Them Crooked Vultures (album)

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Them Crooked Vultures
Studio album by Them Crooked Vultures
Released November 16, 2009 (2009-11-16)
Recorded January–August 2009 at Pink Duck Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre Alternative rock, hard rock,
stoner rock, heavy metal, blues rock
Length 66:22
Label RCA (UK)
DGC/Interscope (US)
Producer Them Crooked Vultures
Singles from Them Crooked Vultures
  1. "New Fang"
    Released: October 26, 2009
  2. "Mind Eraser, No Chaser"
    Released: November 3, 2009

Them Crooked Vultures is the debut studio album by the rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures that was released on November 16, 2009. The first single from the album, "New Fang", was released on October 26, 2009, followed by "Mind Eraser, No Chaser" on November 3. The album debuted at number 12 on the Billboard 200, selling 70,000 units in the US in its first week.[1][2]

Contents

[edit] Release history

The first single from the album, "New Fang", was released on October 26, 2009.[3] On November 3, 2009 they released their second single, via free download on iTunes, entitled "Mind Eraser, No Chaser".

The album was first released on November 13, 2009, in Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Australia. It was then released by DGC/Interscope[4] in the United States on November 17, 2009;[3] it was released in the United Kingdom by Columbia a day earlier.[4] Prior to release, the album could be viewed on the band's YouTube channel.

[edit] Track listing

All songs credited to Them Crooked Vultures.

No. Title Length
1. "No One Loves Me & Neither Do I"   5:10
2. "Mind Eraser, No Chaser"   4:07
3. "New Fang"   3:49
4. "Dead End Friends"   3:15
5. "Elephants"   6:50
6. "Scumbag Blues"   4:26
7. "Bandoliers"   5:42
8. "Reptiles"   4:16
9. "Interlude With Ludes"   3:45
10. "Warsaw or the First Breath You Take After You Give Up"   7:50
11. "Caligulove"   4:55
12. "Gunman"   4:45
13. "Spinning in Daffodils"   7:28
iTunes exclusive track
No. Title Length
14. "No One Loves Me & Neither Do I" (Live) 5:46
iTunes pre order exclusive track
No. Title Length
15. "Gunman" (Live) 4:59

[edit] Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[5]
The A.V. Club (B+)[6]
Chicago Tribune 3.5/4 stars[7]
Drowned in Sound (7/10)[8]
Entertainment Weekly (A-)[9]
The Independent 4/5 stars[10]
Kerrang! 4/5 stars[11]
Pitchfork Media (6.2/10)[12]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[13]
Slant 4/5 stars[14]
The Times 4/5 stars[15]
Robert Christgau B− [16]

The album has received a 75 Metascore rating from aggregrator Metacritic, based on 23 critics, indicating generally favorable reviews.[17] Rhapsody deemed it the 19th best album of 2009.[18] Chicago Tribune reviewer Greg Kot was particularly complimentary of the album, giving it a rating of 3.5/4, he said "Nasty riffs and sticky melodies are everywhere". He also praised multi-instrumentalist John Paul Jones, saying his "mastery of texture, whether on funky Clavinet for 'Scumbag Blues,' classical piano on 'Spinning in Daffodils' or slide guitar for 'Reptiles,' is the band's secret weapon".[7] The A.V Club's Steven Hyden said the group's album "doesn’t equal the considerable awesomeness of its ancestors (the aforementioned Led Zeppelin, Nirvana and Queens of the Stone Age); it sounds like a second-tier Queens Of The Stone Age record", and that it "could have fit comfortably under Homme’s usual banner". He did however, commend it for being "a hell of a lot of fun" and awarded it a B+, adding "The biggest pleasure of Them Crooked Vultures is hearing three supremely gifted players fall together quickly and easily on songs built on simple riffs that sound like they were made up on a lark five minutes earlier."[6]

David Quantick of BBC gave the album a highly favorable review saying "Their debut album is very good indeed. Released, rather oddly, at virtually the same time as Foo Fighters' new greatest hits collection, this album sounds by and large like QOTSA, as Homme sings and plays guitar, but with – unsurprisingly really – Zeppelin-esque touches. From 'Scumbag Blues', which could have fitted loudly on the second Zep’ album, to the superb single 'No One Loves Me & Neither Do I', which is a distant cousin to Trampled Under Foot, this is a proper rock album that's very aware of its roots."[19]

