I'm Doing It

I'm Doing It
Studio album by
E^ST
Released31 July 2020
Label
E^ST chronology
Life Ain't Always Roses
(2018) 		I'm Doing It
(2020)
Singles from I'm Doing It
  1. "Talk Deep"
    Released: 11 October 2019[1]
  2. "Flight Path"
    Released: 20 December 2019[2]
  3. "Fresh Out of Love"
    Released: 14 February 2020[3]
  4. "Maybe It's Me"
    Released: 10 April 2020[4]
  5. "I Wanna Be Here"
    Released: 19 June 2020[5]

I'm Doing It is the debut studio album by Australian Indie pop singer E^ST. The album was announced on 10 March 2020, and was originally scheduled for release on 10 June 2020[6] but was delayed until 31 July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Two secret shows planned for Melbourne and Sydney were also cancelled.[5]

Speaking to Eat This Music, E^ST explains I'm Doing It "is an album about feeling like you don't have your act together and trying to navigate heartbreak and mental health struggles while trying to better yourself as a person."[7]

The album was nominated for Best Album at the 2021 Rolling Stone Australia Awards.[8]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The AU Review[9]
The Music AU[10]

Dylan Marshall of The AU Review said "First and foremost, I'm Doing It portrays E^ST as an artist who’s freshly out of a relationship and looking at not only getting through it, but becoming a better person because of it". Marshall went on to say "[it's] an album full of emotion, story telling and embracing the basic needs and wants of being a human; I'm Doing It is a rollercoaster of emotions."[9]

In a positive review, James d'Apice of The Music AU said "If an artist is pretty good by their late teens - as E^ST was - there's an expectation that by their early 20s they should be near their peak. Anything less would be a disappointment. Here, with E^ST’s debut album, we hold that most delicious of cultural products: potential realised. Treasure this."[10]

Poppy Reid of Rolling Stone Australia said the album "shows a maturity redolent of a person who was not only willing to feel every piece of their heart when it broke, but also displayed each piece in front of them, examining the fractures before piecing it back together."[11]

Jackson Langford of Music Feeds exclaimed "Naming your debut album I'm Doing It is a bold and soul-bearing move. It can be said in a defiant and resistant way. It can be said in a defeatist and morose way. It can be said with eyes closed and heart open, as you prepare to dive headfirst into the deep unknown. E^ST goes through all that and then some on her long-awaited first LP, as she struggles to process heartbreak and scrambles to put the pieces back together again."[12]

Track listing

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I'm Doing It track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Fit for Company"1:41
2."Flight Path"2:45
3."Maybe It's Me"2:45
4."Found Somebody"3:21
5."Fresh Out of Love"2:50
6."I'm Not Funny Anymore"2:55
7."Turn"1:59
8."Talk Deep"3:27
9."No One with You"2:48
10."Walking Home in the Rain"2:43
11."Get Through"2:47
12."I Wanna Be Here"3:00
13."I'm Doing It"3:03

Charts

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Chart performance for I'm Doing It
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13] 12

Release history

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Region Date Format Label Catalogue Ref.
Australia 31 July 2020
Warner Music Australia 5419707640 [14][15][16]

References

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  1. ^ "Talk Deep – Single by E^ST on Apple Music". Apple Music AU. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Flight Path – Single by E^ST on Apple Music". Apple Music AU. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Fresh Out of Love – Single by E^ST on Apple Music". Apple Music AU. 14 February 2020. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  4. ^ Young, David James (10 April 2020). "E^ST releases new single "Maybe It's Me"". NME. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b Langford, Jackson (19 June 2020). "E^ST drops new single "Wanna Be Here"". Music Feeds. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  6. ^ Young, David James (10 March 2020). "E^ST announces debut album I'm Doing It and intimate showcases". NME. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  7. ^ "E^ST explores bettering yourself as a person in her debut album, I'M DOING IT". Eat This Music. July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Tash Sultana, Tkay Maidza, and Tame Impala Lead Rolling Stone Australia Awards Winners". Rolling Stone Australia. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  9. ^ a b Ross, Dylan (24 July 2020). "Album of the Week: E^ST takes us through the highs and lows of life on I'm Doing It (2020 LP)". the AU Review. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  10. ^ a b d'Apice, James (30 July 2020). "E^ST / I'm Doing It Warner". the AU Review. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  11. ^ "All Grown Up: E^ST's Brave New Direction". Rolling Stone Australia. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  12. ^ "ALbum Review E^ST I'm Doing It". Music Feeds. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  13. ^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  14. ^ "I'm Doing It (CD)". JB HiFi. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  15. ^ "I'm Doing It (LP)". JB HiFi. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  16. ^ "I'm Doing It (DD)". Apple Music. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
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