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| Complete Me | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 31 July 2009 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 45:23 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer |
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| Frankmusik chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 Completely Me cover | ||||
| Singles from Complete Me | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (62/100)[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| BBC Music | (mixed)[3] |
| Clash | (8/10)[4] |
| Drowned in Sound | (2/10)[5] |
| The Guardian | [6] |
| The Independent | (positive)[7] |
| Metro | [8] |
| musicOMH | [9] |
| NME | (1/10)[10] |
| The Times | [11] |
Complete Me is the debut studio album by English recording artist Frankmusik. It was released in the United Kingdom on 3 August 2009 by Island Records. A deluxe edition, released on the same day in both CD and digital formats, included a bonus CD titled "Re-Complete Me", containing the full album remixed and re-edited by Frankmusik himself into one continuous 38-minute DJ set.[12][13] An acoustic version of the album titled Completely Me was released digitally on 6 December 2009. New versions of the songs were monthly released through the year 2022 as a new version album called Completed.
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "In Step" | Vincent Turner |
| 3:40 |
| 2. | "Better Off as 2" | Turner |
| 2:56 |
| 3. | "Gotta Boyfriend?" | Turner |
| 3:20 |
| 4. | "Confusion Girl" | Turner |
| 2:59 |
| 5. | "Your Boy" | Turner |
| 2:41 |
| 6. | "When You're Around" |
| 2:51 | |
| 7. | "3 Little Words" | Turner |
| 2:50 |
| 8. | "Wonder Woman" | Turner |
| 2:57 |
| 9. | "Complete Me" | Turner |
| 2:56 |
| 10. | "Vacant Heart" |
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| 3:31 |
| 11. | "Time Will Tell" |
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| 3:08 |
| 12. | "Done Done" | Turner | Frankmusik | 3:42 |
| 13. | "Run Away from Trouble" | Turner |
| 4:20 |
| 14. | "Olivia" (hidden track; added onto the end of track 13) | Turner | Frankmusik | 3:32 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14. | "My Mind" | Turner | 3:54 |
| 15. | "3 Little Words" (video) | 2:59 | |
| 16. | "Better Off as 2" (video) | 3:04 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "3 Little Words" | 3:21 |
| 2. | "In Step" | 3:48 |
| 3. | "Confusion Girl" | 3:27 |
| 4. | "Better Off as 2" | 3:42 |
| 5. | "Wonder Woman" | 3:26 |
| 6. | "Complete Me" | 3:28 |
| 7. | "Gotta Boyfriend?" | 3:17 |
| 8. | "Time Will Tell" | 3:22 |
| 9. | "Your Boy" | 2:34 |
| 10. | "Done Done" | 3:01 |
| 11. | "Run Away from Trouble" | 4:10 |
(*) denotes additional producer
- Notes
- "When You're Around" is an adaptation of "Golden Brown" by The Stranglers.
- "Vacant Heart" contains elements from "Madam Butterfly (Un bel dì vedremo)" by Malcolm McLaren.
- "Time Will Tell" contains elements from "Pump Up the Volume" by MARRS.
