See Clear Now

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See Clear Now
Studio album by Wiley
Released October 13th 2008
Genre Pop/Grime
Length 34:48
Label Atlantic
Producer Mark Ronson
Wiley chronology
Grime Wave
(2008)
See Clear Now
(2008)
Race Against Time

See Clear Now[1] is an album by Wiley. It was originally set to be released as I See Clear on October 13, 2008.[2] The album features collaborations with Lily Allen, electropop group Hot Chip, and producer Mark Ronson in "Cash in My Pocket" contributing "a few trumpets... but it's not brass overload".[3] The album's first single, "Wearing My Rolex"[4] was succeded by the single "Summertime"[2] on September 22[5] and "Cash in My Pocket".

Wiley describes See Clear Now as "his first pop album", explaining that he wants to "push boundaries" while also "staying in the charts by making tunes that connect with people. It's pop all the way from here".[4] He explained that he had wanted to work with Allen since hearing her debut album Alright, Still, and that his collaboration with Hot Chip came about after the two acts performed a version of "Wearing My Rolex" at the 2008 Glastonbury Festival. He also expressed a desire to be "the male equivalent of Missy Elliott" in relation to blending pop appeal with musical innovation.[3]

Track listing

  1. "Ryder Intro" (Produced By Davinche) - 1:28
  2. "Wearing My Rolex" (Produced By Bless Beatz) - 2:51
  3. "I Need to Be" (Produced By Jake Gosling) - 3:16
  4. "Summertime" (Produced By Jake Gosling) - 3:21
  5. "See Clear Now" (feat. Kano & Scorcher) (Produced By P-Nut And Mathias Wollo) - 3:20
  6. "Cash in My Pocket" (feat. Daniel Merriweather) (Produced By Mark Ronson) - 3:00
  7. "5am" (feat. Scorcher) (Produced By Jake Gosling) - 3:35
  8. "Step by Step" (feat. Hot Chip) (Produced By Hot Chip) - 3:48
  9. "Turn It Up" (Produced By Arthur Baker For AB Productions) - 3:29
  10. "Can't Stop Thinking" (Produced By Wiley And Jake Gosling) - 3:49
  11. "I Am the Sea" (Produced By Peter Raeburn, Nick Foster And Adam Bushell) - 2:51