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| Released | May 7, 2013 (2013-05-07) | |||
| Length | 42:34 | |||
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| Producer | M. Ward | |||
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Volume 3 is the fourth studio album by She & Him, a collaboration between M. Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel. It was released by Merge Records on May 7, 2013, in the United States and on May 13, 2013, by Double Six Records in the United Kingdom.[1] On the album, there are eleven songs written by Deschanel and three cover songs.[2]
On March 7, 2013, the song "Never Wanted Your Love" was released as a single.[3] On April 10, 2013, the song "I Could've Been Your Girl" was released for streaming via SoundCloud.[4]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 67/100[5] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| Consequence of Sound |  [7] |
| Pitchfork | 7.5/10[8] |
| Sputnikmusic | 2.4/5[9] |
| Under the Gun Review | 6/10[10] |
Upon release, Volume 3 received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigned a normalized rating out of 100 based on reviews from mainstream publications, the album has a score of 67 out of 100, indicating generally favorable reviews (based on 29 reviews).[5] Gregory Heaney of Allmusic praised She and Him's "sunny, lovestruck sounds."[6] Magnet stated that the album is "instantly likeable,"[11] and Dale Eisinger of Consequence of Sound commented that the album contains many "effortless and fully realized songs."[7] However, while Rudy K. of Sputnikmusic praised, "the simplicity of the songs and the everyday romance they conjure," he also noted that at times the album "feels rote, a meticulous tastefulness that is pretty and nostalgic, yet largely uninteresting."[9]
Volume 3 debuted at number 15 on the Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 26,000 copies in the United States.[12]
All tracks are written by Zooey Deschanel, except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I've Got Your Number, Son" | 3:07 |
| 2. | "Never Wanted Your Love" | 3:13 |
| 3. | "Baby" (George Morton, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich) | 3:15 |
| 4. | "I Could've Been Your Girl" | 3:11 |
| 5. | "Turn to White" | 4:22 |
| 6. | "Somebody Sweet to Talk To" | 3:02 |
| 7. | "Something's Haunting You" | 2:52 |
| 8. | "Together" | 4:06 |
| 9. | "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" (Harry Noble) | 2:44 |
| 10. | "Snow Queen" | 2:32 |
| 11. | "Sunday Girl" (Chris Stein) | 3:04 |
| 12. | "London" | 2:28 |
| 13. | "Shadow of Love" | 2:42 |
| 14. | "Reprise (I Could've Been Your Girl)" | 1:49 |
She & Him
Additional musicians
Horn section on "Together" and "Snow Queen"
| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[13] | 53 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14] | 101 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard)[15] | 18 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[16] | 94 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[17] | 37 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[18] | 63 |
| USBillboard 200[19] | 15 |
| USTop Alternative Albums (Billboard)[20] | 3 |
| US Folk Albums (Billboard)[21] | 1 |
| USIndependent Albums (Billboard)[22] | 2 |
| USTop Rock Albums (Billboard)[23] | 3 |
| USTop Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[24] | 1 |
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