Alright, Still

{{Short description|2006 studio album by Lily Allen}} {{good article}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox album | name = Alright, Still | type = studio | artist = Lily Allen | cover = Lily Allen - Alright, Still.png | border = yes | alt = Lily Allen, with her hair up wearing a skirt and top, sits among many drawings of cultural objects. | released = {{Start date|2006|7|13|df=yes}} | recorded = 2004–2006 | studio = * The Sample Factory (London){{efn|Tracks 1–3, 9 and 10}} * The Fish Market (London){{efn|Track 1}} * Allido (New York City){{efn|name=Track 8|Track 8}} * Sarm West (London){{efn|name=Track 8}} * 80 Hertz (Manchester){{efn|Track 9}} | genre = * Pop<ref name="popmatters"/> * reggae * R&B<ref name="DuPont">{{cite web|url=https://voir.ca/albums/lily-allen-alright-still/|title=Lily Allen: Alright, Still|website=Voir|last=DuPont|first=Jean-Pierre|date=28 September 2006|access-date=27 September 2016|language=fr|quote=entre la pop, le reggae et le R&B|archive-date=16 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816015732/https://voir.ca/albums/lily-allen-alright-still/|url-status=live}}</ref> | length = {{duration|m=37|s=12}} | label = Regal | producer = * Iyiola Babalola * Pablo Cook * Future Cut * Greg Kurstin * Darren Lewis * Blair MacKichan * Mark Ronson * TMS | next_title = It's Not Me, It's You | next_year = 2009 | misc = {{Singles | name = Alright, Still | type = studio | single1 = Smile | single1date = 3 July 2006 | single2 = LDN | single2date = 25 September 2006 | single3 = Littlest Things | single3date = 11 December 2006 | single4 = Alfie" / "Shame for You | single4date = 5 March 2007 }} }} '''''Alright, Still''''' is the debut studio album by English singer Lily Allen, released on 13 July 2006 by Regal Recordings. After being rejected by several record labels, Allen signed to London Records, who eventually lost interest in her, leading her to meet production duo Future Cut and sign to Regal Recordings. Recording for the album began in 2004, with sessions between Allen and Future Cut, and Allen's work garnered publicity on the internet as she posted demos to her MySpace account before all of her work were officially released. Allen later travelled to the United States to work with Greg Kurstin and Mark Ronson to complete the final half of the album in 2006.

''Alright, Still'' is predominately a pop album, with songs that are heavily influenced by Jamaican ska music,<ref name="popmatters">{{cite web |last=Begrand |first=Adrien |url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/lily-allen-alright-still/ |title=Lily Allen: Alright, Still |website=PopMatters |date=29 January 2007 |access-date=17 December 2013 |quote=Allen displays a preoccupation with a wide variety of styles, from ska and rocksteady [...] it's best to appreciate it for what it really is, a simple, smart pop record |archive-date=4 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204063019/http://www.popmatters.com/review/lily-allen-alright-still/ |url-status=live}}</ref> reggae and hip hop. The lyrics are conversational and farcical, discussing past relationships with a dark sense of humour. Due to the instances of strong language in a majority of the songs, the album was released with a Parental Advisory warning, although the song "Friday Night" remained censored on all versions of the album.

Upon its release, ''Alright, Still'' received acclaim from the British music press, with international critics calling the record and Allen "original". It was commercially successful in the United Kingdom, where it debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart and was later certified quadruple platinum. ''Alright, Still'' has sold over 2.5&nbsp;million copies worldwide. The album earned a nomination for Best Alternative Music Album at the 50th Grammy Awards. It was promoted by the release of four singles, including the chart-topper "Smile" and the top-10 single "LDN".

==Background== When her family went to Ibiza on holiday, Allen told her mother that she was staying with friends but remained in Sant Antoni de Portmany instead. She earned money by working at a Plastic Fantastic record store and dealing ecstasy.<ref name="observer-pictures">{{cite news |last=Sawyer |first=Miranda |author-link=Miranda Sawyer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/may/21/popandrock.lilyallen |title=Pictures of lily |newspaper=The Observer |date=21 May 2006 |access-date=27 January 2016 |archive-date=9 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709150351/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/may/21/popandrock.lilyallen |url-status=live}}</ref> Allen met her first manager, George Lamb, in Ibiza.<ref name="observer-pictures"/> She was rejected by several labels, which she attributed to her drinking and being the daughter of actor Keith Allen. She eventually used her father's connections to get signed to London Records in 2002.<ref name="guardian">{{cite news |last=Salmon |first=Chris |url=https://www.theguardian.com/arts/filmandmusic/story/0,,1877506,00.html |title=Me, my dad and Dumbo |newspaper=The Guardian |date=22 September 2006 |access-date=31 August 2018 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803182026/https://www.theguardian.com/arts/filmandmusic/story/0,,1877506,00.html |url-status=live}}</ref> When the executive who had signed her left, the label lost interest and she left without releasing the folk songs that had been written for her, many of which were written by her father.<ref name="guardian"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Heath |first=Chris |author-link=Chris Heath |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/4223221/Llly-Allen-uncertain-smile.html |title=Lily Allen: uncertain smile |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=16 January 2009 |access-date=3 April 2018 |archive-date=9 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709150352/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/4223221/Llly-Allen-uncertain-smile.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="urb">{{cite magazine |last=Sisson |first=Patrick |url=http://www.urb.com/2007/03/29/lily-allen-mighty-aphrodite/ |title=Lily Allen: Mighty Aphrodite |magazine=URB |issue=143 |date=29 March 2007 |access-date=12 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107223652/http://www.urb.com/2007/03/29/lily-allen-mighty-aphrodite/ |archive-date=7 November 2012}}</ref> She then studied horticulture to become a florist, but changed her mind and returned to music. Allen began writing songs, while her manager introduced her to production duo Future Cut in 2004. They worked in a small studio in the basement of an office building.<ref name="urb"/>

