Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

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Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
Desperate youth, blood thirsty babes cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 9, 2004
RecordedAugust–September 2003
Studio Headgear Studio, Brooklyn
Genre
Length47:04
Label Touch and Go, 4AD
Producer David Andrew Sitek
TV on the Radio chronology
Young Liars
(2003)
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
(2004)
Return to Cookie Mountain
(2006)
Singles from Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
  1. "Staring at the Sun"
    Released: June 28, 2004
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100 [3]
Review scores
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AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Entertainment Weekly A [5]
NME 8/10 [6]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [7]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Village Voice B [11]

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes is the 2004 debut album by the American art rock band TV on the Radio. The album was recorded at Headgear Studio in Brooklyn. It was awarded the Shortlist Music Prize for 2004. It was released on CD, 12" vinyl and MP3 download formats. The CD is enhanced with two different quality QuickTime video files of the "Dreams" music video. The 12" features two records with the extra song "You Could Be Love" and a different track order from the CD. The MP3 version includes two extra songs not available on the CD. "Staring at the Sun" has the intro edited from the original version on Young Liars , and is the same version used on the single and video.

Contents

As of 2009, sales in the United States have exceeded 116,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. [12]

Legacy

The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . [13]

Track listing

  1. "The Wrong Way" – 4:38
  2. "Staring at the Sun" – 3:27
  3. "Dreams" – 5:09
  4. "King Eternal" – 4:28
  5. "Ambulance" – 4:55
  6. "Poppy" – 6:07
  7. "Don't Love You" – 5:31
  8. "Bomb Yourself" – 5:32
  9. "Wear You Out" – 7:22

Track on the vinyl and MP3 versions

  1. "You Could Be Love"

Track on the MP3 version

  1. "Staring at the Sun" (demo)

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
Chart (2004)Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP) [14] 190

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