Cool Like You

2018 studio album by Blossoms

Cool Like You

Studio album by

Blossoms

Released

27 April 2018 (2018-04-27)

Recorded

December 2016 – January 2018

Studio

Parr Street Studios, Liverpool

Genre

Indie pop
pop rock^[1]

Length

36:55

Label

Virgin EMI

Producer

James Skelly
Rich Turvey

Blossoms chronology

Blossoms
(2016)

Cool Like You
(2018)

Foolish Loving Spaces
(2020)

Singles from Cool Like You

"I Can't Stand It"
Released: 1 March 2018
"There's a Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls)"
Released: 25 April 2018
"How Long Will This Last?"
Released: 17 August 2018

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Clash	7/10^[2]
Dork	^[3]
The Guardian	^[1]
musicOMH	^[4]
NME	^[5]

Cool Like You is the second studio album by English indie pop band Blossoms.^[1]^[5] It was released in the United Kingdom on 27 April 2018, by Virgin EMI Records. The album was produced by James Skelly and Rich Turvey. It peaked at number 4 on the UK Albums Chart,^[6] and at number 1 on the Official Vinyl Albums Chart and it received a silver certification in the United Kingdom in 2019 and a gold certification in 2022.^[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tom Ogden, Josh Dewhurst, Charlie Salt, Joe Donovan & Myles Kellock

No.	Title	Length
1.	"There's a Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls)"	3:42
2.	"I Can't Stand It"	2:57
3.	"Cool Like You"	3:05
4.	"Unfaithful"	2:59
5.	"Stranger Still"	3:34
6.	"How Long Will This Last?"	3:20
7.	"Between the Eyes"	3:23
8.	"I Just Imagined You"	2:58
9.	"Giving Up the Ghost"	3:21
10.	"Lying Again"	3:42
11.	"Love Talk"	3:48
Total length:		36:55

Deluxe edition bonus disc
No.	Title	Length
1.	"There's a Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls)" (acoustic)	3:41
2.	"I Can't Stand It" (acoustic)	3:22
3.	"Cool Like You" (acoustic)	3:07
4.	"Unfaithful" (acoustic)	3:02
5.	"Stranger Still" (acoustic)	3:26
6.	"How Long Will This Last?" (acoustic)	3:27
7.	"Between the Eyes" (acoustic)	3:22
8.	"I Just Imagined You" (acoustic)	3:04
9.	"Giving Up the Ghost" (acoustic)	3:25
10.	"Lying Again" (acoustic)	3:15
11.	"Love Talk" (acoustic)	3:13
Total length:		1:13:22

Personnel

Credits adapted from Cool Like You liner notes.^[8]

Blossoms

Tom Ogden – vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, percussion (track 8)
Charlie Salt – bass guitar, backing vocals, percussion (track 8), keyboards (track 11)
Josh Dewhurst – lead guitar, percussion (track 8)
Joe Donovan – drums
Myles Kellock – keyboards, talkbox (track 3)

Additional musicians

James Skelly – backing vocals (tracks 1, 6, 8 and 10), percussion (track 8)
Rich Turvey – keyboards (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8 and 11), guitars (track 10)

Design

Salvador Design – album design
Danny North – photography
Charlie Salt – additional photography

Production

James Skelly – production
Rich Turvey – production
David Wrench – additional production (tracks 1, 2, 5 and 7), mixing
Matt Colton – mastering
Cecile Desnos – engineering
Grace Banks – engineering
Charlotte Sutcliffe – engineering assistant
Daniel Hancox – engineering assistant
Elliott Parkin – engineering assistant
Jay Leahey – engineering assistant

Charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[9]	46
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[10]	4
UK Albums (OCC)^[6]	4

Certifications

Certifications and sales for *Cool Like You*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[7]	Gold	100,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Morris, Damien (29 April 2018). "Blossoms: Cool Like You review – sleek and sweet Mancunian pop rock". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
^ Cotton, Shannon (27 April 2018). "Blossoms – Cool Like You". Clash. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
^ Beckett, Lily (23 April 2018). "Blossoms – Cool Like You". Dork. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
^ Baber, Andy (27 April 2018). "Blossoms – Cool Like You". musicOMH. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b Trendell, Andrew (26 April 2018). "Blossoms – 'Cool Like You' review". NME. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Blossoms". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b "British album certifications – Blossoms – Cool Like You". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
^ "Blossoms – Cool Like You". Discogs. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Blossoms". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 February 2020.