Local Business

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Local Business
Local Business.jpg
Studio album by
Titus Andronicus
ReleasedOctober 22, 2012 (2012-10-22)
RecordedApril – May 2012
Genre
Length49:22
Label XL Recordings
Producer Kevin McMahon
Titus Andronicus chronology
The Monitor
(2010)		Local Business
(2012)		 The Most Lamentable Tragedy
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Austin Chronicle Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
A.V. Club B+ [4]
Beats Per Minute 59% [5]
The Boston Globe (favorable) [6]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Earbuddy(9.0/10) [8]
No RipcordStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
NOW Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Paste (9/10) [11]
Pitchfork Media (7.0/10) [12]
PopMatters (6/10) [13]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [15]
Spin (7/10) [16]
Sputnikmusic(4/5) [17]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [18]
Under the Radar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [19]

Local Business is the third album by American punk/indie rock band Titus Andronicus. It was released on October 22, 2012, via XL. [20] [21] The first single, "In a Big City", was posted in the band's blog on September 19, 2012. [22] [23]

Contents

A more stripped down record than their previous efforts, Local Business was recorded live in the studio with almost no overdubs, creating an album that was "plug-in-and-play" ready, helping the band sound as close as possible to the album when playing live. [24]

The album received positive reviews and was listed at #38 on Rolling Stone's list of the top 50 albums of 2012, saying "These Jersey boys might be America's most desperately ambitious, righteously exciting punk-rock flamethrowers." [25]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Patrick Stickles

No.TitleLength
1."Ecce Homo"5:11
2."Still Life with Hot Deuce on Silver Platter"5:30
3."Upon Viewing Oregon’s Landscape with the Flood of Detritus"3:27
4."Food Fight!"1:09
5."My Eating Disorder"8:12
6."Titus Andronicus vs. The Absurd Universe (3rd Round KO)"2:09
7."In a Big City"3:35
8."In a Small Body"6:11
9."(I Am the) Electric Man"4:14
10."Tried to Quit Smoking"9:44
Total length:49:22

Personnel

Titus Andronicus

Additional musicians

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