==Development== Allen's manager introduced her to production duo Future Cut in 2004. They worked in a small studio in the basement of a Manchester office building.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Sisson |first=Patrick |url=http://www.urb.com/2007/03/29/lily-allen-mighty-aphrodite/2/ |title=Lily Allen: Mighty Aphrodite |magazine=URB |issue=143 |date=29 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226231339/http://www.urb.com/2007/03/29/lily-allen-mighty-aphrodite/2/ |archive-date=26 February 2014 |access-date=27 January 2016}}</ref> In 2005, Allen was signed to Regal Recordings; the label gave her £25,000 to produce an album, though they were unable to provide much support for it due to their preoccupation with other releases such as Coldplay's ''X&Y'' and Gorillaz' ''Demon Days''.<ref name="pfint">{{cite web |last=Plagenhoef |first=Scott |url=https://www.pitchfork.com/features/interviews/6476-lily-allen/ |title=Interviews: Lily Allen |website=Pitchfork |date=6 November 2006 |access-date=24 June 2007 |archive-date=18 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318073106/http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/6476-lily-allen/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Allen created an account on MySpace and began posting demos in November 2005.<ref name="pfint"/> The demos attracted thousands of listeners, and 500 limited edition 7" vinyl singles of one of the demos, a song titled "LDN", were rush-released and sold for as much as £40.<ref name="pfint"/><ref name="observer-pictures"/> Allen also produced two mixtapes titled ''My First Mixtape'' and ''My Second Mixtape'' to promote her work, including tracks by the band Creedence Clearwater Revival and rappers Dizzee Rascal and Ludacris. As she accumulated tens of thousands of MySpace friends, ''The Observer Music Monthly'' (''OMM''), a magazine published in ''The Observer'', took interest.<ref name="observer-pictures"/> Few people outside of her label's A&R department had heard of Allen, so the label were slow in responding to publications who wanted to report about her.<ref name="pfint"/>

In March 2006, ''OMM'' published an article about Allen's success through MySpace, and she received her first major mainstream coverage appearing in the magazine's cover story two months later. The popularity of her songs convinced her label to allow her more creative control over the album and to use some of the songs that she had written instead of attempting to work with mainstream producers. Allen found herself distracted by the publicity, so to focus on finishing the album, she travelled to the United States to work with producers Greg Kurstin and Mark Ronson. There, she was able to complete the second half of the album in approximately two weeks.<ref name="pfint"/>

The album's title is used in a line from the second track, "Knock 'Em Out": "You look alright still, yeah what's your name?"

==Music and lyrics== {{listen |pos=right | filename = Lily Allen - LDN.ogg | title = "LDN" | description = The second song released as a single, featuring a ska sample of "Reggae Merengue". | format = Ogg }} In her songs, Allen develops various personas.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Chris |last=Willman |url=https://ew.com/article/2007/03/12/chat-lily-allen-makes-us-smile/ |title=Blooming Lily |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=12 March 2007 |access-date=31 August 2008 |archive-date=1 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001155143/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20014651,00.html |url-status=live}}</ref> She stated that she tried to "write about stuff that happens to people from all different backgrounds". The lyrics are conversational, with a dark sense of humour.<ref name="observer-pictures"/> In many of the songs, one of Allen's personae disparages someone around her.<ref name="pitchfork"/> In "Smile", "Not Big", and "Shame for You", she insults an ex-boyfriend.<ref name="Allmusic"/> In "Knock 'Em Out", she mocks suitors at a bar, and Lily reprimands her brother Alfie on the song of the same name.<ref name="blender">{{cite magazine |last=Dolan |first=Jon |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=4362 |title=Lily Allen: Alright, Still |magazine=Blender |issue=56 |date=March 2007 |page=129 |access-date=30 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930165300/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=4362 |archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref>

Joe Strummer, a close friend of Allen's father Keith, played mixtapes of Brazilian music and Jamaican reggae and ska when she was young. Allen stated that she had "always been into very black music" such as ska, reggae, and hip hop music. Since she did not know how to rap, she chose to use reggae as a point of reference when making ''Alright, Still''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Eliscu |first=Jenny |author-link=Jenny Eliscu |title=Lily Allen |magazine=Rolling Stone |issue=1011 |date=19 October 2006 |page=84}}</ref> The album's music blends ska and reggae with pop melodies.<ref name="CG"/> Allen's melodies are influenced by the jazz improvisation techniques of American singers Blossom Dearie and Ella Fitzgerald.<ref>Powers, Ann. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-mar-11-ca-allen11-story.html "More than a girlie girl"] . ''Los Angeles Times'', page F-13. 11 March 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2008.</ref> The album's beats are influenced by various genres such as jazz and grime.<ref name="observer-pictures"/>

==Promotion== thumb|Allen performing at "Solidays" on 7 July 2007 In 2007, Allen played the newly launched Park Stage at the Glastonbury Festival, replacing M.I.A. who had cancelled.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.nme.com/news/glastonbury/29159 |title=Lily Allen plays surprise set at Glastonbury |magazine=NME |date=22 June 2007 |access-date=24 July 2011 |archive-date=22 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022090959/http://www.nme.com/news/glastonbury/29159 |url-status=dead}}</ref> During the festival she reunited two members of the Specials, an act that guitarist Lynval Golding claimed played a "massive part" in the group's 2009 reunion.<ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Martin |url=http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/passtheremote/2009/05/the-specials-reunuion-all-down.html |title=The Specials reunion all down to Lily Allen |newspaper=Coventry Telegraph |date=15 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703041652/http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/passtheremote/2009/05/the-specials-reunuion-all-down.html |archive-date=3 July 2009}}</ref>

