2021 studio album by Ruby Fields
Been Doin' It for a Bit | ||||
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Studio album by Ruby Fields | ||||
Released | 24 September 2021 | |||
Recorded | 2020 | |||
Studio | Waiuku, New Zealand The Music Farm, Byron Bay, Australia | |||
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Length | 33:27 | |||
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Singles from Been Doin' It for a Bit | ||||
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Been Doin' It for a Bit is the debut studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Ruby Fields, released through Space 44 Records and Flightless on 24 September 2021. The album debuted at number 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart. At the J Awards of 2021, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.
Background and recording
Fields recorded the album in Waiuku, New Zealand in early 2020, but the sessions were cut short when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. They ultimately regrouped to complete the record at The Music Farm, Byron Bay later in the year. The Australian Independent Record Labels Association said "The finished product is a declaration of individual and artistic independence that reflects the complexities of growing up, making mistakes, and ultimately making peace with one's fallibility."
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
The AU Review | |
Clash | 8/10 |
NME Australia |
Matt Doria from NME Australia called the album a "gut-punching debut from an indie-rocker wiser than her years."
Dylan Marshall from The AU Review named it "A genuinely fun and charismatically easy listen" and "the edge of summer album you've been looking forward to after a long and bleak winter".
Shannon Garner from Clash felt that "the album is everything that Fields has built her name on – a modern, no-bullshit personality, and is an honest celebration of where she is at in life."
Al Newstead from ABC said "Each song on Been Doin' It for a Bit is packed with detail and memorable lines that convey so much more than their seemingly banal settings initially appear. From kitchens to pubs, backyards to bottle-os, Ruby is capable of being hilarious and heartfelt all at once, having you crying into a frothie as much as laughing over one."
In a review for Blunt Magazine, Mary Varvaris wrote that the album was "even greater than expected", stating that Fields created an album packed with "punchy, energetic, honest pop-punk anthems" with an "Aussie spin".
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Song About a Boy" | Ruby Fields, Tim Fitz | 3:49 |
2. | "R.E.G.O." | Fields, Chris Collins | 2:59 |
3. | "Kitchen" | Fields | 4:53 |
4. | "Bruises" | Fields | 2:57 |
5. | "Airport Cafe" | Fields, Fitz | 2:59 |
6. | "Pokies" (featuring Adam Newling) | Fields | 3:09 |
7. | "Pretty Grim" | Fields, Fitz | 2:49 |
8. | "Ouch" | Fields | 1:46 |
9. | "Worms" | Fields | 2:12 |
10. | "Clothes Line" | Fields | 3:22 |
11. | "Bottle-O" | Fields | 2:32 |
Total length: | 33:27 |
Charts
Chart (2021) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) | 1 |
Release history
Region | Date | Format | Edition(s) | Label | Catalogue | Reference |
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Various | 24 September 2021 | Standard | Ruby Fields | |||
Australia | CD |
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LP | Super blue vinyl | S44LP0009 |
See also
References
- ^ "Been Doin' It for a Bit by Ruby Fields". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ Varvaris, Mary (21 September 2021). "Review: Ruby Fields – Been Doin' It For A Bit". Blunt Magazine. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- "Pretty Grim – Single by Ruby Fields on Apple Music". Apple Music AU. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- "Ruby Fields releases new single, "R.E.G.O." announces tour". NME Australia. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- Young, David James (13 July 2021). "Ruby Fields announces debut album Been Doin It for a Bit, shares new single". NME Australia. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- Gray, Geordie (21 September 2021). "Ruby Fields unveils 'Bottle'o' ahead of the release of her debut album". Tone Deaf. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- "Ruby Fields lands debut ARIA #1 album". ARIA Charts. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- Kelly, Vivienne (1 November 2021). "Triple j reveals J Awards nominees". The Music Network. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- "Feature: Ruby Fields – Been Doin' It for a Bit". Australian Independent Record Labels Association. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ Marshall, Dylan (23 September 2021). "Album of the Week: Ruby Fields – Been Doin' It for a Bit (2021 LP)". The AU Review. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ Garner, Shannon (23 September 2021). "Ruby Fields - Been Doin' It For A Bit". Clash. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ Doria, Matt (24 September 2021). "Ruby Fields – Been Doin It for a Bit review: gut-punching debut from an indie-rocker wiser than her years". NME Australia. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- Newstead, Al (28 September 2021). "Ruby Fields: still the artist you'd most want to sink a tinnie and talk sh*t with". ABC. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- "Australiancharts.com – Ruby Fields – Been Doin' It for a Bit". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- "Been Doin' It for a Bit by Ruby Fields". Apple Music. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- "Been Doin' It for a Bit by Ruby Fields". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 16 October 2021.