Audacity of Huge

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"Audacity of Huge" is a song by English electronic music duo Simian Mobile Disco, released in 2009 as the first single from their second studio album Temporary Pleasure . It features vocals by Chris Keating of Yeasayer. [1] The music video was directed by Aries Moross. [2]

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The Guardian has described the song as the "lament (of) an uber-materialist". [3] Its title is an allusion to Barack Obama's The Audacity of Hope . [4]

Reception

At Pitchfork , Marc Hogan called it "a limber, name-dropping, ear-catching body-mover, sleek and uncluttered and populist". [5] Consequence of Sound stated that the lyrics were "hopelessly catchy non sequiturs", [6] while NME felt that they were the only thing that made the song "listenable" (instead of "as annoying as stubbing your toe"). [7] The Quietus praised it as "amusingly bizarre" and "a pitch-perfect satire of the bling-bejewelled breast-beating so prevalent on 808s and Heartbreaks ". [8]

Charts

Chart performance for "Audacity of Huge"
Chart (2009)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [9] 81
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [10] 6
UK Singles (OCC) [11] 60

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References

  1. ↑ "Audacity of Huge", at Pitchfork ; published May 22, 2009; retrieved March 19, 2018
  2. ↑ Simian Mobile Disco give us Temporary Pleasure, at Resident Advisor; published May 8, 2009; retrieved March 19, 2018
  3. ↑ Simian Mobile Disco: Temporary Pleasure, reviewed by Killian Fox, at the Guardian ; published August 16, 2009; retrieved March 19, 2018
  4. ↑ Simian Mobile Disco – "Audacity Of Huge" Video, by Montrey Whitaker; at Earmilk; published June 20, 2009; retrieved March 22, 2018
  5. ↑ Simian Mobile Disco: "Audacity of Huge", reviewed by Marc Hogan, at Pitchfork ; published June 10, 2009; retrieved March 19, 2018
  6. ↑ Check Out: Simian Mobile Disco teases again with “Audacity of Huge”, by Allison Franks, at Consequence of Sound ; published May 28, 2009; retrieved March 19, 2018
  7. ↑ Album review: Simian Mobile Disco – Temporary Pleasure, at NME ; published August 11, 2009; retrieved March 19, 2018
  8. ↑ Simian Mobile Disco: Temporary Pleasure, reviewed by Iain Moffat, at the Quietus ; published August 12, 2009; retrieved March 19, 2018
  9. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 252.
  10. ↑ "Simian Mobile Disco – Audacity of Huge" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  11. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 October 2022.


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