| Louder, Please | ||||
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| Studio album by Rose Gray | ||||
| Released | 17 January 2025 (2025-01-17) | |||
| Genre | Dance-pop | |||
| Length | 41:26 | |||
| Label | PIAS | |||
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Louder, Please is the debut studio album by the English singer Rose Gray, released on 17 January 2025 through PIAS Recordings. She co-wrote the album with a variety of collaborators and producers, including Alex Metric, Sega Bodega, Ryland Blackinton, Vaughn Oliver, and Shawn Wasabi. The album was preceded by the release of five singles between July and December 2024: "Free", "Angel of Satisfaction", "Switch", "Wet & Wild", and "Party People".
Background and production
Louder, Please was written over the course of two years before being produced, mixed, and mastered in the following six months.
Release and promotion
The lead single from the album, titled "Free", was released on 10 July 2024. It was followed by "Angel of Satisfaction" on 14 August. On 18 September, Gray announced the album's title, Louder, Please, and uploaded its third single "Switch". A fourth single was titled "Wet & Wild" and released on 7 November. "Party People" was released as the fifth and final single from the album on 31 December 2024. NME included Louder, Please on its list of the most anticipated releases of 2025. PIAS Recordings released the album on 17 January 2025.
Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.4/10 |
| Metacritic | 81/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Clash | 7/10 |
| Dork | 4/5 |
| The Guardian |   |
| NME | |
On the review aggregator site Metacritic, which assigns a normalized score out of 100 to ratings from publications, Louder, Please holds a weighted mean of 81 based on 4 critics' reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". AnyDecentMusic? gave the album a score of 7.4 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus from 6 reviews.
In a review for Dork, Martyn Young wrote that the album "is a sonic journey for head, body and soul to soundtrack all your partying needs for 2025". Michael Cragg of The Guardian believed that hedonism is the main theme on the album and praised the "dance-pop anthems that pierce the heart". Rolling Stone UK included the album on a list of the best releases of the week; its staff said that Gray "cements her place as one of dance music's most exciting new voices", and that the album "could be one of the year's defining dance records". Sydney Brasil of Exclaim! wrote that Gray brings her "own flair to the dance floor" and perceived elements of jungle and house music. NME's Rishi Shah praised the hooks and melodies, and said that the genres of Gray's previous EPs, house and rave-pop, "pierce even deeper into the underground" on Louder, Please. Aimee Philips of Clash finished her review saying that the album "captures the spirit of the dance floor with unflinching authenticity", although it "doesn’t reinvent the wheel".
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Damn" |
| Alvarez | 2:25 |
| 2. | "Free" |
| Zhone | 3:11 |
| 3. | "Wet & Wild" |
| Sur Back | 3:02 |
| 4. | "Just Two" |
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| 3:22 |
| 5. | "Tectonic" |
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| 3:16 |
| 6. | "Party People" |
| Sega Bodega | 3:14 |
| 7. | "Angel of Satisfaction" |
| 3:31 | |
| 8. | "Switch" |
| Homaee | 3:00 |
| 9. | "Hackney Wick" |
| Alvarez | 3:50 |
| 10. | "First" |
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| 3:08 |
| 11. | "Everything Changes (But I Won't)" |
| Shawn Wasabi | 3:51 |
| 12. | "Louder, Please" |
| Sur Back | 5:30 |
| Total length: | 41:26 | |||
Personnel
The credits shown below are adapted from Apple Music.
- Rose Gray – vocals
- Pat Alvarez – keyboards (1, 9), mixing engineer (1, 9, 10), recording engineer (1)
- Dan Grech-Marguerat – mixing engineer (2, 8)
- Chris Allen – mixing engineer (3, 7)
- Joe Brown – keyboards, recording engineer (4)
- Alex Metric – keyboards, recording engineer (5)
- Rob Milton – keyboards, recording engineer (5)
- Ewan Pearson Summer – mixing engineer (5)
- Sega Bodega – keyboards (6)
- Vaughn Oliver – keyboards, recording engineer (7)
- Ryland Blackinton – keyboards, recording engineer (7)
- Shawn Wasabi – keyboards (11)
References
- ^ Shah, Rishi (15 January 2025). "Rose Gray – 'Louder, Please' review: transcendence and escapism from London's underground raves". NME. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- Hess, Liam (19 September 2024). "Is Rose Gray the Next Big British Pop Star?". Vogue. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- Newton, Felicity (11 July 2024). "Rose Gray ushers in her debut album era with euphoric new single 'Free'". Dork. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- Murray, Robin (14 August 2024). "Rose Gray Shares New Single 'Angel Of Satisfaction'". Clash. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- Pappis, Konstantinos (19 September 2024). "Rose Gray Announces Debut Album, Shares New Single 'Switch'". Our Culture Mag. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- "Rose Gray has shared her new single 'Wet & Wild', about a crazy night in New York". Dork. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- Kelly, Tyler Damara (2 January 2025). "Rose Gray unveils new single, "Party People"". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- "NME's most anticipated album releases of 2025". NME. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ^ "Louder, Please by Rose Gray reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
- ^ "Louder, Please by Rose Gray Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ Philips, Aimee. "Rose Gray – Louder, Please". Clash. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ^ Young, Martyn (15 January 2025). "Rose Gray – Louder, Please". Dork. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ^ Cragg, Michael (17 January 2025). "Rose Gray: Louder, Please review – escapist dance-pop fizzes with inventiveness". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- "6 albums you need to hear this week". Rolling Stone UK. 17 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- Brasil, Sydney (20 January 2025). "Rose Gray Bets on Herself as the Next Big Pop Girl with 'Louder, Please'". Exclaim!. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- "Louder, Please — Album by Rose Gray". Apple Music (US). Retrieved 23 January 2025.