Antidotes
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| Studio album by Foals | ||||
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Publication |
March 24, 2008 |
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| Label (s) | Transgressive Records, Sub Pop | |||
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Format (s) |
CD, LP |
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Title (number) |
11 |
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David Andrew Sitek, Foals |
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Studio (s) |
Stay Gold Studios, Brooklyn |
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Antidotes is the debut album by the English indie rock band Foals .
The album was released on March 24, 2008 by Transgressive Records in Great Britain , on March 28, 2008 by Warner in Germany and on April 8, 2008 by Sub Pop in the USA .
Recordings
The album was recorded in the Summer of 2007 at Stay Gold Studios in Brooklyn , produced by Dave Sittek, guitarist and keyboard player for the band TV on the Radio . However, the band was not satisfied with the recordings, to them they sounded as if the album had been recorded in the Grand Canyon , so they remixed the album again in London . Foals were criticized by fans that the two songs Hummer and Mathletics , the the band had made known were not on the album.
Reviews
The reviews for Antidotes are overall positive to enthusiastic. In particular, the band's new sound, which combines different styles of music, was well received by the critics. It says on laut.de : What is so new or suspicious of the Foals sound [...]: It is the almost ingenious game with the most diverse genres and sound quotations. A big corner of electro pop, meets rock, meets punk, funk and and and . The music is catchy and danceable and the album receives a full five out of five stars.
On intro.de the album is described as a convincing debut from start to finish, Plattentests.de cannot fully understand the hype that prevails in Great Britain, but still certifies the band a very good debut, which has high hopes for the future lets .
BBC Music decided: Believe the hype, there won't be a better British debut album this year.
Further ratings: Allmusic (4/5), Drowned in Sound (9/10), Gigwise (4.5 / 5), The Guardian (3/5), NME (7/10), The Observer (4/5) , Pitchfork Media (5.9 / 10), Rolling Stone (3.5 / 5), The Times (4/5), Uncut (4/5)
successes
Antidotes rose to number three on the British album charts and was a great success. In the first week, a good 25,000 copies were sold and gold status was achieved. The album reached 28th place in the Top Heatseekers charts in the USA, but it did not make it into the US album charts. It was different in Japan (# 80), France (# 84), the Netherlands (# 99) and New Zealand (# 99). The singles Balloons (# 39), Cassius (# 26) and Red Socks Pugie (# 89) also entered the UK single charts.
Antidotes also did well in the annual charts of various music magazines . The NME sees the album at number 5, the Musikexpress at number 14 and the intro at number 9. The readers of Spex voted the album the seventh best of the year.
Track list
- The French Open - 03:46
- Cassius - 03:50
- Red Socks Pugie - 05:09
- Olympic Airways - 04:19
- Electric Bloom - 04:55
- Balloons - 03:01
- Heavy Water - 04:32
- Two Steps, Twice - 04:39
- Big Big Love (Fig. 2) - 05:47
- Like Swimming - 01:58
- Tron - 04:48
Bonus songs
In the USA and Japan the bonus songs Hummer and Mathletics were added, in Japan also the title Brazil is Here . The songs Titan Arum , Gold Gold Gold , Hummer and Mathletics could be found on a special tour edition . In addition, a special edition bonus CD was partially available in the UK, which contained the following titles:
- Lobster (2:59)
- Astronauts 'n' All (3:11)
- Mathletics (3:11)
- Big Big Love (Fig. 1) (4:41)
- XXXXX (Live) (1:56)
- The French Open (Live) (3:00)
- Balloons (Live) (3:01)
- Two Steps, Twice (Live) (4:32)
- Mathletics (Live) (3:21)
The live recordings are from a performance at Liars Club in Nottingham on February 10, 2007.
Single releases
- Balloons (December 10, 2007)
- Cassius (March 10, 2008)
- Red Socks Pugie (June 9, 2008)
- Olympic Airways (October 6, 2008)
Other contributors
- All songs written by Foals
- Recorded by Chris Moore
- Mixed by Mike Crossey
- Mastered by Guy Davie
- Recording Technicians: Alan Labiner, Chris Coady, John Valencia
- Singing at Red Socks Pugie : Katrina Ford
- Saxophone : Stuart Bogie
- Trumpet : Aaron Johnson
- Trumpet : Eric Biondo
- Cover design: Tinhead
Individual evidence
- ↑ Review on nme.com
- ↑ Review on laut.de
- ↑ Review ( Memento of the original from August 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on intro.de
- ↑ Integral movement prophylaxis - review on plattentests.de
- ↑ Review on bbc.co.uk (engl.)
- ↑ a b article on indiepedia.de