<!--ONLY PUT THIS INFO IF A RELIABLE SOURCE IS FOUND. On the day of the official release of "Smile", Allen performed and did an exclusive record signing at private record store Sister Ray in Soho, London, where she performed four songs from her debut album ''Alright, Still'', namely "LDN", "Knock 'Em Out", "Littlest Things" and "Smile", followed by the signing.-->On the day "Smile" was released, Allen appeared on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge with DJ Jo Whiley, performing an acoustic version of "Smile" and a cover of the Kooks' song "Naïve".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/photos/jowhiley/297/17|publisher=BBC Radio 1|title=Lily Allen – 03 Jul 06|access-date=19 October 2009|archive-date=19 July 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719234057/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/photos/jowhiley/297/17|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the Secret Garden Party, in September 2006, Allen made a rendition of the song and afterwards stated: "The festival was well good, particularly as Lester, my ex, who I wrote 'Smile' about, and subsequently sold his story to the papers, had a tent called 'the shit tent' positioned directly opposite the main stage. So he and his new girlfriend had no option but to watch me perform to a couple of thousand people singing 'Smile' back to me. Oh, it's the little things eh!"<ref>{{cite news |last=Godwin |first=Richard |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23373466-welcome-to-lilys-world.do |title=Welcome to Lily's world |newspaper=London Evening Standard |date=7 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605054713/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23373466-welcome-to-lilys-world.do |archive-date=5 June 2011 |access-date=19 October 2009}}</ref> "Smile" was performed live as part of the setlist of Allen's 2007 concert tour.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/lily-allen/8073|magazine=NME|title=Lily Allen/New Young Pony Club: Leadmill, Sheffield, Saturday, October 28|first=Alex|last=Miller|date=13 November 2006|access-date=3 September 2009|archive-date=16 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216152143/http://www.nme.com/reviews/lily-allen/8073|url-status=live}}</ref> During the 2007 South by Southwest music festival, Allen said, "I'm so sick of this song, but I'll play it for you, Austin" before singing it.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.nme.com/news/lily-allen/27062 |title=Lily Allen struts her stuff at SXSW |magazine=NME |access-date=16 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212063334/http://www.nme.com/news/lily-allen/27062 |archive-date=12 February 2008}}</ref> On 3 February 2007, the singer was invited as a musical guest on ''Saturday Night Live'', where she performed "Smile" and "LDN".{{Citation needed|date=December 2025}}

==Critical reception== {{Album ratings | MC = 79/100<ref name="metacritic"/> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web |last=Phares |first=Heather |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/alright-still-mw0000557097 |title=Alright, Still – Lily Allen |website=AllMusic |access-date=1 June 2014 |archive-date=9 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140609200600/http://www.allmusic.com/album/alright-still-mw0000557097 |url-status=live}}</ref> | rev2 = ''The A.V. Club'' | rev2score = A−<ref>{{cite web |last=Matos |first=Michaelangelo |url=https://www.avclub.com/lily-allen-alright-still-1798202309 |title=Lily Allen: Alright, Still |website=The A.V. Club |date=30 January 2007 |access-date=31 August 2018 |archive-date=31 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831051429/https://music.avclub.com/lily-allen-alright-still-1798202309 |url-status=live}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Blender'' | rev3score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="blender"/> | rev4 = ''The Guardian'' | rev4score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="guardian-review">{{cite news |last=Heawood |first=Sophie |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jul/14/popandrock.shopping1 |title=Lily Allen, Alright, Still |newspaper=The Guardian |date=14 July 2006 |access-date=27 January 2016}}</ref> | rev5 = ''MSN Music'' (Consumer Guide) | rev5score = A−<ref name="CG">{{cite web |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cg2007-02.php |title=Consumer Guide |website=MSN Music |date=February 2007 |access-date=4 March 2020 |via=robertchristgau.com |archive-date=24 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124020805/http://robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cg2007-02.php |url-status=live}}</ref> | rev6 = ''NME'' | rev6score = 7/10<ref name="nme">{{cite magazine |last=Elan |first=Priya |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/lily-allen/7978 |title=Lily Allen: Alright, Still |magazine=NME |date=17 July 2006 |access-date=19 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090438/http://www.nme.com/reviews/lily-allen/7978 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev7score = 8.3/10<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web |last=Pytlik |first=Mark |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9221-alright-still/ |title=Lily Allen: Alright, Still |website=Pitchfork |date=18 July 2006 |access-date=19 June 2011 |archive-date=23 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423134114/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9221-alright-still/ |url-status=live}}</ref> | rev8 = ''Q'' | rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Lily Allen: Alright, Still |magazine=Q |issue=241 |date=August 2006 |page=111}}</ref> | rev9 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev9score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="RSreview">{{cite magazine |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/alright-still-20070122 |title=Alright, Still |magazine=Rolling Stone |issue=1019 |date=8 February 2007 |page=66 |access-date=6 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212225122/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/13135176/review/13232056/alright_still |archive-date=12 February 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev10 = ''Spin'' | rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Wood |first=Mikael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G-FewpAsvB0C&pg=PA82 |title=She's Crafty |magazine=Spin |volume=23 |issue=2 |date=February 2007 |page=82 |issn=0886-3032 |via=Google Books |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616225752/http://www.spin.com/reviews/lily-allen-alright-still-capitol |archive-date=16 June 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> }}

''Alright, Still'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 79, based on 27 reviews.<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/alright-still/lily-allen |title=Alright, Still by Lily Allen Reviews and Tracks |website=Metacritic |access-date=31 August 2018 |archive-date=30 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180530234849/http://www.metacritic.com/music/alright-still/lily-allen |url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Observer''{{'}}s Rosie Swash stated that Allen's "uniquely acidic brand of pop" music justified the publicity it generated and that "the icing on the cake is that brutally barbed tongue".<ref name="observer-review">{{cite news |last=Swash |first=Rosie |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jul/16/22 |title=Lily Allen, Alright, Still |newspaper=The Observer |date=16 July 2006 |access-date=27 January 2016 |archive-date=2 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202203420/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jul/16/22 |url-status=live}}</ref> Ron Webb wrote for ''Drowned in Sound'' that the album "is almost a brilliant record, easily a good one and one that promises to divide opinion like Marmite".<ref>{{cite web |last=Webb |first=Ron |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/7691/reviews/999875-lily-allen-alright-still |title=Album Review: Lily Allen – Alright, Still |website=Drowned in Sound |date=18 July 2006 |access-date=27 January 2016 |archive-date=2 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202054002/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/7691/reviews/999875-lily-allen-alright-still |url-status=live}}</ref> In a review for ''The Guardian'', Sophie Heawood stated that "the album is rough round the edges, that amateurism serves to bring the listener in", noting that it gave the album a more personal touch.<ref name="guardian-review"/> ''NME''{{'}}s Priya Elan remarked that "with a personality this size, this isn't the last time you'll be hearing from [Allen]".<ref name="nme"/>

