Angles (album)

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Angles
Studio album by The Strokes

Publication
(s)

March 18, 2011

Label (s) RCA Records

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Garage rock , indie rock

Title (number)

10

running time

34:09

occupation
chronology
First Impressions of Earth
(2003) 		Angles Comedown Machine
(2011)

Angles is the fourth album by the American rock band The Strokes . It was released on March 18, 2011 on the RCA Records label . The single Under Cover of Darkness was released in advance .

Track list

  1. Machu Picchu - 3:30
  2. Under Cover of Darkness - 3:56
  3. Two Kinds of Hapiness - 3:42
  4. You're So Right - 2:34
  5. Taken for a Fool - 3:23
  6. Games - 3:52
  7. Call Me Back - 3:02
  8. Gratisfaction - 2:59
  9. Metabolism - 3:01
  10. Life Is Simple in the Moonlight - 4:15

prehistory

Only a short time after the release of the previous album First Impressions of Earth , the band announced writing work on a new album. However, after reports of quarrels and drug problems within the band emerged, the album was a long time coming. According to other rumors, Casablancas had to record separately from the rest of the band because of his stubbornness. Finally around five years after the announcement and various solo projects of individual band members with relatively little success, Angles was released.

Charts

album

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 15th (4 weeks) 4th
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 9 (4 weeks) 4th
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 6th (8 weeks) 8th
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 3 (11 weeks) 11
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 4th (11 weeks) 11

Singles

year title
 Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, , Placements, weeks, awards, comments) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2011 Under Cover of Darkness - - - UK47UK -
Taken for a fool - - - - -

criticism

Jakob Rondthaler from laut.de described Angles as the third best album so far. The album easily surpasses the expectations, which have been lowered in advance by reports of arguments and drug problems, and shows, if not quite as good as previous albums, hardly any weak points and many new ideas.

Kevin Holtmann from plattentests.de criticized the fact that not all of the ten tracks are convincing, but the Strokes remain true to their style and deliver a good album considered as a whole. They remain relevant in the rock scene.

Metacritics rated the album with a score of 71/100. Angles picks up the sound from the 2001 debut album with small updates and a garage rock feeling.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ NME: The Strokes: 'We've started writing our fourth album'
  2. ↑ laut.de: Review by Jakob Rondthaler
  3. ↑ a b c d e Chart positions album: DE AT CH UK US
  4. ↑ Chart placements singles: DE , AT , CH , UK , US
  5. ↑ plattentests.de: Review by Kevin Holtmann
  6. ↑ Metacritics: Metascore and Summary