Disconnect from Desire

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Disconnect from Desire
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 7, 2010 (2010-07-07)
Genre
Length50:11
Label
Producer Benjamin Curtis
School of Seven Bells chronology
Alpinisms
(2008)
Disconnect from Desire
(2010)
Ghostory
(2012)
Singles from Disconnect from Desire
  1. "Windstorm"
    Released: June 1, 2010 [1]
  2. "Heart Is Strange"
    Released: September 14, 2010 [2]
  3. "I L U"
    Released: December 5, 2010 [3]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 69/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The A.V. Club C [6]
Clash 6/10 [7]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Pitchfork Media 8.0/10 [10]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Spin 7/10 [14]

Disconnect from Desire is the second studio album by American indie rock band School of Seven Bells, released on July 7, 2010 by Vagrant Records and Ghostly International. It debuted at number 200 on the Billboard 200. A deluxe limited edition of the album was released in a box set containing 10 exclusive tarot cards and a bonus disc of alternate versions of the band's debut album Alpinisms .

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Windstorm"3:44
2."Heart Is Strange"5:01
3."Dust Devil"6:02
4."I L U"4:40
5."Babelonia"5:01
6."Joviann"5:06
7."Camarilla"4:52
8."Dial"4:54
9."Bye Bye Bye"4:15
10."The Wait"6:36
Total length:50:11
Japanese edition bonus tracks [15]
No.TitleLength
11."Crescent Gold"4:22
12."Windstorm" (A Place to Bury Strangers Remix)4:50
Total length:59:23
Deluxe limited edition box set bonus disc: Alpinisms (alternate versions)
No.TitleLength
1."Wired for Light" (Live Drum Version)3:51
2."Half Asleep" (Alternate Version)4:32
3."White Elephant Coat" (Early Demo Version)3:53
4."Caldo" (Live on Stereogum's Decomposed)3:00
5."Sempiternal/Amaranth" (Alternate Version)11:14
6."Iamundernodisguise" (Vocal Mix 1)3:38
7."My Cabal" (Early Mix 07)3:49
8."Conjuur" (Alternate Version)4:37
9."For Kalaja Mari" (Drum Outtake Mix)4:21
Total length:42:55

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Disconnect from Desire. [16]

School of Seven Bells
Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [17] 119
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [18] 16
US Billboard 200 [19] 200
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [20] 9
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [21] 29

Release history

RegionDateLabelRef.
JapanJuly 7, 2010
  • Plancha
  • Art Union
[15]
AustraliaJuly 9, 2010Speak N Spell [22]
United KingdomJuly 12, 2010 Full Time Hobby [23]
United StatesJuly 13, 2010 [24]
GermanyJuly 16, 2010Full Time Hobby [25]

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