Holy Smoke (Gin Wigmore album)

2009 studio album by Gin Wigmore

Holy Smoke is the debut album from New Zealand pop singer Gin Wigmore, released under the mononym Gin. Singles released off the album included "Oh My", "I Do" and "Hey Ho". The Cardinals play on every track and backed Wigmore on her subsequent tour.^[3]

The album debuted at number one in New Zealand, and was certified Gold in its first week. The album was certified Platinum^[4] in its second week, selling over 15,000 copies.^[5] In September 2011, Home Improvement Retailer Lowe's began a new brand campaign featuring Wigmore's single "Don't Stop".^[6]

Commercial performance

Holy Smoke debuted at number one on the New Zealand Albums Chart, then slowly fell down the chart, before topping the chart again in February 2010.^[7] It then regained the top spot in October 2010 due to the release of the Deluxe Edition. It then soon gained Quadruple Platinum status.^[8]

Track listing

Note: Early tracklists for the deluxe edition mentioned another song called "No Reason" which ultimately did not make the final release.^[13]

Personnel

Personnel credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[14]

• Gin Wigmore – vocals (all tracks); Farfisa organ, keyboards, Moog bass, Omnichord, piano, ukulele (5)
• Stephanie Alexander – backing vocals (1-4, 6, 8, 9)
• Brent Arrowood – engineering assistance
• Steve Baccon – photography
• Stevie Blacke – string arrangements, strings (2, 3, 6, 9)
• Doyle Bramhall II – harmonica, slide guitar (1)
• Neal Casal – guitar (1-3, 7), acoustic guitar (9)
• Matt Chamberlain – drums (6)
• Joe Chiccarelli – engineering, mixing (all tracks)
• John Daversa – trumpet (2, 4)
• Debaser – design
• Mike Elizondo – production (1-10), guitar (1), bass (3, 4, 6, 8), keyboards (3, 4, 6); drums, percussion (4); piano (4, 10), programming (4, 8); acoustic guitar, electric guitar (6, 8); lap steel guitar (8), upright bass (10)
• Chris Feinstein – bass (1, 2, 7, 9), loops (5)
• Sharlotte Gibson – backing vocals (1-4, 6, 8, 9)
• Jon Graboff – guitar (1, 3, 7-9), fuzz guitar (2)
• Adam Hawkins – engineering (all tracks)
• Dorian Holley – backing vocals (2)
• Jolie Levine – project co-ordination and contracting
• Billy Mims – engineering assistance
• Brad Pemberton – drums (1-9), loops (5)
• Paul Smith – engineering assistance
• Zac Rae – organ (1, 6), Wurlitzer (1, 9), keyboards (2, 6, 7, 9, 10), B-3 (3, 9), tack piano (4), loops (5), piano (7), pump organ (10)

Charts

Certifications

Release history

See also

• List of number-one albums in 2010 (New Zealand)

References

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