{{Use Australian English|date=October 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox album | name = Been Doin' It for a Bit | type = studio | artist = Ruby Fields | cover = Been Doin' It for a Bit by Ruby Fields.png | alt = | released = 24 September 2021 | recorded = 2020 | studio = Waiuku, New Zealand<br>The Music Farm, Byron Bay, Australia | genre = {{flatlist| * Alternative<ref name="JB CD"/> * pop punk<ref name="BluntMag"/>}} | length = 33:27 | label = * Ruby Fields * Space 44 * Flightless | producer = {{flatlist| * Chris Collins * Tim Fitz}} | prev_title = Permanent Hermit | prev_year = 2019 | next_title = Small Achievements | next_year = 2026 | misc = {{Singles | name = Been Doin' It for a Bit | type = studio | single1 = Pretty Grim | single1date = 25 September 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/pretty-grim-single/1531056620 |title=Pretty Grim – Single by Ruby Fields on Apple Music |website=Apple Music AU |date=25 September 2020|accessdate=26 September 2020}}</ref> | single2 = R.E.G.O. | single2date = 6 April 2021<ref name="REGO">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/ruby-fields-to-tour-nationally-from-this-month-2914333|title=Ruby Fields releases new single, "R.E.G.O." announces tour|website=NME Australia|date=6 April 2021|access-date=10 April 2021}}</ref> | single3 = Song About a Boy | single3date = July 2021<ref name="Been NME">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/ruby-fields-announces-debut-album-been-doin-it-for-a-bit-shares-new-single-2992080|title=Ruby Fields announces debut album ''Been Doin It for a Bit'', shares new single|website=NME Australia|date=13 July 2021|access-date=16 July 2021|author=Young, David James}}</ref> | single4 = Bottle-O | single4date = 21 September 2021<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/ruby-fields-bottle-o/ |title=Ruby Fields unveils 'Bottle'o' ahead of the release of her debut album |publisher=Tone Deaf |date=21 September 2021 |access-date=24 September 2021 |author=Gray, Geordie |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921061719/https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/ruby-fields-bottle-o/ |archive-date=21 September 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> }} }}
'''''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/news/ruby-fields-lands-debut-aria-1-album|title=Ruby Fields lands debut ARIA #1 album|website=ARIA Charts|date=1 October 2021|access-date=16 October 2021}}</ref> At the J Awards of 2021, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.<ref name="2021nomsJ">{{cite web|url=https://themusicnetwork.com/triple-j-award-nominees-2021/|title=Triple j reveals J Awards nominees|website=The Music Network|date=1 November 2021|access-date=1 November 2021|author=Kelly, Vivienne}}</ref>
==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."<ref name="AIRfeature">{{cite web|url=https://air.org.au/2021/09/29/feature-ruby-fields-been-doin-it-for-a-bit/|title=Feature: Ruby Fields – Been Doin' It for a Bit|website=Australian Independent Record Labels Association|date=29 September 2021|access-date=17 October 2021}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = ''The AU Review'' | rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="theAUReview">{{cite web|url=https://www.theaureview.com/music/album-of-the-week-ruby-fields-been-doin-it-for-a-bit-2021-lp/|title=Album of the Week: Ruby Fields – Been Doin' It for a Bit (2021 LP)|work=The AU Review|last=Marshall|first=Dylan|date=23 September 2021 |access-date=17 October 2021}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Clash'' | rev2score = 8/10<ref name="ClashReview">{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/ruby-fields-been-doin-it-for-a-bit/|title=Ruby Fields - Been Doin' It For A Bit|work=Clash|last=Garner|first=Shannon|date=23 September 2021 |access-date=17 October 2021}}</ref> | rev3 = ''NME Australia'' | rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="NMEReview">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/reviews/album/ruby-fields-been-doin-it-for-a-bit-review-3053921|title=Ruby Fields – ''Been Doin It for a Bit'' review: gut-punching debut from an indie-rocker wiser than her years|work=NME Australia|last=Doria|first=Matt|date=24 September 2021 |access-date=16 October 2021}}</ref> }}
