Take Me When You Go

Take Me When You Go is the debut studio album by Australian-American recording artist Betty Who, released on 3 October 2014 by RCA Records. The album is preceded by the extended plays The Movement, Slow Dancing and Worlds Apart.

Take Me When You Go
Studio album by Betty Who
Released	3 October 2014 (2014-10-03)
Recorded	2012–2014
Studio	Capitol Studios, LA Conway Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA Fort Knox, Sherman Oaks, CA Pulse Recording, Los Angeles, CA The Boiler Room, Sherman Oaks, CA The Bubble, Boston, MA The Estate, London, UK The Lodge, West Hollywood, CA The Rose Cottage, East Greenwich, RI Westlake Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Pop synth-pop dance-pop power pop
Length	49:48
Label	RCA
Producer	David Ryan Harris Martin Johnson Mag Kyle Moorman Vaughn Oliver Brandon Paddock Starsmith Peter Thomas
Betty Who chronology
Worlds Apart (2014) Take Me When You Go (2014) The Valley (2017)
Singles from Take Me When You Go
"Somebody Loves You" Released: 30 November 2012[1] "Heartbreak Dream" Released: 18 February 2014[2] "All of You" Released: 16 September 2014[3]

Who writes from the perspective of a millennial learning to navigate breakups, loves of all shapes and sizes, and coming to terms with her own growing maturity. In an interview with Billboard she said "A lot of the relationships that inspired this record ended with me coming to terms with [the fact] that I love myself far too much to be anybody's second choice. That was a huge growth for me that led to the arc, the storyline of this record."^[4]

Commercial performance

Take Me When You Go debuted at number 68 on the Billboard 200, selling 5,000 copies in its first week.^[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Consequence of Sound	C+[7]
Idolator	4/5[8]
PopMatters	6/10[9]

Take Me When You Go received general acclaim upon release.^[10] Heather Phares from AllMusic said; "Take Me When You Go has a lot of appealing moments". Phares complemented "The Whitney Houston-inspired 'Somebody Loves You'", and said "'Heartbreak Dream' remains soaringly romantic and 'Alone Again' continues to charm with its flirtatious yet bittersweet melody and slowly shredding guitar solo, which gives even more cred to Who's '80s devotion."^[6] Janine Schaults from Consequence of Sound said "Combining Adele's hopeless romanticism, Pink's spunky streak, and Madonna's early whimsy seems like a potion ready-made for radio domination...Yet, Miss Betty can't shake a 'been there, done that' feel." but added "That's not to say [Who] doesn't conjure exquisite moments. Coincidentally, these fleeting instances of perfection occur when she strips away all the trimmings of a pop princess."^[7] Robbie Daw from Idolator said "Bottom line: Betty Who's first album is as good as you hoped. In that regard, she's done her job and delivered on the promise of that first EP from 18 months ago."^[8] Enio Chiola from PopMatters said "It's an album filled to the brim with tracks that, on their own, are really quite good, but lack enough diversity to keep you interested for all 13 songs." Chiola complemented tracks "Just Like Me", "High Society", "Glory Days" and "Somebody Loves You".^[9]

Brennan Carley from Spin magazine said "Betty is at her absolute best when she lets us see the cracks in her gloss, like on the halting wallop of an album opener 'Just Like Me'" and said the stand out track is "Dreaming About You", adding "[it's] a smart dance album that's both totally of the moment and also mindful of its lengthy list of pop predecessors."^[11] Spinalso included the album on their list of the best albums of 2014.^[12]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Just Like Me"	Betty Who Peter Thomas Marco Borrero	Thomas Mag Jay Vice[a]	3:38
2.	"High Society"	Who Thomas	Thomas	4:00
3.	"Glory Days"	Who Martin Johnson Thomas	Johnson Thomas[b] Brandon Paddock[b] Kyle Moorman[b]	4:02
4.	"Somebody Loves You"	Who Thomas	Thomas	3:30
5.	"Missing You"	Who Claude Kelly Thomas Colin Norman	Thomas Vice[a] Kelly[c]	3:32
6.	"Better"	Who Finlay Dow-Smith Scott Hoffman	Starsmith Vice[a]	3:48
7.	"All of You"	Who Thomas	Thomas	3:58
8.	"Runaways"	Who Thomas Pete Sallis	Thomas Vaughn Oliver Vice[a]	3:29
9.	"A Night to Remember"	Who Johnson	Johnson Paddock[b] Moorman[b]	3:54
10.	"Heartbreak Dream"	Who Thomas	Thomas Vice[c]	3:49
11.	"Alone Again"	Who Thomas	Thomas David Ryan Harris Vice[c]	3:46
12.	"Dreaming About You"	Who Johnson	Thomas Johnson Paddock[b] Moorman[b]	3:49
13.	"California Rain"	Who Thomas	Thomas Vice[a]	4:33