The album generally received positive reviews from international music press. Rob Sheffield wrote for ''Rolling Stone'' that Allen's sense of irony was "just more proof that [she is] an original".<ref name="RSreview"/> Heather Phares of AllMusic stated that "enough of ''Alright, Still'' works—as pure pop and on the meta level Allen aims for—to make the album a fun, summery fling, and maybe more".<ref name="Allmusic"/> Praising Allen for her "genuine personality with wit and attitude to spare", ''Pitchfork''{{'}}s Mark Pytlik remarked that the album "isn't anything else but a fantastic success".<ref name="pitchfork"/> In his review for ''Blender'', Jon Dolan complimented Allen's "little-sisterly" personality, describing it as a combination "of panache and self-doubt, courage and chaos".<ref name="blender"/>

On the other hand, ''Stylus Magazine'' dismissed the album as "nothing more than pop for people who hate pop music" and "phony music for people who can't let go of their inhibitions",<ref name="stylus">{{cite web |last=Passantino |first=Dom |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/lily-allen/alright-still.htm |title=Lily Allen – Alright, Still – Review |website=Stylus Magazine |date=21 July 2006 |access-date=19 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413123907/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/lily-allen/alright-still.htm |archive-date=13 April 2009}}</ref> while ''Slant Magazine'' deemed it "rubbish" and called Allen "sickeningly contemptuous".<ref name="slant">{{cite web |last=Cinquemani |first=Sal |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/lily-allen-alright-still |title=Lily Allen: Alright, Still |website=Slant Magazine |date=28 December 2006 |access-date=27 January 2016 |archive-date=13 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313081719/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/lily-allen-alright-still |url-status=live}}</ref> The mastering of ''Alright, Still'', done by Tim Burrell and Tim Debney, has been criticised. In January 2007, ''The Guardian'' ran a piece about loudness wars, the practice of increasing the loudness of tracks which often results in distortion and the loss of dynamic range. It included ''Alright, Still'' in a list of CDs in which sound quality was compromised for loudness.<ref>{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Tim |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/jan/18/pop.music |title=How CDs are remastering the art of noise |newspaper=The Guardian |date=18 January 2007 |access-date=27 January 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041929/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/jan/18/pop.music |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' published a similar story in December 2007, and it also identified ''Alright, Still'' as an album "so unrelentingly loud that the sound is actually distorted".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Levine |first=Robert |title=The Death of High Fidelity |magazine=Rolling Stone |issue=1042/1043 |date=27 December 2007 |pages=15–18}}</ref>

===Accolades=== ''The Guardian'' ranked it the seventh best album of the year and commented, "For her lyrical nous and her quick delivery alone, get that toast on."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/dec/13/popandrock |title=The definitive top 10 albums of the year |newspaper=The Guardian |date=13 December 2006 |access-date=27 January 2016 |archive-date=2 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202153928/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/dec/13/popandrock |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Pitchfork'' called it "one of 2006's most enduringly rewarding pop albums" and listed it as the 29th best album of 2006.<ref>{{cite web |last=Troussé |first=Stephen |url=http://www.pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/6510-top-50-albums-of-2006/3/ |title=The Top 50 Albums of 2006: 30: Lily Allen ''Alright, Still'' |website=Pitchfork |date=19 December 2006 |access-date=30 August 2008 |archive-date=17 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317222957/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/6510-top-50-albums-of-2006/3/ |url-status=live}}</ref> "Rolling Stone" ranked the album 13th on its list of the best albums of 2007.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=Rolling Stone |issue=1042/1043 |date=27 December 2007 |author =Christgau, Robert |author-link =Robert Christgau |author2=Fricke, David |author2-link=David Fricke |author3=Hoard, Christian |author4=Sheffield, Rob |author4-link=Rob Sheffield |pages=107–116 |title=The Top 50 Albums of 2007 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601851/the_top_50_albums_of_2007/7 |access-date=30 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080902012416/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601851/the_top_50_albums_of_2007/7 |archive-date=2 September 2008}}</ref> ''Uncut'' called it "a terrific, bolshy, eclectic stew of London street pop", listing ''Alright, Still'' at number 38 on its "Definitive Albums of 2006".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/uncut/news/9182 |title=Uncut's Definitive Albums of 2006 |magazine=Uncut |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206200511/http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/uncut/news/9182 |archive-date=6 February 2007 |access-date=30 August 2008}}</ref> ''The Observer'' ranked the album tenth on its list of the best albums of 2006.<ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Caspar Llewellyn |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2006/dec/09/omms50bestalbumsoftheyea |title=The Observer's best albums of the year |newspaper=The Observer |date=9 December 2006 |access-date=27 January 2016 |archive-date=17 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117053937/http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2006/dec/09/omms50bestalbumsoftheyea |url-status=live}}</ref> At the 2008 Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album but lost to the White Stripes' ''Icky Thump''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7131590.stm |title=Grammy Awards: Main winners |publisher=BBC News |date=11 February 2008 |access-date=30 August 2008}}</ref> Ronson's production on "Littlest Things" helped him win a Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/grammy-producer-of-the-year-mark-ronson-partners-his-allido-records-with-interscope-records-57385317.html |title=Grammy Producer of the Year Mark Ronson Partners His Allido Records With Interscope Records |location=Santa Monica, California |publisher=Interscope Geffen A&M Records |agency=PR Newswire |date=11 April 2008 |access-date=27 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203092736/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/grammy-producer-of-the-year-mark-ronson-partners-his-allido-records-with-interscope-records-57385317.html |archive-date=3 February 2016}}</ref>

