Immolate Yourself

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Immolate Yourself
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Studio album by
Telefon Tel Aviv
ReleasedJanuary 20, 2009 (2009-01-20)
Genre Electropop [1]
Length46:15
Label BPitch Control
Producer
Telefon Tel Aviv chronology
Remixes Compiled
(2007)		Immolate Yourself
(2009)		 Dreams Are Not Enough
(2019)
Singles from Immolate Yourself
  1. "You Are the Worst Thing in the World"
    Released: 2009
  2. "The Birds"
    Released: 2012

Immolate Yourself is the third studio album by Telefon Tel Aviv, an American electronic music duo consisting of Joshua Eustis and Charles Cooper. It was released on BPitch Control in 2009. It peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart. [2] Two days after its release, Cooper died of an accidental overdose of sleeping pills and alcohol. [3]

Contents

Background

In a 2016 interview with Huck , Joshua Eustis recalled that they were listening to Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) a lot during the making of the album. [4] He added: "We were listening to a lot of minimal wave and stuff like that. A lot of krautrock and psychedelic stuff – all of these things that we loved but we still wanted to have some element of futurism and romanticism and that's kind of what came out." [4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Cokemachineglow 77% [7]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Phoenix Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Pitchfork 6.4/10 [10]
PopMatters 5/10 [11]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [12]
URB Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 15 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [5]

Jesse Cataldo of Slant Magazine stated that "it's the rare electronic work that feels entirely alive, exhibiting shocking versatility and a strong feel for creating vibrant, engaging environments." [12] David Abravanel of Cokemachineglow called the album "the most consistent release from the duo." [7]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Birds"6:38
2."Your Mouth"4:09
3."M"3:42
4."Helen of Troy"3:12
5."Mostly Translucent"4:16
6."Stay Away from Being Maybe"4:23
7."I Made a Tree on the Wold"4:39
8."Your Every Idol"4:55
9."You Are the Worst Thing in the World"4:44
10."Immolate Yourself"5:38
Total length:46:15

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Telefon Tel Aviv

Additional personnel

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums ( Billboard ) [2] 17

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  2. 1 2 "Telefon Tel Aviv - Chart history". Billboard . Archived from the original on July 31, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  3. ↑ Glazer, Joshua (September 27, 2019). "Ten Years After the Death of Its Co-Founding Member, Telefon Tel Aviv Returns With a Haunting New Album". Billboard . Archived from the original on June 23, 2022. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
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  5. 1 2 "Immolate Yourself by Telefon Tel Aviv". Metacritic . Retrieved December 16, 2022.
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  9. ↑ Brodeur, Michael (February 3, 2009). "Telefon Tel Aviv | Immolate Yourself". The Phoenix . Retrieved December 16, 2022.
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  11. ↑ Hart, Ron (February 9, 2009). "Telefon Tel Aviv: Immolate Yourself". PopMatters . Retrieved December 16, 2022.
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