Portamento (album)

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Portamento
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 13, 2011 (2011-09-13)
Recorded2011
Genre Indie pop, new wave, post-punk revival
Length45:17
Label Moshi Moshi / Island
Producer Jonathan Pierce, Jacob Graham, Connor Hanwick [1]
The Drums chronology
The Drums
(2010)
Portamento
(2011)
Encyclopedia
(2014)
Singles from Portamento
  1. "Money"
    Released: August 19, 2011
  2. "How It Ended"
    Released: October 3, 2011
  3. "Days"
    Released: February 27, 2012

Portamento is the second studio album by American indie pop band The Drums. The album was released in the United Kingdom on September 2, 2011 through Moshi Moshi and Island Records and was preceded by the release of lead single "Money" on August 19, 2011. [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
NME 7/10 [6]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Phoenix Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Pitchfork 7.4/10 [9]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Slant Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]

Portamento received mixed reviews. Review aggregator Metacritic assigned an average critic score of 64 out of 100 based on 22 reviews. [13] Helen Clarke of musicOMH gave the album four out of five stars, saying, "With their second album The Drums are more absorbing than ever, and have created a record that will last far longer than their first." [14] Mike Williams of NME wrote, "With a little more self-censorship and less browbeating we'd be looking at one of the albums of the year," awarding the record 7/10. [15]

Singles

"Money" is the lead single taken from Portamento. The single was released as a digital download in the United Kingdom on September 4, 2011. "How It Ended" was the second single released in the UK on 3 October 2011. "Days" was the third single from the album released in the UK on February 27, 2012.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Book of Revelation"Jonny Pierce3:31
2."Days"Pierce, Connor Hanwick4:30
3."What You Were"Pierce, Hanwick3:16
4."Money"Pierce, Hanwick3:55
5."Hard to Love"Pierce3:54
6."I Don't Know How to Love"Pierce, Hanwick, Jacob Graham3:23
7."Searching for Heaven"Pierce, Graham2:50
8."Please Don't Leave"Pierce4:13
9."If He Likes It Let Him Do It"Pierce, Graham3:52
10."I Need a Doctor"Pierce, Hanwick4:17
11."In the Cold"Pierce, Hanwick3:30
12."How It Ended"Pierce4:19
Total length:45:17
iTunes bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Blue Stripes" (Bonus Track)4:07
14."What We Had" (Bonus Track)3:52
15."Searching For Heaven" (Music Video) 
16."Money" (Music Video) 

Personnel

Charts

Charts (2011)Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA) [16] 59
Spain (PME) [17] 44
Switzerland (Swiss Albums Chart) [18] 92
UK (The Official Charts Company) [19] 44
US (Billboard Top Heatseekers) [20] 10

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Ireland [21] September 2, 2011 Digital download Island Records
United Kingdom [22]

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