Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

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Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Blender
Drowned In Sound	(9/10)
Pitchfork Media	(7.8/10)
PopMatters	(Mixed)
Robert Christgau	(B)
Rolling Stone
Stylus Magazine	(B)
Tiny Mix Tapes
Village Voice	(B)

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes is a 2004 album by the American art rock band, TV on the Radio. The album, recorded at Headgear Studio in Brooklyn, was awarded the Shortlist Music Prize for 2004. It was released on CD, 12" vinyl and MP3 download formats. The CD is enhanced with two different quality Quicktime video files of the "Dreams" music video. The 12" features two records with the extra song "You Could Be Love" and a different track order from the CD. The MP3 version includes two extra songs not available on the CD. "Staring at the Sun" has the intro edited from the original version on Young Liars, and is the same version used on the single and video.

Track listing

1. "The Wrong Way" – 4:38
2. "Staring at the Sun" – 3:27
3. "Dreams" – 5:09
4. "King Eternal" – 4:28
5. "Ambulance" – 4:55
6. "Poppy" – 6:07
7. "Don't Love You" – 5:31
8. "Bomb Yourself" – 5:32
9. "Wear You Out" – 7:22
10. "You Could Be Love" (only available on the vinyl and MP3 versions)
11. "Staring at the Sun (demo)" (only available on the MP3 version)

Personnel

• Tunde Adebimpe – vocals, loops
• Kyp Malone – vocals, guitars, loops
• David Andrew Sitek – music, guitars, keys, loops

External links

• Touch and Go release page
• Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes at Metacritic