==Commercial performance== ''Alright, Still'' debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart, selling 62,701 copies in its first week.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Jones |first=Alan |url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/razorlight-and-mcfly-top-the-charts/034958 |title=Razorlight and McFly top the charts |magazine=Music Week |date=24 July 2006 |access-date=31 May 2014 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602202202/http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/razorlight-and-mcfly-top-the-charts/034958 |archive-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> During the week ending 3 February 2007, all top 10 places on the UK Albums Chart were occupied by British artists for the first time since the chart was established in 1956; ''Alright, Still'' was number nine that week.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/bpi-norah-jones-battles-the-klaxons-for-the-uks-800th-albums-number-one-154898335.html |title=BPI: Norah Jones Battles the Klaxons for the UK'S 800th Albums Number One |location=London |publisher=British Phonographic Industry |agency=PR Newswire |date=2 February 2007 |access-date=31 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204050124/https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/bpi-norah-jones-battles-the-klaxons-for-the-uks-800th-albums-number-one-154898335.html |archive-date=4 February 2016}}</ref> The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certified it triple platinum on 14 March 2008.<ref name="BPI"/> As of June 2018, the album had sold 1,142,062 copies in the United Kingdom.<ref name="UK-sales">{{cite magazine |last=Jones |first=Alan |url=http://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/official-charts-analysis-the-greatest-showman-must-go-on-and-on-at-the-top-of-the-uk-albums-chart/072843 |title=Official Charts Analysis: The Greatest Showman must go on (and on) at the top of the UK albums chart |magazine=Music Week |date=15 June 2018 |access-date=22 September 2018 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=23 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923052647/http://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/official-charts-analysis-the-greatest-showman-must-go-on-and-on-at-the-top-of-the-uk-albums-chart/072843 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In Ireland, the album debuted at number six on the Irish Albums Chart and was certified platinum by the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA).<ref name="ire"/><ref name="IRMA"/> The album was less successful in continental Europe; it charted inside the top 20 in Norway, the top 30 in Belgium and the Netherlands, and the top 50 in France and Sweden.<ref name="ultratop"/> In April 2007, ''Alright, Still'' received a Platinum Europe Award by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), denoting sales in excess of one million copies across Europe.<ref name="IFPI-EU"/>

''Alright, Still'' debuted at number 20 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in the United States, with first-week sales of 34,000 copies.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Cohen |first=Jonathan |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1055263/better-late-than-never-jones-debuts-at-no-1 |title=Better 'Late' Than Never: Jones Debuts at No. 1 |magazine=Billboard |date=7 February 2007 |access-date=31 May 2014 |archive-date=6 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706205511/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1055263/better-late-than-never-jones-debuts-at-no-1 |url-status=live}}</ref> The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) awarded the album a gold certification on 6 December 2007,<ref name="RIAA"/> and by November 2013, it had sold 627,000 copies in the US.<ref name="US-sales">{{cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lily-allen-returns-with-scathing-hard-out-here-watch-video-5785877/ |title=Lily Allen Returns With Scathing 'Hard Out Here': Watch Video |magazine=Billboard |date=12 November 2013 |access-date=21 December 2013 |archive-date=15 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115013944/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5785877/lily-allen-returns-with-scathing-hard-out-here-watch-video |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Alright, Still'' peaked at number seven on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart,<ref name="aus"/> and in 2009, it received a platinum accreditation by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), shipping over 70,000 copies.<ref name="ARIA"/> In New Zealand, the album reached number 26 and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) for shipments in excess of 7,500 copies.<ref name="nz"/><ref name="RIANZ"/> As of February 2009, the album had sold more than 2.5&nbsp;million copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Rosen |first=Jody |author-link=Jody Rosen |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/its-not-me-its-you-246697/ |title=It's Not Me, It's You |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=4 February 2009 |access-date=31 August 2018 |archive-date=31 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831052106/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/its-not-me-its-you-246697/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Smile | writer1 = {{hlist|Lily Allen|Iyiola Babalola|Darren Lewis|Jackie Mittoo|Clement Dodd}} | extra1 = Future Cut | length1 = 3:17

| title2 = Knock 'Em Out | writer2 = {{hlist|Allen|Babalola|Lewis|Earl King}} | extra2 = Future Cut | length2 = 2:54

| title3 = LDN | writer3 = {{hlist|Allen|Arthur "Duke" Reid|Babalola|Lewis}} | extra3 = Future Cut | length3 = 3:11

| title4 = Everything's Just Wonderful | writer4 = {{hlist|Allen|Greg Kurstin}} | extra4 = Kurstin | length4 = 3:29

| title5 = Not Big | writer5 = {{hlist|Allen|Kurstin}} | extra5 = Kurstin | length5 = 3:17

| title6 = Friday Night | writer6 = {{hlist|Allen|Pablo Cook|Jonny Bull}} | extra6 = Cook | length6 = 3:07

| title7 = Shame for You | writer7 = {{hlist|Allen|Blair MacKichan}} | extra7 = MacKichan | length7 = 4:06

| title8 = Littlest Things | writer8 = {{hlist|Allen|Mark Ronson|Pierre Bachelet|Hervé Roy| Santi White}} | extra8 = Ronson | length8 = 3:02

| title9 = Take What You Take | writer9 = {{hlist|Allen|Lewis|Babalola}} | extra9 = Future Cut | length9 = 4:06

| title10 = Friend of Mine | writer10 = {{hlist|Allen|Babalola|Lewis|O'Kelly Isley, Jr.|Ernest Isley|Rudolph Isley|Ronald Isley|Marvin Isley|Chris Jasper}} | extra10 = Future Cut | length10 = 3:58

| title11 = Alfie | writer11 = {{hlist|Allen|Kurstin}} | extra11 = Kurstin | length11 = 2:46 }}

