Rolling Blackouts

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Rolling Blackouts
Rolling Blackouts cover.jpg
Studio album by
The Go! Team
Released31 January 2011 (2011-01-31)
Studio
Genre
Length40:40
Label Memphis Industries
Producer
  • The Go! Team
  • Gareth Parton
The Go! Team chronology
Proof of Youth
(2007)		Rolling Blackouts
(2011)		 The Scene Between
(2015)
Singles from Rolling Blackouts
  1. "Buy Nothing Day"
    Released: 24 January 2011 (2011-01-24) [1]
  2. "Apollo Throwdown"
    Released: 16 April 2011 (2011-04-16) [2]
  3. "Ready to Go Steady"
    Released: 25 July 2011 (2011-07-25) [3]
  4. "T.O.R.N.A.D.O."
    Released: 2013 (2013) [4]

Rolling Blackouts is the third studio album by English band The Go! Team. It was released by Memphis Industries on 31 January 2011 in the United Kingdom and on 1 February 2011 in the United States. [5] [6]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 6.9/10 [7]
Metacritic 73/100 [8]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The A.V. Club B+ [10]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [11]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
NME 3/10 [13]
Pitchfork 7.5/10 [14]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [15]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [16]
Spin 7/10 [17]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [18]

Rolling Blackouts currently holds a score of 73 on the review aggregate website Metacritic, indicating "generally positive reviews". [8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Go! Team, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."T.O.R.N.A.D.O."
2:09
2."Secretary Song"
3:32
3."Apollo Throwdown"
3:20
4."Ready to Go Steady" 2:45
5."Bust-Out Brigade"
2:42
6."Buy Nothing Day" 3:59
7."Super Triangle" 1:46
8."Voice Yr Choice"
3:34
9."Yosemite Theme"
4:09
10."The Running Range" 3:45
11."Lazy Poltergeist" 1:40
12."Rolling Blackouts" 3:30
13."Back Like 8 Track"
3:49
Total length:40:40

Sample credits [19]

Personnel

Credits for Rolling Blackouts adapted from album liner notes. [19]

The Go! Team

Additional musicians

Production

Artwork and design

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
Irish Albums (IRMA) [20] 59
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [21] 84
Scottish Albums (OCC) [22] 44
UK Albums (OCC) [23] 50
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [24] 5
US Billboard 200 [25] 162
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [26] 3
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [27] 18
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [28] 22
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [29] 33

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