Matt Doria from ''NME Australia'' called the album a "gut-punching debut from an indie-rocker wiser than her years."<ref name="NMEReview"/>
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".<ref name="theAUReview"/>
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."<ref name="ClashReview"/>
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."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/musicnews/ruby-fields-been-doin-it-for-a-bit-feature-debut-album-review/13561644|title=Ruby Fields: still the artist you'd most want to sink a tinnie and talk sh*t with|website=ABC|date=28 September 2021|access-date=16 October 2021|author=Newstead, Al}}</ref>
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".<ref name="BluntMag">{{cite web |last1=Varvaris |first1=Mary |url=https://www.bluntmag.com.au/reviews/ruby-fields-been-doin-it-for-a-bit/ |title=Review: Ruby Fields – Been Doin' It For A Bit |website=Blunt Magazine |access-date=29 July 2022 |date=21 September 2021}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = Track listing for ''Been Doin' It for a Bit'' | total_length = 33:27 | title1 = Song About a Boy | writer1 = Ruby Fields, Tim Fitz | length1 = 3:49 | title2 = R.E.G.O. | writer2 = Fields, Chris Collins | length2 = 2:59 | title3 = Kitchen | writer3 = Fields | length3 = 4:53 | title4 = Bruises | writer4 = Fields | length4 = 2:57 | title5 = Airport Cafe | writer5 = Fields, Fitz | length5 = 2:59 | title6 = Pokies | note6 = featuring Adam Newling | writer6 = Fields | length6 = 3:09 | title7 = Pretty Grim | writer7 = Fields, Fitz | length7 = 2:49 | title8 = Ouch | writer8 = Fields | length8 = 1:46 | title9 = Worms | writer9 = Fields | length9 = 2:12 | title10 = Clothes Line | writer10 = Fields | length10 = 3:22 | title11 = Bottle-O | writer11 = Fields | length11 = 2:32 }}
==Charts== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Chart performance for ''Been Doin' It for a Bit'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Australia|1|artist=Ruby Fields|album=Been Doin' It for a Bit|rowheader=true|access-date=16 October 2021|refname=Australia}} |}
==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+ Release history and formats for ''Been Doin' It for a Bit'' ! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Edition(s) ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| Catalogue ! scope="col"| Reference |- ! scope="row"| Various | rowspan="4" | 24 September 2021 | {{hlist|digital download|streaming}} | rowspan="2"| Standard | Ruby Fields | | <ref name="Apple Music">{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/been-doin-it-for-a-bit/1575323398|title=Been Doin' It for a Bit by Ruby Fields|website=Apple Music|access-date=16 October 2021}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="3" scope="row" | Australia | CD | rowspan="3" | {{hlist|Space 44|Flightless}} | S44CD0009 | <ref name="JB CD">{{cite web|url=https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/cd-fields-ruby-been-doin-it-for-a-bit-cd?queryID=cd208f55a9ed4ad57008eb1969a0196e&objectID=524726|title=Been Doin' It for a Bit by Ruby Fields|website=JB Hi-Fi|access-date=16 October 2021}}</ref> |- | LP | Super blue vinyl | S44LP0009 | <ref name="JB LP">{{cite web|url=https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/vinyl-fields-ruby-been-doin-it-for-a-bit-super-blue-vinyl-lp-colour-may-vary?queryID=ce3e963ae5416940892f3c9f9756a58d&objectID=524722|title=Been Doin' It for a Bit by Ruby Fields|website=JB Hi-Fi|access-date=16 October 2021}}</ref> |- |Cassette | |FLTD-002 |<ref>{{Citation |title=Ruby Fields - Been Doin' It For A Bit |date=2021-09-24 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/21195997-Ruby-Fields-Been-Doin-It-For-A-Bit |access-date=2025-01-29 |publisher=Discogs |language=en}}</ref> |}
==See also== * List of number-one albums of 2021 (Australia)
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Ruby Fields}} {{Authority control}}
Category:2021 debut albums Category:Ruby Fields albums Category:Albums produced by Tim Fitz Category:Flightless (record label) albums Category:Self-released albums