{{Track listing | headline = iTunes Store pre-order bonus track | extra_column = Producer(s)

| title12 = Blank Expression | writer12 = {{hlist|Jerry Dammers|The Specials}} | extra12 = Future Cut | length12 = 2:30 }} {{Track listing | headline = iTunes Store deluxe edition bonus tracks<ref>{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/alright-still-deluxe-edition/699607636 |title=Alright, Still (Deluxe Edition) by Lily Allen |website=iTunes Store |date=17 July 2006 |location=United Kingdom |access-date=1 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614040826/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/alright-still-deluxe-edition/id699607636 |archive-date=14 June 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> | extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Mr. Blue Sky | writer1 = Jeff Lynne | extra1 = Future Cut | length1 = 3:42

| title2 = Cheryl Tweedy | writer2 = {{hlist|Allen|Karen Poole|Dan Carey}} | extra2 = Poole | length2 = 3:15

| title3 = Nan You're a Window Shopper | note3 = parody of "Window Shopper" by 50 Cent | writer3 = {{hlist|Allen|T. Crawford|Curtis Jackson|Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley|J. H. Turnbull|Babalola|Lewis}} | extra3 = Future Cut | length3 = 2:59

| title4 = Blank Expression | writer4 = {{hlist|Dammers|The Specials}} | extra4 = Future Cut | length4 = 2:32

| title5 = Absolutely Nothing | writer5 = {{hlist|Allen|Poole}} | extra5 = Poole | length5 = 4:08

| title6 = U Killed It | writer6 = {{hlist|Allen|Kurstin}} | extra6 = Kurstin | length6 = 4:24

| title7 = Everybody's Changing | writer7 = Keane | extra7 = Future Cut | length7 = 2:40

| title8 = Naïve | note8 = BBC Radio 1's Jo Whiley's Live Lounge | writer8 = The Kooks | extra8 = Future Cut | length8 = 3:46 }} {{Track listing | headline = Japanese edition bonus tracks<ref name="JP-edition"/> | extra_column = Producer(s)

| title12 = Cheryl Tweedy | writer12 = {{hlist|Allen|Poole|Carey}} | extra12 = Poole | length12 = 3:15

| title13 = Absolutely Nothing | writer13 = {{hlist|Allen|Poole}} | extra13 = Poole | length13 = 4:02 }} {{Track listing | headline = US standard edition<ref name="US-edition"/> | extra_column = Producer(s)

| title12 = Nan You're a Window Shopper | note12 = parody of "Window Shopper" by 50 Cent | writer12 = {{hlist|Allen|T. Crawford|Curtis Jackson|Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley|J. H. Turnbull|Babalola|Lewis}} | extra12 = Future Cut | length12 = 2:58

| title13 = Smile | note13 = version revisited | writer13 = {{hlist|Allen|Babalola|Lewis|Mittoo|Dodd}} | extra13 = {{hlist|Future Cut|Ronson{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length13 = 3:13 }} {{Track listing | headline = French reissue bonus track<ref name="FR-reissue"/> | extra_column = Producer(s)

| title12 = Mr. Blue Sky | writer12 = Lynne | extra12 = Future Cut | length12 = 3:40 }}

===Notes=== * {{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} signifies a remixer

===Sample credits=== * "Smile" contains replayed elements of "Free Soul" by Jackie Mittoo and Clement Dodd. * "Knock 'Em Out" contains replayed elements of the work "Big Chief" by Earl King. * "LDN" contains replayed elements of "Reggae Merengue". * "Littlest Things" contains elements from "Theme from Emmanuelle (Instrumental)" and "Emmanuelle in the Mirror" written by Pierre Bachelet and Hervé Roy. * "Friend of Mine" contains elements from "For the Love of You" written and composed by O'Kelly Isley, Jr., Ernest Isley, Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley, Marvin Isley and Chris Jasper.

==Personnel== Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Alright, Still''.<ref name="notes">{{cite AV media notes |title=Alright, Still |type=liner notes |others=Lily Allen |publisher=Regal Recordings |year=2006 |id=094636702827}}</ref>

===Musicians=== {{Div col}} * Lily Allen – vocals * Mark Ronson – beats, harp, synth strings, percussion {{small|(track 8)}} * Michael Rose – saxophone {{small|(tracks 1–3)}} * Paul Powell – drums {{small|(track 1)}} * Jonny Wimbolt-Lewis – drums {{small|(track 9)}} * Eddie Thornton – trumpet {{small|(tracks 1–3)}} * Trevor Edwards – trombone {{small|(tracks 1–3)}} * Clive Hunte – bass {{small|(tracks 1–3, 10)}} * John Waddington – bass {{small|(track 9)}} * Paul Farr – guitar {{small|(tracks 3, 10)}} * Mark Nicholls – guitar {{small|(track 9)}} * John Ellis – keyboards {{small|(tracks 1–3, 10)}} * Oliver Bayston – keyboards {{small|(track 9)}} * Darren Lewis – keyboards {{small|(tracks 1–3, 9, 10)}}; percussion {{small|(track 2)}} * Iyiola Babalola – keyboards {{small|(tracks 1–3, 10)}}; percussion {{small|(track 9)}} {{Div col end}}

===Technical=== {{Div col}} * Future Cut – production {{small|(tracks 1–3, 9, 10)}}; mixing {{small|(tracks 1–3, 6, 7, 9, 10)}} * Mike Pelanconi – mixing {{small|(tracks 1–3, 6, 7, 9, 10)}}; engineering {{small|(tracks 1–3, 10)}} * Dan Porter – mixing assistance {{small|(tracks 1–3, 6, 7, 10)}} * Greg Kurstin – production, recording, mixing {{small|(tracks 4, 5, 11)}} * Pablo Cook – production {{small|(track 6)}} * Blair MacKichan – production {{small|(track 7)}} * Mark Ronson – production, recording {{small|(track 8)}} * Vaughan Merrick – mixing {{small|(track 8)}} * Rob Smith – recording {{small|(track 8)}} * Kieran Panesar – recording assistance {{small|(track 8)}} * Tim Burrell – mastering * Tim Debney – mastering * George Atkins – engineering {{small|(track 9)}} * Darren Lewis – engineering, production {{small|(tracks 1–3, 9, 10)}} * Iyiola Babalola – engineering, production {{small|(tracks 1–3, 10)}} {{Div col end}}

