Music for Men
Music for Men is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Gossip. It was released on June 19, 2009, by Columbia Records.
Critical reception
Music for Men received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 69, based on 26 reviews. In 2010, Music for Men earned Gossip a nomination for Outstanding Music Artist at the 21st GLAAD Media Awards.Commercial performance
Music for Men was successful in Europe, with sales of 280,000 copies in France alone, where it spent 138 weeks on the chart. It sold 42,000 copies in the United States as of December 2012.Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Music for Men.Gossip
- Beth Ditto – vocals
- Hannah Billie – drums, illustration, percussion
- Brace Paine – art direction, bass, guitar, keyboards, sampler percussion
- Jeri Lynn Beard – art direction
- Lee Broomfield – photography
- Lenny Castro – percussion
- Greg Fidelman – additional percussion, mixing, recording
- Meghan Foley – art direction
- James Ford – original drum elements
- Jason Gossman – editing
- Sara Lyn Killion – additional engineering
- Eric Lynn – additional engineering
- Vlado Meller – mastering
- Dana Nielsen – additional recording, editing, saxophone
- Rick Rubin – production
- Mark Santangelo – mastering assistance
- Andrew Scheps – additional mixing
Charts
Year-end charts
| Chart | Position |
| Austrian Albums | 33 |
| European Albums | 36 |
| French Albums | 34 |
| German Albums | 24 |
| Swiss Albums | 35 |