Completely Me
[edit]The acoustic version of the album, titled Completely Me, was released digitally on 6 December 2009 containing the same track listing as that of the standard album (except for "When You're Around"), but each song was re-recorded and stripped down.[15] As such, the running time for each song differs from the original release.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "In Step" | 3:39 |
| 2. | "Better Off as 2" | 2:50 |
| 3. | "Gotta Boyfriend?" | 3:17 |
| 4. | "Confusion Girl" | 3:20 |
| 5. | "Your Boy" | 2:42 |
| 6. | "3 Little Words" | 3:20 |
| 7. | "Wonder Woman" | 2:50 |
| 8. | "Complete Me" | 3:04 |
| 9. | "Vacant Heart" | 3:07 |
| 10. | "Time Will Tell" | 3:12 |
| 11. | "Done Done" | 3:43 |
| 12. | "Run Away from Trouble" | 3:46 |
Personnel
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Complete Me 2009
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Charts
[edit]| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Irish Albums Chart[16] | 88 |
| UK Albums Chart[17] | 13 |
Release history
[edit]| Country | Date | Label | Edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 31 July 2009[18] | Island Records | Standard, deluxe |
| United Kingdom | 3 August 2009[19][20] | ||
| Germany | 18 August 2009[21] | Universal Music | Standard |
| United Kingdom | 6 December 2009[15] | Island Records | Completely Me |
Completed new album version
[edit]| Completed | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 31 December 2022 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 58:00 | |||
| Label | All in | |||
| Producer |
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| Frankmusik chronology | ||||
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Background
[edit]A new version of the album reworked from scratch, titled Completed, was released in December 2022 under Turner's own label. With a song release each last day of the month from January till December. The track listing is slightly different from the Original Complete Me album, it includes a reworked version of Made Her Smile from Turner's 2007 EP Frankisum. An instrumental version of each track is included on the digital version. In April 2023 Turner managed to release a self funded blue vinyl version of the album. The vinyl had 100 signed copies that sold out quickly.[22]
| No. | Title | Month Release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "In Step" | January | 4:07 |
| 2. | "Better Off as 2" | February | 3:51 |
| 3. | "Gotta Boyfriend?" | March | 3:27 |
| 4. | "Confusion Girl" | April | 3:14 |
| 5. | "Your Boy" | May | 3:15 |
| 6. | "When You're Around" | June | 2:59 |
| 7. | "3 Little Words" | July | 3:56 |
| 8. | "Wonder Woman" | August | 3:00 |
| 9. | "Complete Me" | September | 3:32 |
| 10. | "Vacant Heart" | September | 3:58 |
| 11. | "Time Will Tell" | October | 3:24 |
| 12. | "Done Done" | November | 6:22 |
| 13. | "Run Away From Trouble" | December | 4:28 |
| 14. | "Made Her Smile" | December | 4:25 |
- Notes
- "When You're Around" is an adaptation of "Golden Brown" by The Stranglers. Both songs were reworked from scratch during the process of the album. The original Stanglers'song was released at the end of June performed by Turner on his Spotify and YouTube channel. It was one of the first bonus track.[23]
- A new version of the hidden track "Olivia" was supposed to be produced but matter of time Turner did not make it.[24]
References
[edit]- ^ "Complete Me – Frankmusik". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ O'Brien, Jon. "Complete Me – Frankmusik". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ Davies, Lucy (31 July 2009). "Review of Frankmusik – Complete Me". BBC Music. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ Zadeh, Joe (26 June 2009). "Frankmusik – Complete Me". Clash. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
- ^ Perry, Kevin E.G. (6 August 2009). "Frankmusik – Complete Me". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 8 August 2009. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
- ^ Sullivan, Caroline (31 July 2009). "Frankmusik: Complete Me". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ Price, Simon (12 July 2009). "Album: Frankmusik, Complete Me, (Island)". The Independent. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ Haider, Arwa (3 August 2009). "Frankmusik finds a way to Complete you". Metro. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
- ^ Cragg, Michael. "Frankmusik – Complete Me". musicOMH. Archived from the original on 2 August 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
- ^ Chester, Tim (5 August 2009). "Album review: Frankmusik – 'Complete Me'". NME. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ Paphides, Pete (24 July 2009). "Driven under the influences : Pop: Frankmusk: Complete Me". times2: arts|style|life : arts : new releases. The Times. No. 69896. London, England. p. 11. Gale IF0503882457, A219998992.
- ^ "Frankmusik – Complete Me (Deluxe Edition)". Discogs. 3 August 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Complete Me (Deluxe Version) by Frankmusik". iTunes Store UK. January 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Complete Me by Frankmusik". iTunes Store UK. Apple Inc. January 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ a b "Completely Me (Acoustic Version) by Frankmusik". iTunes Store UK. Apple Inc. January 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Top 100 Individual Artist Albums". Irish Recorded Music Association. 6 August 2009. Archived from the original on 22 November 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
- ^ "Frankmusik – Complete Me". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Frankmusik – Complete Me[deluxe Ed]". Tower Records Ireland. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Frankmusik: Complete Me". HMV. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Frankmusik: Complete Me: 2cd: Deluxe Edition". HMV. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Frankmusik – Complete Me" (in German). Universal Music Germany. Retrieved 25 May 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Frankmusik [@frankmusik] (31 March 2023). "Plastic news" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Frankmusik [@frankmusik] (1 July 2022). "Golden Brown completed version" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Frankmusik [@frankmusik] (2 October 2022). "Made her Smile track but no Olivia song on the completed version" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