===Artwork=== * Check Morris – artwork

==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! scope="col"| Chart (2006–2007) ! scope="col"| Peak<br>position |- {{album chart|Australia|7|artist=Lily Allen|album=Alright, Still|rowheader=true|access-date=31 May 2014|refname="aus"}} |- ! scope="row"| Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue857.pdf |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060919140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20060920-0000/issue857.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-09-19 |title=ARIA Urban Album Chart – Week Commencing 7th August 2006 |magazine=The ARIA Report |issue=857 |date=7 August 2006 |page=17 |access-date=14 July 2014 |via=Pandora Archive}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> | 1 |- {{album chart|Flanders|24|artist=Lily Allen|album=Alright, Still|rowheader=true|access-date=31 May 2014|refname="ultratop"}} |- {{album chart|Wallonia|79|artist=Lily Allen|album=Alright, Still|rowheader=true|access-date=31 May 2014}} |- ! scope="row"| Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627062005/http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 June 2015 |title=Top 100 Albums in Canada |website=Jam! |date=25 February 2007 |access-date=31 May 2014 }}</ref> | 21 |- {{album chart|Netherlands|27|artist=Lily Allen|album=Alright, Still|rowheader=true|access-date=31 May 2014}} |- ! scope="row"| European Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6g0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA75 |title=Hits of the World |magazine=Billboard |volume=118 |issue=41 |date=14 October 2006 |page=75 |issn=0006-2510 |via=Google Books}}</ref> | 15 |- {{album chart|France|47|artist=Lily Allen|album=Alright, Still|rowheader=true|access-date=31 May 2014}} |- {{album chart|Ireland|6|year=2006|week=29|rowheader=true|access-date=31 May 2014|refname="ire"}} |- {{album chart|Italy|92|artist=Lily Allen|album=Alright, Still|rowheader=true|access-date=27 January 2016}} |- ! scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/397973/products/674629/1/ |title=オーライ・スティル {{!}} リリー・アレン |trans-title=Alright, Still {{!}} Lily Allen |publisher=Oricon |language=ja |access-date=27 January 2016 |archive-date=27 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127043838/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/397973/products/674629/1/ |url-status=live}}</ref> | 37 |- {{album chart|New Zealand|22|artist=Lily Allen|album=Alright, Still|rowheader=true|access-date=31 May 2014|refname="nz"}} |- {{album chart|Norway|15|artist=Lily Allen|album=Alright, Still|rowheader=true|access-date=31 May 2014}} |- {{album chart|Scotland|4|date=20060723|rowheader=true|access-date=27 January 2016}} |- {{album chart|Sweden|43|artist=Lily Allen|album=Alright, Still|rowheader=true|access-date=31 May 2014}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|53|artist=Lily Allen|album=Alright, Still|rowheader=true|access-date=31 May 2014}} |- {{album chart|UK2|2|date=20060723|rowheader=true|access-date=12 June 2018}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|20|artist=Lily Allen|rowheader=true|access-date=12 June 2018}} |}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! scope="col"| Chart (2009) ! scope="col"| Peak<br>position |- ! scope="row"| Croatian Albums (HDU)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hdu-toplista.com/index.php?what=arhiva&w=details&id=547 |title=Top Kombiniranih – Tjedan 22. 2009. |trans-title=Top Combined – Week 22, 2009 |language=hr |publisher=Top of the Shops |access-date=31 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924041454/http://www.hdu-toplista.com/index.php?what=arhiva&w=details&id=547 |archive-date=24 September 2015}}</ref> | 44 |}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! scope="col"| Chart (2026) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Croatian International Albums (HDU)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top-lista.hr/www/lista-prodaje-strano-17-tjedan-2026/|title=Lista prodaje 17. tjedan 2026. (20.04.2026. - 26.04.2026.) |language=hr|publisher=Top lista|date=26 April 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260506140915/https://www.top-lista.hr/www/lista-prodaje-strano-17-tjedan-2026/ |archive-date=6 May 2026|access-date=6 May 2026}}</ref> | 4 |- ! scope="row"| Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ)<ref>{{cite web |title=Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2026. 18. hét |url=https://slagerlistak.hu/album-top-40-slagerlista-fizikai-hanghordozok/2026/18 |publisher=MAHASZ |access-date=6 May 2026}}</ref> | 38 |} {{col-2}}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ 2006 year-end chart performance for ''Alright, Still'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2006) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/UrbanAlbums2006.htm |title=ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Urban Albums 2006 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |access-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140127032250/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/UrbanAlbums2006.htm |archive-date=27 January 2014}}</ref> | 12 |- ! scope="row"| French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-albums-annee/?annee=2006|title=Top de l'année Top Albums 2006|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|access-date=14 October 2021}}</ref> | 195 |- ! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20060108/37502/ |title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2006 |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=27 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524011613/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20060108/37502 |archive-date=24 May 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> | 29 |}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ 2007 year-end chart performance for ''Alright, Still'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2007) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-urban-albums-2007.htm |title=ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Urban Albums 2007 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |access-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805101457/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-urban-albums-2007.htm |archive-date=5 August 2009}}</ref> | 15 |- ! scope="row"| European Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/european-top-100-albums.jsp |title=Year End Charts – European Top 100 Albums |magazine=Billboard |year=2007 |access-date=6 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225012214/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/european-top-100-albums.jsp |archive-date=25 February 2009}}</ref> | 83 |- ! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20070107/37502/ |title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2007 |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=27 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307122617/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20070107/37502/ |archive-date=7 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> | 26 |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/top-billboard-200-albums |title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2007 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228075828/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/top-billboard-200-albums |archive-date=28 February 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> | 118 |}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ 2008 year-end chart performance for ''Alright, Still'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2008) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-urban-albums-2008.htm |title=ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Urban Albums 2008 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |access-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140401082958/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-urban-albums-2008.htm |archive-date=1 April 2014}}</ref> | 36 |}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ 2009 year-end chart performance for ''Alright, Still'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2009) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-urban-albums-2009.htm |title=ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Urban Albums 2009 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |access-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140401085142/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-urban-albums-2009.htm |archive-date=1 April 2014}}</ref> | 9 |- ! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/UKChartsPlusYE2009.pdf |title=UK Year-End Charts 2009 |work=UKChartsPlus |page=7 |access-date=27 January 2016 |archive-date=21 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821103352/http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/UKChartsPlusYE2009.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> | 162 |}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ 2010 year-end chart performance for ''Alright, Still'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2010) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-urban-albums-2010.htm |title=ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Urban Albums 2010 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |access-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217210331/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-urban-albums-2010.htm |archive-date=17 February 2017}}</ref> | 38 |} {{col-end}}

