by the BPI in June 2014. In late July 2014, he was referred to by the BBC as arguably Scotlands biggest musician right now, Nutini was born in Paisley, Scotland and has a younger sister. His father, Alfredo, is a Scot of Italian descent while his mother and he was expected to follow his father into the family fish and chip shop business. He was first encouraged to sing by his grandfather, Giovanni Jackie Nutini, and a teacher at his school, St Andrews Academy. Nutini left school to work as a roadie and to sell t-shirts for Scottish band Speedway and he spent three years learning the music business and performing live. He later worked as a hand at Glasgows Park Lane Studio. It was here, where he started demo-ing songs, writing with Jim Duguid and the drummer of Speedway. His big chance came when his family member signed him up to his first live show 102.5 Clyde 1 for David Sneddons return to his home town of Paisley at the beginning of 2003. Sneddon was delayed, and as the winner of a pop quiz. The favourable reaction of the crowd impressed another member of the audience, Brendan Moon, Mike Bawden continues to manage Nutini. At 17, Nutini moved to London and performed regularly at The Bedford pub in Balham with local Singer/Songwriter Charlie Wallis. Other radio and live appearances followed, including two live acoustic spots on Radio London, The Hard Rock Cafe, and support slots for The Rolling Stones, Amy Winehouse, Nutini became known for singing with his eyes closed during his entire performances
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Sunny Side Up (Paolo Nutini album)
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Sunny Side Up is the second studio album by Scottish singer and songwriter Paolo Nutini, released on 29 May 2009 in Ireland and 1 June 2009 in the United Kingdom. Nutini and his band, The Vipers, toured the United States briefly before a UK tour prior to the albums release, the album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart. Nutini recorded the album himself with his band The Vipers, with Ethan Johns contributing mixing, the album features guest appearances from trombonist Rico Rodriguez and. uestlove. The album was the eighth best-selling album in the United Kingdom of 2009, on 3 January 2010, Sunny Side Up topped the UK Albums Chart for a second time, making it the first number-one album in the United Kingdom of 2010 and the decade. On 19 February 2010, Colin Farrell presented Nutini with Best International Album for Sunny Side Up at the 2010 Meteor Awards, on 20 May 2010, Sunny Side Up won Best Album at the Ivor Novello Awards. The album was nominated for MasterCard British Album at the 2010 BRIT Awards, the first single from the album was Candy, which reached No.19 on the UK Singles Charts. The song is Nutinis third highest peak to date, after Last Request, the second single was Coming Up Easy, reaching No.62 on the UK Singles Chart. The song became his lowest charting single to date, spending just one week within the top 75, the third single to be released was Pencil Full of Lead. The song was released on 2 November 2009 and peaked at No.17 on the UK Singles Charts and it is his second highest chart success and the biggest hit single from Sunny Side Up, spending 21 weeks inside the top 75. The fourth single from the album was 10/10, the song was released on 11 January 2010 as a digital download only single. Once 10/10 was released, the song debuted at No.100 on the UK Singles Charts and it spent a total of six weeks inside the top 75. The album received a critical reception. Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph was also positive, stating his joyous second album organically blends soul, country, folk and it was described by The Guardians Caroline Sullivan as not bad, with opening track 10/10 described as jaunty enough to make you retch. Graeme Thomson of The Observer saw the album as an attempt by Nutini at rebranding himself as a hybrid of John Martyn, Otis Redding. The album performed well on the Irish Albums Chart, debuting at number two behind Eminems new album before rising to the top of the charts the week after. All tracks written by Paolo Nutini, except where noted
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A-side and B-side
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The terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 78,45, and 33 1/3 rpm phonograph records, whether singles, extended plays, or long-playing records. Creedence Clearwater Revival had hits with both A-side and B-side releases, others took the opposite approach, producer Phil Spector was in the habit of filling B-sides with on-the-spot instrumentals that no one would confuse with the A-side. With this practice, Spector was assured that airplay was focused on the side he wanted to be the hit side, the earliest 10-inch,78 rpm, shellac records were single sided. Double-sided recordings, with one song on side, were introduced in Europe by Columbia Records. There were no record charts until the 1930s, and radio stations did not play recorded music until the 1950s, in this time, A-sides and B-sides existed, but neither side was considered more important, the side did not convey anything about the content of the record. The term single came into use with the advent of vinyl records in the early 1950s. At first, most record labels would randomly assign which song would be an A-side, under this random system, many artists had so-called double-sided hits, where both songs on a record made one of the national sales charts, or would be featured on jukeboxes in public places. As time wore on, however, the convention for assigning songs to sides of the record changed. By the early sixties, the song on the A-side was the song that the company wanted radio stations to play. It was not until 1968, for instance, that the production of albums on a unit basis finally surpassed that of singles in the United Kingdom. In the late 1960s stereo versions of pop and rock songs began to appear on 45s. The majority of the 45s were played on AM radio stations, by the early 1970s, double-sided hits had become rare. Album sales had increased, and B-sides had become the side of the record where non-album, non-radio-friendly, with the advent of cassette and compact disc singles in the late 1980s, the A-side/B-side differentiation became much less meaningful. With the decline of cassette singles in the 1990s, the A-side/B-side dichotomy became virtually extinct, as the dominant medium. However, the term B-side is still used to refer to the tracks or coupling tracks on a CD single. With the advent of downloading music via the Internet, sales of CD singles and other media have declined. B-side songs may be released on the record as a single to provide extra value for money. There are several types of material released in this way, including a different version, or, in a concept record
