Belong (The Pains of Being Pure at Heart album)

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Belong
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Studio album by
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
ReleasedMarch 29, 2011 (2011-03-29)
Recorded2010
Studio
Genre
Length39:20
Label Slumberland
Producer
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart chronology
Higher Than the Stars
(2009)		Belong
(2011)		 Days of Abandon
(2014)
Singles from Belong
  1. "Heart in Your Heartbreak"
    Released: December 14, 2010
  2. "Belong"
    Released: March 7, 2011
  3. "The Body"
    Released: July 25, 2011

Belong is the second studio album by American indie pop band The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. It was released on March 29, 2011 by Slumberland Records. The album was chiefly produced by Flood. The band recorded Belong at the Manhattan studio Stratosphere Sound and Flood's London studio Assault & Battery 2 throughout the summer of 2010, [4] [5] in between touring stints. [6]

Contents

Background

In an interview with Pitchfork , vocalist and guitarist Kip Berman explained that the band "wanted the songs to exist in an immediate and instinctual place." [7] He continued:

The album sounds like we're taking away what we were hiding behind before. Lyrically, the first record had a lot of remembered experiences that I was looking back on and trying to make more clever, which can sound contrived. I like the idea of lyrics that don't get beyond themselves but catch you and make an impression. I think that's more emotionally compelling. [7]

Release

In February 2011, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart announced that the album would be titled Belong. [8] On March 10, 2011, the full album was made available to stream on the band's website. [9] Belong was officially released on March 29, 2011 by Slumberland Records. [9] In the United Kingdom, it was released by the Fortuna Pop! label. [10] Prior to its release, two singles were issued from the album: "Heart in Your Heartbreak" on December 14, 2010, [11] [12] and "Belong" on March 7, 2011. [13] [14] A third single, "The Body", was released on July 25, 2011. [15]

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart performed "Heart in Your Heartbreak" on the March 23, 2011 episode of Late Show with David Letterman . [16] In April and May 2011, the band embarked on a tour of the United States in promotion of Belong, on which they were supported by the musician Twin Shadow. [17] Throughout the rest of the year, they toured Europe and the United States. [18] In 2012, the band performed in Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore for the St Jerome's Laneway Festival, [19] and toured Asia. [20]

On April 21, 2012, the band released Acid Reflex, a four-track EP consisting of remixes of songs from Belong, for Record Store Day. [21]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.0/10 [22]
Metacritic 76/100 [23]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [24]
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [25]
The A.V. Club B+ [26]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [27]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [28]
NME 3/10 [29]
Pitchfork 8.2/10 [3]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [30]
Spin 8/10 [31]

Belong was received positively by music critics. It earned a score of 76 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews", on the review aggregation website Metacritic. [23]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kip Berman, Kurt Feldman, Alex Naidus, and Peggy Wang

No.TitleLength
1."Belong"4:21
2."Heaven's Gonna Happen Now"3:54
3."Heart in Your Heartbreak"3:45
4."The Body"3:54
5."Anne with an E"4:08
6."Even in Dreams"4:24
7."My Terrible Friend"3:11
8."Girl of 1,000 Dreams"2:49
9."Too Tough"4:32
10."Strange"4:22
Total length:39:20
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."The One"4:04
12."I Wanna Go All the Way"2:42
13."Steel Daughter"3:37
14."Tomorrow Dies Today"3:59
Total length:53:42

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [4]

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Production

Design

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [32] 69
Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [33] 28
French Albums (SNEP) [34] 167
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [35] 76
Japanese Top Albums Sales ( Billboard Japan ) [36] 63
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [37] 80
UK Albums (OCC) [38] 109
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [39] 15
US Billboard 200 [40] 92
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [41] 41
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [42] 18
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [43] 18
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [44] 27

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