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Plug It In is the fourth album by Dutch rock band Krezip
Krezip
Krezip was a Dutch band from Tilburg, formed in 1997. It is notable for the band member's young ages during their original breakthrough. Since then, the band has had several successful albums and singles in the Benelux countries...

. It is their second album on their new label Sony BMG. The album was released on May 11, 2007. It notably features a disco-inspired sound on most of its songs as opposed to the alternative rock sound of earlier albums. This was because the band decided they needed a big change to their sound after ten years. Lead singer Jacqueline Govaert
Jacqueline Govaert
Jacqueline Govaert is a Dutch singer, songwriter, and pianist. She is best known as the lead singer of Dutch band Krezip.After Krezip disbanded in 2009, Govaert started working on her solo career. She released her debut album Good Life in August 2010.-Musical career:Govaert wrote her first songs...

 decided to base this new sound on bands such as Blondie
Blondie (band)
Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...

 and The Sounds
The Sounds
The Sounds are a Swedish Indie Rock band. Formed in Helsingborg in 1999, the group's musical style has been compared to New Wave acts such as Blondie, The Cars, the Epoxies and Missing Persons....

; in fact, members Jesper Anderberg and Felix Rodriguez of The Sounds co-wrote some of the album's tracks.

A special edition of the album was released on February 29, 2008.

Track listing

  1. "Play This Game With Me" (Jacqueline Govaert
    Jacqueline Govaert
    Jacqueline Govaert is a Dutch singer, songwriter, and pianist. She is best known as the lead singer of Dutch band Krezip.After Krezip disbanded in 2009, Govaert started working on her solo career. She released her debut album Good Life in August 2010.-Musical career:Govaert wrote her first songs...

    , Felix Rodriguez
    Felix Rodriguez
    Felix Rodriguez may refer to:* Félix Rodríguez , Major League Baseball pitcher* Félix Rodríguez , former CIA intelligence operative* Felix Rodriguez , guitar player in the Swedish band, The Sounds...

    , Jesper Anderberg) - 04:00
  2. "Life Is Sweet" (Govaert, Adel Dahdal, Peter Mansson) - 03:31
  3. "Plug It In & Turn Me On" (Govaert, JanPeter Hoekstra) - 03:41
  4. "Ordinary Day" (Govaert, Hoekstra) - 03:27
  5. "Can't You Be Mine" (Govaert, Wizardz of Oz
    Wizardz of Oz
    The Wizardz Of Oz are Andrew Bojanic and Liz Hooper. They are a multi-platinum selling producer/writers who have worked with The Cheetah Girls, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Avril Lavigne, Olivia Newton-John, Britney Spears, Krystal Meyers, Liz Phair, Krezip, Vanessa Amorosi and many others.Songs written...

    ) - 03:02
  6. "Easy Way Out" (Govaert, Hoekstra) - 03:13
  7. "Not Tonight" (Govaert, Malcolm Pardon, Fredrik Rinman) - 04:10
  8. "Bored" (Govaert, Malcolm Pardon, Fredrik Rinman) - 03:29
  9. "You're Wrong" (Govaert, Rodriguez, Anderberg) - 03:25
  10. "Hey There Love" (Govaert, Hoekstra) - 04:35
  11. "All My Life" (Govaert, Rodriguez, Anderberg) - 03:36
    • Bonus tracks on Special Edition:
  12. "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime" (James Warren) - 04:27
  13. "Plug It In & Turn Me On" - Live @ HMH (Govaert, Hoekstra) - 03:43
  14. "I Would Stay" - Live @ HMH (Govaert) - 06:39
  15. "All My Life" - Live @ HMH (Govaert, Rodriguez, Anderberg) - 04:00
  16. "Venus" - Live @ HMH (Robbie van Leeuwen
    Robbie van Leeuwen
    Robbie van Leeuwen is a Dutch musician who used to be the guitarist, sitarist, background vocalist and main songwriter for the Dutch bands The Motions, Shocking Blue and Galaxy-Lin. His most well-known compositions are Shocking Blue's most famous songs, Venus, which was an American no...

    ) - 03:21
  17. "Look What You've Done" (Govaert, Hoekstra) - 02:16

Credits

Band members:
  • Jacqueline Govaert
    Jacqueline Govaert
    Jacqueline Govaert is a Dutch singer, songwriter, and pianist. She is best known as the lead singer of Dutch band Krezip.After Krezip disbanded in 2009, Govaert started working on her solo career. She released her debut album Good Life in August 2010.-Musical career:Govaert wrote her first songs...

    - Vocals, piano
  • Anne Govaert - Guitars, backing vocals
  • JanPeter Hoekstra - Guitars
  • Annelies Kuijsters - Keyboards, backing vocals
  • Joost van Haaren - Bass
  • Bram van den Berg - Drums


Personnel:
  • Adel Dahdal & Peter Mansson - Recording, production and mixing (Original album tracks)
  • Djoum - Assistant engineer
  • Bjorn Engelmann - Mastering (Original album tracks)
  • Pontus Hagberg - String arrangements on "All My Life" and "Ordinary Day"
  • Tijmen Zinkhaan - Production, recording and mixing on "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime" and live bonus tracks
  • JanPeter Hoekstra & Hans Hanneman - Recording and mixing on "Look What You've Done"
  • Darius van Helfteren - Mastering (bonus tracks)
  • Ruud Baan - Photography
  • Pascal Duval - Art direction and design
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