Get Away from Me is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Nellie McKay. The album was met with widespread praise from critics, and charted on the Billboard 200, selling over 100,000 copies in the United States by August 2005. with an accompanying music video. The song was included on MTV2's "Shortlist 2004 Nominees" compilation and on the soundtrack for the TV series Weeds. McKay stated in an interview with ELLEgirl that the song was written about her neighbor, whom she has a crush on.
Critical reception
Get Away from Me was met with widespread praise from music critics. On the review aggregator Metacritic, the album holds a score of 79 out of 100, based on 17 reviews.
Commercial performance
Get Away from Me debuted at number 16 on the Billboard Heatseekers album chart on the chart dated March 13, 2004. The following week, the album rose to its number 7 peak on the Heatseekers chart and debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 181. The album remains her highest-charting album in the US, her only other album to reach the Billboard 200 being her Doris Day tribute album, Normal As Blueberry Pie. As of August 2005, Get Away from Me had sold 102,000 copies in the United States, according to Billboard.
Track listing
All songs written by Nellie McKay.
Personnel
Adapted from the liner notes of Get Away From Me
Instruments
- Jay Berliner – Spanish guitar
- Cenovia Cummins – violin, fiddle
- Patricia Davis – violin
- Joyce Hammann - violin
- Paul Holderbaum - orchestra director
- Jim Hynes - flugelhorn, trumpet
- Birch Johnson - trombone
- Billy Kaye - drums
- Richard Locker - cello
- Nellie McKay - chimes, glockenspiel, organ, percussion, piano, recorder, vibraphone, synthesizer, xylophone
- Emily Mitchell - harp
- Norman Panto - accordion
- Charles Pillow - flute, alto saxophone
- Carol Pool - violin
- Ari Roland - upright bass
- Rob Shaw - violin
- Andy Snitzer - clarinet, tenor saxophone
- Andy Stein - violin
- Corin Stiggall - electric bass
- Jade Synstelien - guitar
- Belinda Whitney-Barratt - concertmaster
Production
- Stuart Breed - assistant engineer
- Greg Calbi - mastering
- Geoff Emerick - engineer, producer
- Steve Genewick - assistant engineer
- Nellie McKay - associate producer
- Bill Airey Smith - assistant engineer
Miscellaneous
- Timothy Dark - rap consultant
- Phillip Stewart - rhythm consultant
- Elinda Whitney - contractor
- Amy T. Zielenski - photography
Charts
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