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2005 studio album by The New Pornographers
Twin Cinema is the third studio album by Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers . It was released on August 23, 2005. The album was shortlisted for the 2006 Polaris Music Prize .[2] As of 2010 it has sold 138,000 copies in US and 20,000 copies in Canada.[3]
Critical reception [ edit ]
Initial critical response to Twin Cinema was very positive. At Metacritic , which assigns to reviews from mainstream critics a normalized rating out of 100, the album has received a score of 85, based on 32 reviews.[4] Online music magazine PopMatters ranked the album at #1 on their Best Music of 2005 list.[15] Pitchfork placed Twin Cinema at number 150 on their list of Top 200 Albums of the 2000s,[16] as well as at number 18 on their list of The 50 Best Indie Rock Albums of the Pacific Northwest.[17]
Track listing [ edit ]
All songs written and sung by A. C. Newman , except where noted.
Title Vocals 1. "Twin Cinema" 2:59 2. "The Bones of an Idol" Neko Case 2:51 3. "Use It" 3:26 4. "The Bleeding Heart Show" Newman, Case 4:27 5. "Jackie, Dressed in Cobras" (Dan Bejar ) Bejar 3:06 6. "The Jessica Numbers" (Newman, John Collins) 3:06 7. "These Are the Fables" Case 3:29 8. "Sing Me Spanish Techno" 4:16 9. "Falling Through Your Clothes" 2:53 10. "Broken Breads" (Bejar) Bejar 3:00 11. "Three or Four" Newman, Case 3:07 12. "Star Bodies" Newman, Case 4:07 13. "Streets of Fire" (Bejar) Bejar, Case 2:41 14. "Stacked Crooked" 4:18 Total length: 47:46
Bonus track on Japanese release and iTunes version Title 15. "High Art, Local News" 3:02
Personnel [ edit ]
The New Pornographers
A.C. Newman – vocals , guitar , ebow , synthesizer , harmonica , pump organ , xylophone
John Collins – bass , guitar, synthesizer, ebow, vocals
Kurt Dahle – drums , percussion , vocals
Dan Bejar – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, melodeon
Neko Case – vocals
Blaine Thurier – synthesizer
Todd Fancey – guitar
Kathryn Calder – piano , vocals
Additional personnel
References [ edit ]
^ Pitchfork Staff (October 2, 2009). "The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s" . Pitchfork . Retrieved April 28, 2023 . On Twin Cinema , Carl Newman and his band of moonlighting luminaries...seek to discover that special something that keeps us returning to pop music.
^ "2006 Winners and Nominees" . Polaris Music Prize . Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2013 .
^ "Will star power eclipse New Pornographers?" . Reuters . 17 April 2010. Archived from the original on 2017-09-01.
^ a b "Reviews for Twin Cinema by The New Pornographers" . Metacritic . Retrieved April 7, 2009 .
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas . "Twin Cinema – The New Pornographers" . AllMusic . Retrieved December 3, 2009 .
^ Sinagra, Laura (September 2005). "New Pornographers: Twin Cinema " . Blender (40): 134. Archived from the original on January 28, 2006. Retrieved February 21, 2016 .
^ Dombal, Ryan (August 22, 2005). "Twin Cinema " . Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on December 14, 2005. Retrieved January 6, 2016 .
^ Clayton-Lea, Tony (August 26, 2005). "The New Pornographers: Twin Cinema (Matador)" . The Irish Times . Retrieved January 6, 2016 .
^ Cromelin, Richard (September 4, 2005). "Soul drowned out by sound" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved January 6, 2016 .
^ "The New Pornographers: Twin Cinema ". NME : 58. August 20, 2005.
^ Mitchum, Rob (August 21, 2005). "The New Pornographers: Twin Cinema " . Pitchfork . Retrieved December 3, 2009 .
^ Sheffield, Rob (August 11, 2005). "The New Pornographers: Twin Cinema ". Rolling Stone . No. 980. p. 70.
^ Wolk, Douglas (August 2005). "Something to Talk About" . Spin . 21 (8): 93–94. Retrieved January 6, 2016 .
^ "The New Pornographers: Twin Cinema ". Uncut (101): 96. October 2005.
^ "The Best 50 CDs of 2005" . PopMatters . December 19, 2005. Retrieved April 29, 2013 .
^ Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "Pitchfork: Staff Lists: The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 150-101" . Pitchfork . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2009 .
^ Pitchfork staff (September 6, 2016). "Pitchfork: The 50 Best Indie Albums of the Pacific Northwest" . Pitchfork . Retrieved September 14, 2016 .
External links [ edit ]