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'''''Interpol''''' is the self-titled fourth [[studio album]] by the American band [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]] |
'''''Interpol''''' is the self-titled fourth [[studio album]] by the American band [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]] released on September 7, 2010 on their initial label. The album was recorded at [[Electric Lady Studios]] in [[Greenwich Village]]. Details of the records surfaced in early June through the band's official website.<ref>[http://www.interpolnyc.com/news.html interpolnyc.com/news]</ref> "Lights" was released for free download through the site, originally in May 2010 with an accompanying video released in June 2010 by Charlie White, who earlier directed the music video for Evil. This album will be the band's last effort with original bassist [[Carlos Dengler]] as he left shortly after the album's completion. The lead single "[[Barricade (song)|Barricade]]" was released on August 3, 2010. |
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==Track listing== |
==Track listing== |
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Interpol is the self-titled fourth studio album by the American band Interpol released on September 7, 2010 on their initial label. The album was recorded at Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village. Details of the records surfaced in early June through the band's official website.[1] "Lights" was released for free download through the site, originally in May 2010 with an accompanying video released in June 2010 by Charlie White, who earlier directed the music video for Evil. This album will be the band's last effort with original bassist Carlos Dengler as he left shortly after the album's completion. The lead single "Barricade" was released on August 3, 2010.
Track listing
All songs written by Interpol.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Success" | 3:28 |
| 2. | "Memory Serves" | 5:03 |
| 3. | "Summer Well" | 4:05 |
| 4. | "Lights" | 5:38 |
| 5. | "Barricade" | 4:11 |
| 6. | "Always Malaise (The Man I Am)" | 4:15 |
| 7. | "Safe Without" | 4:41 |
| 8. | "Try It On" | 3:42 |
| 9. | "All of the Ways" | 5:18 |
| 10. | "The Undoing" | 5:11 |
| 11. | "Crimewaves" (iTunes pre-order bonus track) | 3:26 |
| 12. | "Gavilan" (Japanese bonus track) | |
| Total length: | 45:53 | |
Critical reception
Critical reaction to Interpol has been generally positive, with some reviewers giving the album average reviews.[2][3] Victoria Segal of Q awarded the album four out of five stars, stating that "Paul Banks's vocals as attention-grabbing as a hand on the back of the neck while subtle textures rub up against the drama of the guitars" and concluded by saying that "for a band who specialise in the dark, their touch is thankfully light".[4] Chris Coplan from Consequence of Sound praised the "rich narrative" and "brilliant pacing found throughout the record" and described it as "a story that builds from an emotionally-resilient semi-joyousness in the beginning [...] to creepy, morose, and sinister by the end".[5] Iann Robinson of Crave Online described the album as "epic, sad, disastrously emotional music that is written to exploit feelings of melancholy and despair" and noticed that "with so much pop music either dedicated to false sentiments of love or infant bouts of angry tantrums it’s kind of nice to hear a band looking into deeper ideas".[6] Simon Vozick-Levinson of Entertainment Weekly felt that on Interpol "the riffs [...] are grander, the rhythms more limber, and the melodies more memorably moody than they've been in years" and stated that "lapsed fans may be surprised to find themselves reminded of why they loved this band in the first place".[7] Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone called it "a surprisingly solid comeback" and praised Daniel Kessler's guitar as "the essence of arty post-punk romance".[8] In an early track-by-track review of the album, Paul Stokes of NME wrote that the band is "as atmospheric and dark as they were on their debut, and yet more intricate, and - as the trumpets prove - orchestral".[9]
Paul Neeson from The Skinny gave the album three stars out of five, noticing that it is "solidly set in the absoluteness of the Interpol sound; dominated by the merciless monotones of Paul Banks" and concluded by saying that "there’s a nonchalant sense of old ideas being reworked, and of a band slowly suffocating in its own vacuum".[10] Josh Modell of Spin found it "more dull than hypnotic". He felt that "it tries to assemble skyscrapers, but ends up muddling around without a strong foundation" and noticed that Interpol sounds "both strangely distant and overly familiar, like a band struggling to remember who they are".[11] Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune described the album as "bits and pieces of promising music without strong foundations" and stated that although "the band sounds terrific", the album does not offer "more than one or two truly memorable songs".[12] Patrick Caldwell of Austin American-Statesman said that the album "packs the standard pleasures from the band - Banks’ obtuse, intriguing lyricism and Carlos Dengler’s thumping bass", but felt that it "never quite gets to the grand release it seems like it’s searching for" and concluded by stating that "delayed gratification doesn’t work if it never actually materializes at all".[13]
Personnel
- Paul Banks – lead vocals, guitar, lyrics
- Daniel Kessler – lead guitar
- Sam Fogarino – drums, percussion
- Carlos Dengler – bass, keyboards
Additional personnel
- Alan Moulder – mixer
- Claudius Mittendorfer – engineer
- Greg Calbi – mastering engineer
Recording
- Recorded at Electric Lady Studios
- Mastered at Sterling Sound
References
- ^ interpolnyc.com/news
- ^ "Metacritic score".
- ^ "Any Decent Music score".
- ^ Segal, Victoria (October 2010 Issue). "INTERPOL Interpol". Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Coplan, Chris (25 August 2010). "Album Review: Interpol – Interpol". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Robinson, Ian (30 August 2010). "Interpol: Self-Titled". AtomicOnline. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Vozick-Levinson, Simon (1 September 2010). "Interpol (2010) Interpol". Time Inc. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Sheffield, Rob (7 September 2010). "Interpol Interpol Matador". Wenner Media. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Stokes, Paul (15 July 2010). "Interpol, 'Interpol' - First Listen". NME. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Neeson, Paul (31 August 2010). "Interpol – Interpol". Radge Media. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Modell, Josh (30 August 2010). "Interpol, 'Interpol' (Matador)". Spin Media LLC. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Kot, Greg (2 September 2010). "Album review: Interpol, 'Interpol'". Tribune Company. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Caldwell, Patrick (5 September 2010). "CD review: Interpol 'Interpol'". Cox Enterprises. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
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