Album · Lily Allen
Alright, Still by Lily Allen
Alright, Still is an album by Lily Allen, released in 2006. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 22 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Smile”, on 14 lists with a best position of #15.
Alright, Still, Lily Allen's debut album, came out on Regal Recordings in 2006, and it sounds exactly like a smart-mouthed young Englishwoman who got knocked back by several labels and decided not to care. After London Records lost interest in her, she hooked up with the production duo Future Cut, started sessions in 2004 and posted demos onto her MySpace page long before anything reached the shops. The back half got finished in America with Greg Kurstin and Mark Ronson.
The music is pop that's been hanging around the ska, reggae and hip-hop racks: bouncy, sunny, deceptively sweet. The lyrics are the sting, chatty and absurd, picking over old boyfriends with a pitch-black grin, and salty enough to earn a Parental Advisory sticker. "Smile" went to the top of the UK singles chart, "LDN" and "Alfie" followed it out, and the album climbed to number two at home, went quadruple platinum there and drew a Grammy nod for Best Alternative Music Album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Alright, Still on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smile | 14 | #15 | – | 2006–2026 | |
| 2 | LDN | 6 | #8 | – | 2006–2025 | |
| 3 | Alfie | 1 | #92 | – | 2006 | |
| 4 | Everything's Just Wonderful | 1 | #93 | – | 2006 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.