Volume One (She & Him album)
The first video featured Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward in a semi-animated enactment released in 2008.[14] The second video, released in 2009, was a collaboration of talent from the film (500) Days of Summer, including co-stars Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt with director Marc Webb, choreographer Michael Rooney, and producer Mason Novick.[15] Volume One received positive reviews, and landed on the Village Voice's 'Pazz and Jop' poll as one of the year’s best albums and was named the best record of 2008 by Paste magazine.Patrick Caldwell of the Austin American Statesman wrote "The album gently rambled through 13 tracks of sun-dappled pop, with a gentle Orbisonian charm and sweet, wistful vocals from Deschanel."[16] All tracks are written by Zooey Deschanel, except where notedShe and Him Additional musicians