Midnight Boom

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Midnight Boom
Kills album.jpg
Studio album by
the Kills
ReleasedMarch 10, 2008
Recorded2007
Studio Key Club Recording Company
Genre Indie rock, garage rock
Length33:57
Label Domino
Producer The Kills, XXXChange
The Kills chronology
No Wow
(2005)		Midnight Boom
(2008)		 Blood Pressures
(2011)
Singles from Midnight Boom
  1. "U.R.A. Fever"
    Released: December 3, 2007
  2. "Cheap and Cheerful"
    Released: March 3, 2008
  3. "Last Day of Magic"
    Released: June 15, 2008
  4. "Tape Song"
    Released: November 16, 2008
  5. "Black Balloon"
    Released: March 22, 2009

Midnight Boom is the third album by indie rock band The Kills, released on March 10, 2008, through Domino Records (March 17, 2008, in the United States). It was recorded at the Key Club Recording Company in Benton Harbor, Michigan. The title refers to the hours from midnight to 6 a.m., in which the band was at the creative peak, writing material for the album. [1]

Contents

Promotion

"U.R.A. Fever" was released as the lead single from the album on December 3, 2007. [2] The second single, "Cheap and Cheerful", was released on February 25, 2008. [3] "Last Day of Magic" was released as the third single on June 15, 2008 [4] Two final singles from the album were "Tape Song", released on November 16, 2008, [5] and "Black Balloon", released on March 22, 2009. [6] Both songs have charted in France.

"Sour Cherry" was featured on an episode of the TV series Gossip Girl , and became popular. [7] "Sour Cherry" was also featured in The House Bunny . [8] "What New York Used to Be" was used in the film Push.

Commercial performance

Midnight Boom was the band's first album that charted on the Billboard 200 in the U.S., peaking at number 133. [9] It has also charted at number 16 on the Independent Albums, [10] number 9 on Top Tastemaker Albums, [11] and topped the Top Heatseekers Albums chart. [12] In Europe, it reached number 47 on the UK Albums Chart, [13] and has also charted in Austria, [14] Belgium, [15] [16] France, [17] the Netherlands [18] and Switzerland. [19] In 2009. It was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 30,000 copies throughout Europe. [20]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [21]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [22]
The A.V. Club B [23]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [24]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [25]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [26]
MSN Music (Consumer Guide)A− [27]
Pitchfork 6.8/10 [28]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [29]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [30]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [31]

The album received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 31 reviews. [21]

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Kills.

No.TitleLength
1."U.R.A. Fever"2:16
2."Cheap and Cheerful"2:26
3."Tape Song"3:35
4."Getting Down"2:55
5."Last Day of Magic"3:21
6."Hook and Line"2:03
7."Black Balloon"3:46
8."M.E.X.I.C.O."1:37
9."Sour Cherry"3:07
10."Alphabet Pony"1:45
11."What New York Used to Be"3:15
12."Goodnight Bad Morning"3:52
13."Night Train" (UK Download Bonus Track)3:04

Personnel

Charts

Charts (2008)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [14] 66
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [15] 13
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [16] 70
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [18] 68
French Albums (SNEP) [17] 23
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [19] 56
UK Albums (OCC) [13] 47
US Billboard 200 [9] 133
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [12] 1
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [10] 16
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [11] 9

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