Bruiser (album)

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Bruiser
Bruiser, The Duke Spirit's cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 2011
Recorded2010–2011
Genre Garage rock
Producer Andrew Scheps
The Duke Spirit chronology
Neptune
(2008)
Bruiser
(2011)
Kin
(2016)

Bruiser is the third studio album by English band The Duke Spirit. [1] It was released in 2011 and was produced and mixed by Andrew Scheps. [2] "Everybody's Under Your Spell" had previously been released as the lead track of the band's Kusama EP from 2010, and "Surrender" and "Don't Wait" were released as singles with accompanying music videos. "Surrender" is featured in the soundtrack of the 2012 video game Forza Horizon, on the in-game radio station "Horizon Rocks".

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Liela Moss

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Cherry Tree"Toby Butler, Moss3:32
2."Procession"Olly Betts, Butler, Moss3:11
3."Villain"Moss4:43
4."Don't Wait"Luke Ford, Moss4:00
5."Surrender"Butler, Moss3:17
6."Bodies"Butler, Moss4:34
7."De Lux"Betts, Moss4:34
8."Sweet Bitter Sweet"Butler, Moss4:24
9."Running Fire"Ford, Moss3:19
10."Everybody's Under Your Spell"Ford, Moss3:22
11."Northbound"Ford, Moss4:40
12."Homecoming"Ford, Moss4:34
US Deluxe Version Bonus Tracks
No.TitleMusicLength
13."Procession [ Gary Numan Remix]"Betts, Butler, Moss 
14."Cherry Tree [ SONOIO Remix]"Butler, Moss 
15."Bodies [Black Onassis Remix]"Butler, Moss 
16."Don't Wait [Loose Meat Remix]"Ford, Moss 

Critical reception

According to Metacritic, Bruiser received generally favourable reviews from critics. [2]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (66%) [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork Media (6.5/10) [3]
The A.V. Club (C) [4]

Personnel

The Duke Spirit

Additional musicians

Additional technical personnel

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References

  1. Gardner, Noel. "BBC - Music - Review of The Duke Spirit - Bruiser". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Bruiser". Metacritic. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  3. Berman, Stuart (26 October 2011). "Bruiser Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  4. Nguyen, Tuyet (29 November 2011). "The Duke Spirit: Bruiser". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 8 December 2014.