[edit] Personnel

Them Crooked Vultures
Production personnel
Additional personnel

[edit] Chart positions

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[20] 4
Austrian Albums Chart[20] 25
Belgian Albums Chart (Vl)[20] 26
Belgian Albums Chart (Wa)[20] 52
Canadian Albums Chart[21] 5
Finnish Albums Chart[20] 13
French Albums Chart[20] 38
Netherlands Albums Chart[20] 9
New Zealand Albums Chart[20] 2
Swedish Albums Chart[20] 53
Swiss Albums Chart[20] 10
UK Albums Chart[22] 13
UK Rock Chart[23] 1
US Billboard 200[21] 12
US Hard Rock Albums Chart[21] 1
US Modern Rock/Alternative Albums Chart[21] 2
US Rock Albums Chart[21] 4

[edit] Year-end charts

Chart (2010) Position
US Billboard 200 111[24]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Up for Discussion Jump to Forums (2009-11-21). "Raditude - Weezer". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/album/weezer/raditude/1295451#/news/john-mayer-snares-no-1-on-busy-billboard-1004048329.story. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
  2. ^ "John Mayer tops album chart; Norah Jones and Justin Bieber, not too shabby". Entertainment Weekly. http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/11/25/john-mayer-tops-chart/. Retrieved 2009-11-26. 
  3. ^ a b "Crooked Vultures set release date". The Gazette. October 24, 2009. http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/todays-paper/Crooked+Vultures+release+date/2141007/story.html. Retrieved October 24, 2009. [dead link]
  4. ^ a b Gavin Riley (October 23, 2009). "Them Crooked Vultures LP Due November". Strangleglue.com. http://strangeglue.com/news/them-crooked-vultures-lp-due-november/10007180. Retrieved October 24, 2009. 
  5. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Review: Them Crooked Vultures". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1687414/review. Retrieved 22 November 2009. 
  6. ^ a b Hyden, Steven. "Them Crooked Vultures: Them Crooked Vultures". The A.V. Club. http://www.avclub.com/articles/them-crooked-vultures-them-crooked-vultures,35431/. Retrieved 26 November 2009. 
  7. ^ a b Kot, Greg (November 12, 2009). "Album review: 'Them Crooked Vultures'". Chicago Tribune. http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2009/11/album-review-them-crooked-vultures-.html. Retrieved 25 November 2009. 
  8. ^ Lukowski, Andrzej. "Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures". Drowned in Sound. http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14876/reviews/4138415. Retrieved 26 November 2009. 
  9. ^ Collis, Clark. "Them Crooked Vultures (2009)". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20319623,00.html. Retrieved 26 November 2009. 
  10. ^ Gill, Andy (November 20, 2009). "Album: Them Crooked Vultures, Them Crooked Vultures (RCA)". The Independent (London). http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-them-crooked-vultures-them-crooked-vultures-rca-1824458.html. Retrieved 25 November 2009. 
  11. ^ "Three-pronged supergroup summon each other's best side". Kerrang!. November 11, 2009. p. 50. 
  12. ^ Colly, Joe. "Album Reviews: Them Crooked Vultures: Them Crooked Vultures". Pitchfork Media. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13717-them-crooked-vultures. 
  13. ^ Sheffield, Rob. "Them Crooked Vultures: Them Crooked Vultures". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/30802649/review/30805558/them_crooked_vultures. Retrieved 25 November 2009. 
  14. ^ Jones, Huw. "Them Crooked Vultures: Them Crooked Vultures". Slant Magazine. http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=1925. Retrieved 25 November 2009. 
  15. ^ Clay, Joe (November 14, 2009). "Them Crooked Vultures: Them Crooked Vultures". The Times (London). http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article6911248.ece. Retrieved 25 November 2009. 
  16. ^ Robert Christgau. "Robert Christgau CG: Them Crooked Vultures". http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=them+crooked+vultures. Retrieved 1 December 2011. 
  17. ^ "Them Crooked Vultures by Them Crooked Vultures". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/themcrookedvultures/themcrookedvultures. Retrieved 2009-11-22. 
  18. ^ The 25 Best Albums of 2009 Referenced July 31 2010
  19. ^ A funny, powerful and edgy debut from new supergroup on the block. David Quantick. BBC
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Them Crooked Vultures (album)". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Them+Crooked+Vultures&titel=Them+Crooked+Vultures&cat=a. Retrieved 2009-11-26. 
  21. ^ a b c d e "Charts & Awards: Them Crooked Vultures". Allmusic. Rovi. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1687414/charts-awards. Retrieved 3 August 2011. 
  22. ^ "Them Crooked Vultures". Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=12456. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
  23. ^ "UK Rock Chart". Bbc.co.uk. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/rockalbums/. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
  24. ^ "Best of 2010 - Billboard Top 200". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. http://www.billboard.com/#/charts-year-end/top-billboard-200?year=2010. Retrieved 2010-12-31. 
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