==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Alright, Still''}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Argentina|artist=Lily Allen|title=Alright, Still|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2006|certref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=Lily+Allen&album=&LanDesde_MM=0&LanDesde_AA=0&LanHasta_MM=0&LanHasta_AA=0&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP |title=Discos de Oro y Platino – Lily Allen |language=es |publisher=Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers |access-date=26 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928155545/http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=Lily+Allen&album=&LanDesde_MM=0&LanDesde_AA=0&LanHasta_MM=0&LanHasta_AA=0&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP |archive-date=28 September 2011}}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|artist=Lily Allen|title=Alright, Still|award=Platinum|type=album|certyear=2009|access-date=4 June 2010|refname="ARIA"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Lily Allen|title=Alright Still|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2006|date=20 July 2007|access-date=31 May 2014}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=Lily Allen|title=Alright Still|award=Silver|type=album|relyear=2006|certyear=2006|certmonth=12|source=archive|date=10 December 2006|access-date=5 September 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Ireland|artist=Lily Allen|title=Alright, Still|award=Platinum|type=album|certyear=2006|access-date=31 August 2008|refname="IRMA"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Lily Allen|title=Alright, Still|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=2006|certyear=2020|source=radioscope|access-date=28 October 2025|refname="RIANZ"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=South Korea|title=Alright, Still|artist=Lily Allen|type=album|nocert=true|salesamount=1,372|salesref=<ref name="miak.or.kr">{{cite web|url=http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/pop_200608.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061117003907/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/pop_200608.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2006-11-17|title=자료제공:(사)한국음반산업협회/이 자료는당협회와 상의없이 가공,편집을금합니다. – 2006.08월 – POP 음반 판매량|publisher=Recording Industry Association Of Korea|language=ko}}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Lily Allen|title=Alright Still|award=Platinum|number=4|type=album|id=448-724-2|relyear=2006|certyear=2024|date=27 September 2024|access-date=29 September 2024|refname="BPI"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Lily Allen|title=Alright, Still|award=Gold|type=album|date=6 December 2007|access-date=31 May 2014|salesamount=627,000|salesref=<ref name="US-sales"/>|refname="RIAA"}} {{Certification Table Summary}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Europe|artist=Lily Allen|title=Alright, Still|award=Platinum|type=album|certyear=2007|access-date=30 August 2008|refname="IFPI-EU"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide|nocert=yes|salesamount=2,500,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Rosen |first=Jody |author-link=Jody Rosen |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/its-not-me-its-you-20090204 |title=Lily Allen: It's Not Me, It's You |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=4 February 2009 |access-date=1 June 2014 |archive-date=28 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428053037/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/its-not-me-its-you-20090204 |url-status=live}}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}}

==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+ Release history for ''Alright, Still'' ! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Edition ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row"| France | rowspan="2"| 13 July 2006 | rowspan="8"| Standard | rowspan="3"| EMI | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.fr/Alright-Still-Lily-Allen/dp/B000FMGWRS |title=Alright, Still...: Lily Allen |website=Amazon |language=fr |location=France |access-date=1 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606205032/http://www.amazon.fr/Alright-Still-Lily-Allen/dp/B000FMGWRS |archive-date=6 June 2014}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| Germany | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emimusic.de/release/3252783,0094636702827/allen-lily-alright-still |title=Lily Allen // Alright, Still |publisher=EMI Music Germany |language=de |access-date=1 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519032011/http://www.emimusic.de/release/3252783%2C0094636702827/allen-lily-alright-still |archive-date=19 May 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| Italy | 14 July 2006 | align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibs.it/disco/0094636702827/lily-allen/alright-still.html |title=Lily Allen – Alright, Still |website=IBS.it |language=it |access-date=1 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602200558/http://www.ibs.it/disco/0094636702827/lily-allen/alright-still.html |archive-date=2 June 2014}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| United Kingdom | 17 July 2006 | Regal | align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alright-Still-Lily-Allen/dp/B000FMGWRS |title=Alright, Still: Lily Allen |website=Amazon |location=United Kingdom |access-date=31 August 2018 |archive-date=31 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831141124/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alright-Still-Lily-Allen/dp/B000FMGWRS}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| Australia | 28 July 2006 | rowspan="3"| EMI | align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/pop-rock/alright-still/259972 |title=Alright, Still – Allen, Lily |publisher=JB Hi-Fi |access-date=1 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601035351/http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/pop-rock/alright-still/259972 |archive-date=1 June 2014}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| Canada | 19 September 2006 | align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hmv.ca/Products/Detail/3397.aspx |title=Alright Still by Lily Allen |publisher=HMV Canada |access-date=1 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305234621/https://www.hmv.ca/products/detail/3397.aspx |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| Japan | 4 October 2006 | align="center"|<ref name="JP-edition">{{cite web |url=http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Lily-Allen_000000000342650/item_Alright-Still_1247968 |title=Alright.Still... : Lily Allen |publisher=HMV Japan |access-date=1 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924053224/http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Lily-Allen_000000000342650/item_Alright-Still_1247968 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| United States | 30 January 2007 | Capitol | align="center"|<ref name="US-edition">{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Alright-Still-Lily-Allen/dp/B000KG5EQE |title=Alright, Still |website=Amazon |location=United States |access-date=31 August 2018 |archive-date=23 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200123134702/https://www.amazon.com/Alright-Still-Lily-Allen/dp/B000KG5EQE}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| France | 26 December 2007 | Reissue | EMI | align="center"|<ref name="FR-reissue">{{cite web |url=http://musique.fnac.com/a2171543/Lily-Allen-Alright-still-CD-album |title=Alright still (Nouvelle version) – Lily Allen – CD album |publisher=Fnac |language=fr |access-date=1 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429123933/http://musique.fnac.com/a2171543/Lily-Allen-Alright-still-CD-album |archive-date=29 April 2014}}</ref> |}

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