Vivian Girls (album)

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Vivian Girls
Studio album by Vivian Girls
Released September 30, 2008 (2008-09-30)
Recorded January 2008
Genre Indie rock, noise pop, lo-fi
Length 21:16
Label In The Red
Vivian Girls chronology
Vivian Girls
(2008)
Everything Goes Wrong
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars link
The A.V. Club (A-) link
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Positive) link
Clash (Positive) link
Magnet 4/5 stars link
NME (8/10) link
No Ripcord 4.5/5 stars link
Paste 4/5 stars link
Pitchfork Media (8.5/10) link

Vivian Girls is the debut album by lo-fi/punk band Vivian Girls, released September 30, 2008.

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[edit] Reception

According to Metacritic, the album was met to universal acclaim receiving a 81/100 based on 14 reviews.[1]

"the melodies, all hard and spiky on the outside and gooey on the inside, like tough girl music should be" - Plan B

"between the omnipresent slabs of reverb, the trio flip between harmonic garage rock, gloomy melodies and twee-Birthday Partyisms" - NME (8/10)

[edit] Trivia

The album was named the 16th best album of 2008 by Pitchfork Media and the 9th best album of 2008 by Rough Trade.[2][3]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "All the Time" - 1:57
  2. "Such a Joke" - 1:43
  3. "Wild Eyes" - 1:55
  4. "Going Insane" - 1:29
  5. "Tell the World" - 3:36
  6. "Where Do You Run To" - 3:15
  7. "Damaged" - 2:06
  8. "No" - 1:19
  9. "Never See Me Again" - 1:41
  10. "I Believe in Nothing" - 2:26

[edit] References

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