It's lightning!

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It's lightning!
Studio album by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Publication
(s)

March 10, 2009

admission

2008

Label (s) Interscope

Genre (s)

Indie rock , indie pop , synthpop , synth rock , new wave

Title (number)

10

running time

41:49

occupation

production

Nick Launay , Dave Sitek

Studio (s)

Sonic Ranch, Stay Gold Studio, The Boat, Seedy Underbelly

chronology
Show Your Bones
(2006) 		It's lightning! -

It's lightning! is the third studio album by the New York indie band Yeah Yeah Yeahs . It was originally scheduled to be released on April 13th, 2009, but the date was brought forward to March 10th due to an internet leak on February 22nd, 2009.
It's lightning! was produced by Nick Launay and Dave Sitek. The band says about the album that it sounds different than the previous album but "still like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs".

The album was nominated on December 2, 2009 for a Grammy Award in the category Best Alternative Music Album .

Recordings

According to Nick Launay , one of the producers, the production and recording of the album was capitalized and came at a time when record labels were severely constrained in their production budgets. The few songs that the band brought to the first sessions were later changed significantly.

The recording sessions took place over several months in 2008. In between there were always short breaks "for inspiration".

Track list

All songs were written by Brian Chase , Karen Orzolek and Nick Zinner .

Standard Edition Bonus tracks
  1. Zero - 4:25
  2. Heads Will Roll - 3:41
  3. Soft Shock - 3:53
  4. Skeletons - 5:02
  5. Dull Life - 4:08
  6. Shame & Fortune - 3:31
  7. Runaway - 5:13
  8. Dragon Queen - 4:02
  9. Hysteric - 3:50
  10. Little Shadow - 3:57

Deluxe Edition:

  2. Soft Shock (acoustic) - 3:25
  3. Skeletons (acoustic) - 3:29
  4. Hysteric (acoustic) - 3:51
  5. Little Shadow (acoustic) - 2:53

iTunes:

  2. Faces - 3:33
  3. Clap Song - 3:26

Singles

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2009 zero - - - UK49 (5 weeks)
UK 		-
Heads will roll DE73
gold
gold

(6 weeks)DE 		- - UK89
gold
gold

(2 weeks)UK 		-
Sales: + 550,000

Zero: (February 24, 2009)

  1. Zero - 4:26
  2. Zero (MSTRKRFT Remix) - 4:00

Heads Will Roll: (June 29, 2009)

  1. Heads Will Roll - 3:44
  2. Heads Will Roll (Passion Pit Remix) - 4:39

Charts

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 71 (2 weeks) 2
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 61 (2 weeks) 2
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 85 (1 week) 1
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 9 (8 weeks) 8th
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 22nd (28 weeks) 28

criticism

It's lightning! was received extremely positively by critics. On Metacritic it achieved a score of 82 out of 100 points. Mauricio Quinones from CDStarts.de gave the album 9 out of 10 points and described it as the "most ambitious, reflective and epic work of their career". He described both Runaway and Dragon Queen "as" unbelievable songs, new territory in the Yeah Yeah Yeahs universe and the climax of It's Blitz ". He also praised the work of the producers, they had" done a great job: another great one is coming , not a simple piece of music from urban Brooklyn. "

Web links

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  1. ↑ diditleak.co.uk
  2. ↑ grammy.com
  3. ↑ hitquarters.com
  4. ↑ hitquarters.com
  5. ↑ a b c d e f Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  6. ↑ metacritic.com
  7. ↑ cdstarts.de