Glitterbug (album)

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Glitterbug
Glitterbug Cover.jpg
Studio album by
The Wombats
Released13 April 2015
Studio
Various
Genre
Length39:31
Label 14th Floor, Bright Antenna (US)
Producer
The Wombats chronology
This Modern Glitch
(2011)		Glitterbug
(2015)		 Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life
(2018)
Singles from Glitterbug
  1. "Your Body Is a Weapon"
    Released: 2 October 2013
  2. "Greek Tragedy"
    Released: 14 January 2015
  3. "Give Me a Try"
    Released: 11 March 2015
  4. "Be Your Shadow"
    Released: 23 May 2015
  5. "Emoticons"
    Released: 28 September 2015

Glitterbug is the third major studio album by British rock band The Wombats. The album was produced by Mark Crew alongside the band themselves, and was released on the 13th of April 2015. [1] The first single from the album, "Your Body Is a Weapon", was released on iTunes on the 2nd of October 2013 in the United Kingdom and the 3rd of December in the United States. This was followed by "Greek Tragedy", "Give Me a Try", "Be Your Shadow" and "Emoticons". To celebrate the album's release, the Glitterbug B Sides EP was released on the same day. The album entered the UK charts at #5 and reached #2 in Australia, as well as charting at #91 in the US, becoming the band's first to appear in the Billboard 200. The band supported the album with their Glitterbug Tour 2015.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 58/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Exclaim! 7/10 [6]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
NME 6/10 [8]
Pitchfork Media 5.7/10 [9]
Renowned for Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [10]
Rolling Stone Australia Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Glitterbug has received mixed reviews from critics, with XFM describing it as "outstanding" and "full of wit, heart and huge singalong choruses". [12] It has also been described as The Wombats' "finest album to date". [13] Rolling Stone gave the album a positive review, singling out "The English Summer" and "Isabel" as "terrific". [11] Renowned for Sound claims that The Wombats "don't step wrong once, with every song having a particular merit to it that makes it worth repeating again and again." [10] Rebecca M. Williams of Exclaim! wrote that "while their approach is a little aggressive at times, making it a little too much to take in at once, Glitterbug is full of tracks that prove there's no reason not to indulge in it." [6] However, Michael Hann from The Guardian described the album as "desperately un-involving." [5]

Glitterbug was named one of the best 30 albums of 2015 by Radio X. [14]

Track listing

All tracks written by Matthew Murphy. All tracks produced by Murphy, Dan Haggis, Tord Øverland Knudsen, and Mark Crew, except "Your Body Is A Weapon", produced by Murphy, Haggis, Knudsen, and Eric Valentine.

No.TitleLength
1."Emoticons"4:19
2."Give Me a Try"3:48
3."Greek Tragedy"3:29
4."Be Your Shadow"3:35
5."Headspace"3:54
6."This Is Not a Party"2:59
7."Isabel"3:29
8."Your Body Is a Weapon"3:57
9."The English Summer"2:36
10."Pink Lemonade"3:46
11."Curveballs"3:39
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Sex and Question Marks"2:18
13."Flowerball"3:47
HMV exclusive B-sides EP
No.TitleLength
1."Right Click Save" 
2."21st Century Blues" 
3."Wired Differently" 
4."Greek Tragedy" (Bastille Remix) 

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [15]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [29] Silver60,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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