Night on Fire

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Night on Fire
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 21, 2004
RecordedMarch 4, 2004
Genre Indie rock, dance-punk, synthpop
Length52:38
Label Astralwerks
Producer Martin Brumbach, Adam Dorn
VHS or Beta chronology
Le Funk EP
(2002)
Night on Fire
(2004)
Bring on the Comets
(2007)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 60/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Drowned in Sound 7/10 [3]
NME 7/10 [1]
Paste Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Pitchfork 4.2/10 [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Stylus Magazine 7/10 [7]

Night on Fire is the debut album by VHS or Beta. It was released September 21, 2004 on Astralwerks.

Contents

The song "Night on Fire" was featured on the video game MLB 06 : The Show and the film Grandma's Boy .

Track listing

  1. "Night on Fire" – 4:01
  2. "You Got Me" – 3:36
  3. "Nightwaves" – 5:41
  4. "The Melting Moon" – 4:20
  5. "No Cabaret!" – 5:47
  6. "Forever" – 5:43
  7. "Alive" – 5:05
  8. "Dynamize" – 4:49
  9. "The Ocean" – 4:36
  10. "Irreversible" – 9:00

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