Love the Future is the debut album by the band Chester French

Chester French

Chester French is an American indie pop band consisting of lead vocalist and songwriter David-Andrew 'D.A.' Wallach and multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Maxwell Drummey...

, which was released on April 21, 2009 under the record label Star Trak Entertainment

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Background

Love the Future was primarily recorded while the duo attended Harvard University

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; they recorded most of the songs during class and study breaks at a Harvard recording studio. After recording the album, lead vocalist

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 David-Andrew "D.A." Wallach sent the work to several record labels. The band received recording contract

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 offers from Kanye West

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's GOOD Music

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, Jermaine Dupri

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's Island Def Jam Music Group, Pharrell Williams

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 Star Trak Entertainment

Star Trak Entertainment

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 and several independent record label

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s; they ended up signing with Star Trak.

Critical reception

Love the Future received generally mixed reviews from music critics, receiving an aggregated score of 58 out of 100 on MetaCritic

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. Christopher Muther of The Boston Globe

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felt that the album was "too wise" and "too catchy" to possibly be the debut of Chester French. He compared the songs to that of the band Fountains of Wayne

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. Heather Phares of Allmusic called the album "much better" when the duo "tones down the hyperactivity and sticks to making songs with ridiculously ingratiating hooks". Wallach's voice was compared to that of Carl Wilson

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 of The Beach Boys

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Track listing

All songs written and composed by David-Andrew "D.A." Wallach and Maxwell Drummey.

1. "Introduction" – 1:07
2. "C'mon (On My Own)" - 3:22
3. "Bebe Buell" – 3:38
4. "String Interlude" – 0:57
5. "The Jimmy Choos" – 3:15
6. "Time to Unwind" – 1:44
7. "Fingers" – 4:16
8. "Country Interlude" – 5:37
9. "Beneath the Veil" – 2:47
10. "Neal" – 3:36
11. "Not Over You" – 4:24
12. "She Loves Everybody
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    " – 3:59
13. "Sleep" – 4:13
14. "Pleasure Squad" – 3:40 (Amazon.com
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     bonus track)
15. "People" - 3:17 (iTunes
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     bonus track)

Personnel

• Jeremiah Alvera – assistant
• Matt Antonowicz – trumpet
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• Kevin Arndt – engineer
• Andrew Bergman – bass violin
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• Julia Boynton – tap soloist
• Mike Bozzi – mastering
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• Mikey Canzonetta – assistant
• Damien Chazelle – drum kit
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• Maxwell Drummey – arranger
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  , guitars, basses, keyboards, drums, percussion, synthesizers, marimba, xylophone, timpani, violin, theremin, programming, background vocals, engineer, producer
• Steve Fiascone – cello
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• Scott Fruhan – background vocals
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• Jeff Hefler – timpani
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• Daniel Holter – engineer
• Mike Judge – bass
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  , background vocals
• Matthew Kan – strings
• Clara Kim – strings

• Laura Krentzman – strings
• Sharan Leventhal – strings
• Marissa Lieata – strings
• Nick Machen – saxophone
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• Laura Meyer – tuba
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• Amy Ng – strings
• Barry Oosterwaal – trombone
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• Neil Pogue – audio mixing
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• Robin Ryczek – strings
• Eric Segnitz – strings
• Sopen Shah – strings
• Matt Tahaney – engineer
• Richard Tremarello – french horn
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• D.A. Wallach – lead vocals
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  , engineer, producer
• Tyler Wood – piano
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  , mixing
• Adrien Zitoun – strings

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	77
U.S. Billboard Comprehensive Albums Billboard Comprehensive Albums Billboard Comprehensive Albums was established in 2003 and was a weekly albums chart produced by Billboard magazine that ranked the biggest selling albums in the United States regardless of the product's age or method of sales....	82
U.S. Billboard Top Digital Albums	19
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums	77