Logic Will Break Your Heart

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Logic Will Break Your Heart
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 21, 2003
Recorded2003
StudioThe Boiler-Room (Brooklyn) and Melody Lane (New York City)
Genre Indie rock, post-punk revival
Length50:07
Label Vice
Producer Gus Van Go
The Stills chronology
Rememberese
(2003)
Logic Will Break Your Heart
(2003)
Without Feathers
(2006)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 79/100 [1]
Review scores
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Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Pitchfork 5.1/10 [4]
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Logic Will Break Your Heart is the debut album by the Montreal-based indie rock band the Stills. The album was released in North America on October 21, 2003, and in the UK on February 23, 2004. It included the singles "Lola Stars and Stripes", "Changes Are No Good" and "Still in Love Song".

Contents

The album elicited comparisons to Interpol and Echo & the Bunnymen, with AllMusic citing its "dark, art-pop design", [2] and Pitchfork noting its "retro arrangements, percussive guitar work, and 'big' cavernous production". [4]

Track listing

All songs written by The Stills.

  1. "Lola Stars and Stripes" – 3:50
  2. "Gender Bombs" – 4:00
  3. "Changes Are No Good" – 3:42
  4. "Love and Death" – 4:16
  5. "Of Montreal" – 4:28
  6. "Ready for It" – 5:20
  7. "Let's Roll" – 4:24
  8. "Allison Krausse" – 3:06
  9. "Animals and Insects" – 3:40
  10. "Still in Love Song" – 3:41
  11. "Fevered" – 4:03
  12. "Yesterday Never Tomorrows" – 5:21

Singles

Personnel

The Stills
Additional personnel

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References

  1. Logic Will Break Your Heart at Metacritic OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 Wilson, MacKenzie. "Logic Will Break Your Heart - The Stills". AllMusic. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  3. Blender review
  4. 1 2 "The Stills: Logic Will Break Your Heart Album Review - Pitchfork" . Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  5. Rolling Stone review