Deluxe edition bonus tracks^[13]

No.	Title	Length
14.	"You're in Love"	3:54
15.	"Lovin' Start"	4:12
16.	"Silas"	4:48
17.	"Giving Me Away"	3:56
18.	"Right Here"	3:59

Notes

• ^{^a} signifies a vocal producer
• ^{^b} signifies an additional producer
• ^{^c} signifies an additional vocal producer

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Take Me When You Go.^[14]

Betty Who – vocals (all tracks); gang vocals (tracks 1, 3); keyboards (track 12); additional instrumentation, piano, programming (track 13); executive producer Helene Valvatne Andås – back tray image John August – backing vocals, gang vocals (tracks 3, 12); additional programming (track 12) Pran Bandi – engineering (track 4) Lindsey Cook – A&R Chris Gehringer – mastering Serban Ghenea – mixing (tracks 2–4, 9, 12) Erwin Gorostiza – creative director John Hanes – engineering for mix (tracks 2–4, 9, 12) David Ryan Harris – additional instrumentation, guitar, guitar solo, keyboards, production, programming (track 11) Michelle Holme – art direction, design Marcus Johnson – engineering assistance (tracks 3, 9, 12) Martin Johnson – acoustic guitar (track 3); additional instrumentation, backing vocals, gang vocals, keyboards, piano (tracks 3, 12); bass, electric guitar, engineering, percussion, production, programming (tracks 3, 9, 12) Claude Kelly – additional vocal production (track 5) Manya Kuzemchenko – cover design Mag – additional instrumentation, bass, guitar, keyboards, piano, production, programming (track 1) Shane McCauley – photography Molly McCook – additional backing vocals (track 12) Kyle Moorman – additional production, engineering (tracks 3, 9, 12); programming (tracks 3, 12); gang vocals (track 3)

Vaughn Oliver – mixing (tracks 7, 8); additional instrumentation, guitar, keyboards, production, programming (track 8) Brandon Paddock – additional production, engineering, programming (tracks 3, 9, 12); gang vocals (tracks 3, 12); bass (track 9) Nick Price – gang vocals (track 4) Mike Roberts – additional engineering (track 1); engineering (tracks 2, 4); mixing (tracks 10, 11) Max Schad – mixing (tracks 5, 13) Ethan Schiff – management John Schmidt – engineering assistance (track 9) Starsmith – drum programming, keyboards, mixing, production, synthesizer (track 6) Peter Thomas – bass (track 1); additional instrumentation, programming (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10–13); keyboards (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11); production (track 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10–13); guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 8, 10–12); gang vocals (tracks 1, 3); piano (tracks 1, 13); additional production (track 3); executive producer Jay Vice – engineering (tracks 1, 13); vocal production (tracks 1, 5, 6, 8, 13); additional vocal production (tracks 10, 11); additional programming (track 13) Eric Von – engineering (tracks 10, 11) Miles Walker – mixing (track 1)

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Australian Hitseekers Albums (ARIA)[15]	4
US Billboard 200[16]	68

Release history

Region	Date	Formats	Label	Ref.
Germany	3 October 2014	CD digital download	Sony	[17][18]
United States	7 October 2014		RCA	[19][20]
Australia	7 November 2014		Sony	[21][22]

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