Structure & Cosmetics
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| Released | 30 July 2007 (NZ) August 7, 2007 (USA) | |||
| Genre | Indie pop | |||
| Length | 38:48 | |||
| Label | Lil' Chief Records Sub Pop | |||
| Producer | Jonathan Bree | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| CMJ | favorable[1] |
| Crawdaddy | favorable[2] |
| NME | 8/10[3] |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.3/10 link |
| The Sunday Star-Times | link |
Structure & Cosmetics is the third album by New Zealand band The Brunettes, and their first album to be released on Sub Pop in the USA. The album was released on 30 July 2007 in New Zealand on Lil' Chief Records and on August 7, 2007 in North America.
Track listing
- "Brunettes Against Bubblegum Youth (B-A-B-Y)" - 4:15
- "Stereo (Mono Mono)" - 5:03
- "Her Hairagami Set" - 4:39
- "Credit Card Mail Order" - 4:11
- "Obligatory Road Song" - 4:12
- "Small Town Crew" - 3:52
- "If You Were Alien" - 4:28
- "Wall Poster Star" - 3:34
- "Structure & Cosmetics" - 4:34
Personnel
- Heather Mansfield - vocals, organ, piano, clarinet, melodica, glockenspiel, harmonica
- Jonathan Bree - vocals, guitars, bass, synthesizers, drums, rhodes, mellotron
- James Milne - backing vocals and bass on tracks 1, 3, 4, 7 and 9
- Ryan McPhun - backing vocals and drums on tracks 1, 3, 4, 7 and 9
- Harry Cundy - trumpet
- Jamie Power - drums on tracks 6 and 8.
- William Cotton - backing vocals, tenor saxophone, celeste
- Dionne Taylor - lapsteel
Track Usage
- The song "Brunettes Against Bubblegum Youth" features in an advertisement for Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks, which debuted in December 2007.
References
- ^ CMJ, August 2007
- ^ Crawdaddy, 8 Aug 2007
- ^ NME, 11 March 2007, p.49