Return to Cookie Mountain

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Return to Cookie Mountain
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Studio album by
TV on the Radio
ReleasedJuly 6, 2006
Recorded2005
Studio
  • Stay Gold (Brooklyn, New York)
  • Head Gear (Brooklyn, New York)
Genre
Length56:10
Label
Producer David Andrew Sitek
TV on the Radio chronology
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
(2004)		Return to Cookie Mountain
(2006)		 Dear Science
(2008)
Singles from Return to Cookie Mountain
  1. "Wolf Like Me"
    Released: February 13, 2006
  2. "Province"
    Released: May 8, 2006

Return to Cookie Mountain is the second studio album by American rock band TV on the Radio. It was released July 6, 2006, worldwide by 4AD, and issued in the U.S. and Canada on September 12, 2006, by Interscope Records and Touch and Go Records. The North American release features three bonus tracks, two of which are B-sides from the single "Wolf Like Me"; the other is a remix of "Hours" by El-P. Videos were made for the singles "Wolf Like Me" and "Province".

Contents

The album featured several notable guest vocalists: "Province" features backing vocals from David Bowie, who championed the band's full-length debut, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes ; Katrina Ford of the band Celebration guests on "Wolf Like Me", "Let the Devil In" and "Blues from Down Here"; Kazu Makino of Blonde Redhead sings on "Hours". This is their first album to feature the keyboardist Gerard Smith.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 88/100 [8]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The A.V. Club A [2]
Entertainment Weekly A− [10]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
MSN Music (Consumer Guide)A− [11]
NME 9/10 [12]
Pitchfork 9.1/10 [13]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Return to Cookie Mountain earned overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics, and was named the album of the year by Spin for 2006, leading to the band's appearance on the magazine's cover. The album was ranked second on Pitchfork Media's list of Top 50 Albums of 2006. [15] Rolling Stone , Slant Magazine, and Stylus Magazine each named the album as the fourth best of 2006, and the album is ranked fifth on Metacritic's year-end list. In 2009, Rhapsody ranked the album at eighth on its "100 Best Albums of the Decade" list. [16] In December 2007 the album was ranked number 96 in Blender (magazine)'s 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever. [17]

As of 2014, sales in the United States have exceeded 242,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. [18]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Was a Lover" Kyp Malone, Dave Sitek 4:21
2."Hours" Tunde Adebimpe 3:55
3."Province"Malone, Sitek4:37
4."Playhouses"Malone5:11
5."Wolf Like Me"Adebimpe4:39
6."A Method"Adebimpe4:25
7."Let the Devil In"Malone4:27
8."Dirtywhirl"Adebimpe4:15
9."Blues from Down Here"Malone5:17
10."Tonight"Adebimpe6:53
11."Wash the Day"Malone, Sitek, Adebimpe8:08
US reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
26."Untitled" 1:44
27."Snakes and Martyrs"Malone4:07
28."Hours" (El-P remix)Adebimpe4:26
29."Things You Can Do"Adebimpe, Sitek5:26

Personnel

TV on the Radio

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Return to Cookie Mountain
Chart (2006)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [19] 50
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [20] 52
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [21] 55
French Albums (SNEP) [22] 60
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [23] 61
Italian Albums (FIMI) [24] 44
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [25] 56
UK Albums (OCC) [26] 90
US Billboard 200 [27] 41

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