No Wow | ||||
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Released | February 21, 2005 | |||
Recorded | May 20, 2004–June 2, 2004 | |||
Length | 40:01 | |||
Label | Domino Records | |||
Producer | The Kills | |||
The Kills chronology | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 78/100 [1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Alternative Press | 4/5 [3] |
Entertainment Weekly | B [4] |
The Guardian | [5] |
Los Angeles Times | [6] |
Mojo | [7] |
Pitchfork | 8.3/10 [8] |
Q | [9] |
Rolling Stone | [10] |
Spin | B [11] |
No Wow is the second studio album by indie rock band The Kills. It was released February 21, 2005, on Domino Records. "Love Is a Deserter" was released as a single and obtained limited play on several music channels. "The Good Ones" was later released as a single and peaked at number 23 in the UK charts.
The song "No Wow" was used in the TV series Person of Interest, season 5, episode 1; "B.S.O.D." which aired on May 5, 2016. [12] It was also used in the series The Good Wife , season 4, episode 20; "Rape: A Modern Perspective" which aired on April 14, 2013. [13]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "No Wow/Telephone Radio Germany" | 4:47 |
2. | "Love Is a Deserter" | 3:48 |
3. | "Dead Road 7" | 3:23 |
4. | "The Good Ones" | 3:29 |
5. | "I Hate the Way You Love" | 3:37 |
6. | "I Hate the Way You Love, Pt. 2" | 1:46 |
7. | "At the Back of the Shell" | 2:27 |
8. | "Sweet Cloud" | 5:06 |
9. | "Rodeo Town" | 4:24 |
10. | "Murdermile" | 4:25 |
11. | "Ticket Man" | 2:49 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Good Ones (The Jagz Kooner Remix)" | 8:25 |
2. | "The Good Ones (Tiga Remix)" | 7:12 |
3. | "The Good Ones (Backstage Sluts Double Drop Mix)" | 6:03 |
4. | "Love Is a Deserter (Cavemen Remix)" | 2:52 |
5. | "Love Is a Deserter (Simian Mobile Disco Mix)" | 5:39 |
6. | "Love Is a Deserter (Phones 'Cardiac Unrest' Remix)" | 4:35 |
7. | "No Wow (MSTRKRFT Remix)" | 4:23 |
8. | "No Wow (Chicken Lips Remix)" | 5:43 |
9. | "No Wow (Test Icicles Remix)" | 3:10 |
10. | "Run Home Slow" | 4:11 |
11. | "Baby's Eyes" | 4:08 |
12. | "Passion Is Accurate" | 3:31 |
13. | "Magazine" | 2:03 |
14. | "The Void" | 2:56 |
15. | "Half of Us" | 3:56 |
* Previously unreleased B-sides.
Charts (2005) | Peak position |
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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [14] | 28 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [15] | 27 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [16] | 96 |
French Albums (SNEP) [17] | 22 |
UK Albums (OCC) [18] | 56 |
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [19] | 18 |
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