Bright Like Neon Love

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Bright Like Neon Love
Cut Copy - Bright Like Neon Love.png
Studio album by
Released5 April 2004 (2004-04-05)
Studio
Genre Synth-pop [1]
Length41:52
Label Modular
Producer Dan Whitford
Cut Copy chronology
I Thought of Numbers
(2001)
Bright Like Neon Love
(2004)
In Ghost Colours
(2008)
Singles from Bright Like Neon Love
  1. "Future"
    Released: 4 May 2004
  2. "Saturdays"
    Released: 15 August 2004
  3. "Going Nowhere"
    Released: 18 January 2006

Bright Like Neon Love is the debut studio album by Australian electronic music band Cut Copy. It was released by Modular Recordings in Australia on 5 April 2004 and in the United States on 18 May 2004. The album was released on vinyl for the first time on 20 April 2013 for Record Store Day, in a limited run of 4000 copies. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
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Drowned in Sound 9/10 [5]
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The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
NME 8/10 [8]
Spin A− [1]
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Bright Like Neon Love received widespread acclaim from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 81, based on nine reviews. [3] NME compared the album to " Technique -era New Order fed through My Bloody Valentine's distortion pedals" and described it as "the album Daft Punk should have made". [8] In his highly positive review for Drowned in Sound , Euan McLean described the album as "the record The Human League could have made if they'd remade Fleetwood Mac's Rumours in 1985" and commended the band for "mixing emotion and technology to perfection". [5]

Controversy

The cover art of Bright Like Neon Love was closely imitated by the art for Mexican singer Thalía's album Lunada (2008). Both shared the concept of a face in close-up, wearing sunglasses and bright lipstick. Following criticism by the fans and media, Thalía claimed that the artwork had been presented to her by the design team for her label. [10] [11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dan Whitford.

No.TitleLength
1."Time Stands Still"4:34
2."Future"5:12
3."Saturdays"3:38
4."Saturdays (Reprise)"1:39
5."Going Nowhere"3:41
6."DD-5"0:26
7."That Was Just a Dream"2:34
8."Zap Zap"2:42
9."The Twilight"5:25
10."Autobahn Music Box"4:31
11."Bright Neon Payphone"3:52
12."A Dream"3:45

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Bright Like Neon Love. [12]

Cut Copy

Additional musicians

Technical

  • Chris Scallan – full band recording
  • Philippe Zdar – mixing (tracks 1, 2, 11)
  • Jeff Dominguez – mixing (tracks 3–5)
  • Julien Delfaud – mixing (tracks 7–10, 12)
  • Frédo Nlandu – mixing assistance
  • Pierrick Devin – mixing assistance
  • Mike Marsh – mastering
  • Dan Whitford – production

Artwork

Charts

Chart (2004)Peak
position
Australian Dance Albums (ARIA) [13] 10
Australian Hitseekers Albums (ARIA) [14] 19

Notes

  1. Additional recording

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