You Can Hold Me Down

You Can Hold Me Down
Studio album by
Released2007
Recorded2004โ€“2006
GenresAlternative rock
pop rock
LabelsUniversal Records
New Door Records
ProducersBrian Ireland, PJ Smith, Mike Green, Darren Tehrani, Jim Wirt, William Tell, Thom Panunzio

You Can Hold Me Down is the debut album by William Tell, first released on March 13, 2007 through Universal Records and New Door Records.

Track listing

All tracks are written by William Tell unless otherwise noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Jeannie" 3:01
2."Slipping Under (Sing Along to Your Favorite Song)"Tell, PJ Smith3:34
3."Trouble" 2:55
4."Fairfax (You're Still the Same)" 2:49
5."Like You, Only Sweeter"Tell, Darren Tehrani3:41
6."Maybe Tonight"Tell, Mike Green3:13
7."Young at Heart" 2:46
8."Sounds"Tell, Smith3:05
9."Just for You"Tell, Green3:33
10."You Can Hold Me Down"Tell, Tehrani3:23
Total length:32:00
Bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."After All" (Best Buy bonus track; hidden track beginning at about 4:27 during track 10) 5:04
2."Yesterday is Calling" (iTunes bonus track)Smith, James Bourne3:43
3."Young at Heart (Acoustic)" (Target bonus track) 2:54
4."This Mess" (Walmart bonus track) 3:23
5."Katie (Where'd You Go?)" (Walmart bonus track) 3:48

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
MammothPress.comStarStarStarStarStarStarStar [1]
allmusic.comStarStarStar [2]

Commercial performance

You Can Hold Me Down charted at #11 on the Top Heatseekers chart.

Personnel

  • William Tell - vocals, guitars, piano (track 7), background vocals, programming (track 9)
  • Darren Tehrani - guitar (track 1), bass (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10), background vocals (tracks 1, 5, 7, 10), piano (tracks 5, 10), Rhodes (tracks 5, 10)
  • Brian Ireland - drums, percussion (track 10), background vocals (tracks 3, 5, 10), programming (tracks 3, 6)
  • Derek Deblieux - guitar (tracks 2, 6, 8, 9)
  • Nick Foxer - background vocals (tracks 2, 3, 8), piano (track 6)
  • Mike Green - bass (track 6), guitar (tracks 6, 9)
  • PJ Smith - background vocals (track 8)
  • Sid Jordan - bass (track 10)
  • Jim Wirt - bass (track 2), Juno (track 2)
  • Andrew McMahon - piano (track 4)
  • Ryan Tedder - beatbox (track 4)
  • Ali Carr - Italian (track 1)

References

  1. โ†‘ "MammothPress review". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
  2. โ†‘ "You Can Hold Me Down - William Tell | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 May 2018.