American Twilight

American Twilight
Studio album by Crime & the City Solution
Released	March 26, 2013
Recorded	Classix, West Footscray, Victoria The Tempermill, Ferndale, MI
Genre	Post-punk
Length	41:03
Label	Mute
Producers	Crime & the City Solution, David Feeny
Crime & the City Solution chronology
A History of Crime (2012) American Twilight (2013)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(77/100) [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Drowned in Sound	(7/10) [3]
Mojo	[4]
PopMatters	(7/10) [5]
Q	[6]
Uncut	[7]

American Twilight is the fifth studio album by Crime & the City Solution, released on March 26, 2013 through Mute Records. The album was recorded after a 23-year hiatus that found the band relocating from Berlin to Detroit.

Reception

In The Sunday Times , Stewart Lee said, "Returning to active service, the band takes a global perspective. Here's an unexpectedly cohesive set of intelligent, classy, and thunderous widescreen alterno-rock destined to raise the roofs of publicly funded venues in any European cities that still have an arts budget." ^[8] Q said it was "lifted above cliche and works best when heading full pelt toward the horizon. ^[6]

AllMusic said it was "more than just a triumphant comeback by C&CS - who were not fully appreciated for their uniqueness the first time around - it is a literate, sprawling, bruising rock & roll record that convincingly addresses the crises we face - cultural, spiritual, integral - and the choices we make." ^[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Crime & the City Solution.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Goddess"	3:49
2.	"My Love Takes Me There"	4:09
3.	"Riven Man"	4:33
4.	"Domina"	6:48
5.	"The Colonel (Doesn't Call Anymore)"	6:30
6.	"Beyond Good and Evil"	4:08
7.	"American Twilight"	5:18
8.	"Streets of West Memphis"	5:48

Personnel

Crime & the City Solution

• Bronwyn Adams – violin, backing vocals
• Simon Bonney  – vocals
• Danielle de Picciotto  – autoharp, backing vocals
• David Eugene Edwards  – guitar, backing vocals
• Troy Gregory  – bass guitar, cello, backing vocals
• Alexander Hacke  – guitar, backing vocals
• Matthew Smith – keyboards, backing vocals
• Jim White  – drums

Production and additional personnel

• Churibina – backing vocals
• Brandon Cooper – trumpet
• Crime & the City Solution  – production
• David Feeny – production, engineering, mixing, mastering, pedal steel guitar
• Tony Hamera – engineering
• Casey Rice – engineering
• Bradley Stern – tenor saxophone
• Olga Volchkova  – cover model

References

1. "American Twilight – Crime & the City Solution". Metacritic . Retrieved 19 June 2013.
2. Jurek, Thom. "American Twilight". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
3. Snax, Alex (2 April 2013). "Crime & the City Solution: American Twilight". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
4. columnist (May 2013). "Crime & the City Solution: American Twilight". Mojo : 95. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
5. Schonfeld, Zach (26 March 2013). "Crime & the City Solution: American Twilight". PopMatters . Retrieved 19 June 2013.
6. columnist (April 2013). "Crime & the City Solution: American Twilight". Q : 98. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
7. columnist (April 2013). "Crime & the City Solution: American Twilight". Uncut : 78. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
8. Stewart Lee (24 March 2013). "album reviews". The Sunday Times.

External links

• American Twilight at Discogs (list of releases)