| Music for Men | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 19, 2009 | |||
| Studio | Shangri-La Studios (Malibu, California) | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 43:27 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Rick Rubin | |||
| Gossip chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Music for Men | ||||
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Music for Men is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Gossip. It was released on June 19, 2009, by Columbia Records. [2] [3]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 69/100 [4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| BBC Music | Favorable [6] |
| Drowned in Sound | 5/10 [7] |
| The Guardian | [8] |
| The Independent | [9] |
| Pitchfork | 6.4/10 [10] |
| Planet Sound | 4/10 [11] |
| Spin |  [12] |
| The Times | [13] |
| Uncut | [14] |
Music for Men received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 69, based on 26 reviews. [4] In 2010, Music for Men earned Gossip a nomination for Outstanding Music Artist at the 21st GLAAD Media Awards. [15]
Music for Men was successful in Europe, with sales of 280,000 copies in France alone, where it spent 138 weeks on the chart. [16] [17] It sold 42,000 copies in the United States as of December 2012. [18]
All tracks are written by Gossip
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dimestore Diamond" | 3:16 |
| 2. | "Heavy Cross" | 4:06 |
| 3. | "8th Wonder" | 3:17 |
| 4. | "Love Long Distance" | 4:26 |
| 5. | "Pop Goes the World" | 3:27 |
| 6. | "Vertical Rhythm" | 3:50 |
| 7. | "Men in Love" | 3:41 |
| 8. | "For Keeps" | 4:08 |
| 9. | "2012" | 3:51 |
| 10. | "Love and Let Love" | 3:32 |
| 11. | "Four Letter Word" | 3:49 |
| 12. | "Spare Me from the Mold" | 2:28 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Pop Goes the World" (James Ford version) | 3:26 |
| 14. | "Heavy Cross" (Fred Falke Remix) | 8:08 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Heavy Cross" (Fred Falke Remix radio edit) | 3:49 |
| 14. | "Heavy Cross" (Burns remix) | 7:36 |
| 15. | "Love Long Distance" (Fake Blood remix) | 4:36 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "The Breakdown" | 3:41 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "The Breakdown" | 3:41 |
| 14. | "Heavy Cross" (NRJ session) | 4:16 |
| 15. | "Pop Goes the World" (NRJ session) | 3:47 |
| 16. | "Listen Up" (NRJ session) | 4:34 |
| 17. | "2012" (NRJ session) | 3:39 |
| 18. | "Love Long Distance" (NRJ session) | 5:25 |
| 19. | "Men in Love" (NRJ session) | 3:01 |
| 20. | "Standing in the Way of Control" (NRJ session) | 4:42 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Heavy Cross" (video) | |
| 2. | "Love Long Distance" (video) | |
| 3. | "Pop Goes the World" (video) | |
| 4. | "Four Letter Word" (video) | |
| 5. | "Heavy Cross" (Rock am Ring 2010 live performance) | |
| 6. | "Love Long Distance" (Rock am Ring 2010 live performance) | |
| 7. | "Pop Goes the World" (Rock am Ring 2010 live performance) | |
| 8. | "Men in Love" (Rock am Ring 2010 live performance) |
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Music for Men. [19]
Gossip
Additional personnel
Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA) [53] | Gold | 35,000^ |
| Austria (IFPI Austria) [54] | Platinum | 20,000* |
| Belgium (BEA) [55] | Gold | 15,000* |
| France (SNEP) [56] | 2× Platinum | 280,000 [16] |
| Germany (BVMI) [57] | 2× Platinum | 400,000‡ |
| Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [58] | Platinum | 30,000^ |
| United States | — | 42,000 [18] |
| Summaries | ||
| Worldwide | — | 1,000,000 [59] |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
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