Crystal Castles (album)

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Crystal Castles
Crystal Castles studio album

Publication
(s)

March 18, 2008

admission

2005-2007

Label (s) Read Records
Last Gang Records

Format (s)

CD , LP

Genre (s)

Electro
Noise
Electropunk

Title (number)

16

running time

51:55

occupation
  • Instruments, electro: Ethan Kath

production

Ethan Kath

chronology
- Crystal Castles Crystal Castles
2010
Single releases
August 13, 2007 Crimewave
December 17, 2007 Air War
March 31, 2008 Courtship Dating
June 14, 2008 Vanished
September 21, 2008 Crimewave (re-release)

Crystal Castles is the self-titled debut album of Canadian electric duo Crystal Castles . It was released on March 18, 2008 on Lies Records.

content

The album is a compilation of the band's previous sold-out singles, early unreleased tracks, and three new productions recorded especially for the album. The album fluctuates between aggressive Electropunk pieces ( "Alice Practice", "Xxzxcuzx Me" ), quieter electro pieces ( "Untrust Us", "Magic Spells", "Vanished" ) and a swivel into the Shoegaze / Dream-Pop - Genre with "Tell Me What To Swallow" .

The track "Alice Practice" is an improvised microphone test which the label liked so much that it was added to the album (without Alice Glass' knowledge).

Artwork

The actual cover, which should adorn the album, was a Madonna photo by Trevor Brown. But the label distributors in the USA refused to sell an album with a Madonna face and without any content from Madonna. Brown, the photographer, also opposed the use of the photo. In the end, a photo of the two band members standing bent over in front of a garage was used as a simple artwork.

Reviews

All in all, the album was well received by critics. Pitchfork Media praised the band's vitality on the one hand, but also that unpredictability was a central element of the record. The site awarded 7.8 / 10 points to the album.

Harald Jakobs awards 7/10 points on Plattentests.de and writes:

“A good, rather slowly dancing album that savored the pain of a little robot soul to the full is" Crystal Castles ", but despite the discussions about the integrity of the band. The rest may just be your understanding of punk ethics. "

- Harald Jakobs
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Crystal Castles
  UK 47 05/10/2008 (4 weeks)

Samples

  • "Untrust Us" samples the song "Dead Womb" from Death from Above 1979 .
  • "Crimewave" uses the song of the same name by the noise rock band Health . "Courtship Dating" uses the song "Courtship" by the same band.
  • "Air War" contains a passage from "Thema (Omaggio a Joyce)" by the Italian avant-garde composer Luciano Berio .
  • "Magic Spells" samples the song "The Message" from Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five and includes a quote from Miniseries V , a 1983 science fiction series.
  • "Good Time" uses the track "Good Times (Dance Mix)" from Drinking Electicity , a Scottish synthpop project from the 80s.
  • "Vanished" uses the song "Sex City" by Van She .

Track list

All songs - unless otherwise noted - by Ethan Kath.

  1. "Untrust Us" - 3.06 Ethan Kath, Death from Above 1979
  2. "Alice Practice" - 2.42 Kath, Alice Glass
  3. "Crimewave" - ​​4.18 Kath, Health
  4. "Magic Spells" - July 6th
  5. "Xxzxcuzx Me" - 1.54 Kath, Glass
  6. "Air War" - December 4th
  7. "Courtship Dating" - 3.30 am Kath, Glass
  8. "Good Time" - 2.56 Kath, Glass, Drinking Electricity
  9. "1991" - 1.53
  10. "Vanished" - 4.02 Kath, Van She
  11. "Knights" - 3.03
  12. "Love and Caring" - 2.18 Kath, Glass
  13. "Through the Hosiery" - 3.07 Kath, Glass
  14. "Reckless" - 3.28
  15. "Black Panther" - 2.56 Kath, Glass
  16. "Tell Me What To Swallow" - 2.14 Kath, Glass

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Review , Pitchfork Media
  2. ↑ Masters of the universe , Plattentests.de
  3. ↑ Charts UK

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