Anxiety Always

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Anxiety Always
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Studio album by
Released Flag of the United Kingdom.svg April 7, 2003
Flag of the United States.svg April 8, 2003
Genre Electronic, Detroit techno
Label Ersatz Audio
ADULT. chronology
Resuscitation
(2001)
Anxiety Always
(2003)
Gimmie Trouble
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 72/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Spin 7.5/10 [3]
PopMatters positive [4]
Pitchfork 7.9/10 [5]
Splendedzinepositive [6]
URB Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [7]

Anxiety Always is an album released by the Detroit, Michigan electronic duo ADULT. in September 2003. Although the band had released the album Resuscitation in 2001, this release is considered to be their true full-length debut album, as Resuscitation was essentially a compilation of past single releases.

Contents

ADULT. consists of instrumentalist Adam Lee Miller and vocalist Nicola Kuperus. Kuperus is also a visual artist and provided the album's cover art photography. Upon its release Anxiety Always received positive reviews from critics, who praised the duo's expansion of their mostly-synthesizer-based sound, as the album contains prominent guitar and bass guitar elements.

Anxiety Always was released independently by Miller and Kurperus on their Ersatz Audio record label.

Track listing

All songs by Miller and Kurperus.

Compact disc

  1. "The Cold Call"
  2. "Shake Your Head"
  3. "Glue Your Eyelids Together"
  4. "Blank-Eyed Nosebleed"
  5. "Turn Your Back"
  6. "People, You Can Confuse"
  7. "Nothing of the Kind"
  8. "Nervous (Wreck)"
  9. "We Know How to Have Fun"
  10. "Kick in the Shin"

Bonus tracks

The Australian version of this album came with two bonus tracks.

  1. "Foot in Mouth Disease"
  2. "Suck the Air"

Vinyl

  1. "Glue Your Eyelids Together"
  2. "Blank-Eyed Nosebleed"
  3. "(Nervous) Wreck"
  4. "People, You Can Confuse"
  5. "We Know How to Have Fun"
  6. "Shake Your Head"
  7. "Turn Your Back"
  8. "Nothing of the Kind"
  9. "Kick in the Shin"
  10. "Foot-in-Mouth Disease"

Personnel

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References

  1. "Anxiety Always by Adult. Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  2. Kellman, Andy. Anxiety Always at AllMusic
  3. Spin MagazineMay 2003, p.116
  4. PopMatters review
  5. Pitchfork Media review Archived March 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  6. Splendedzine review Archived March 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  7. URB Magazine review ([#104, p.95)