Streets in the Sky

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Streets in the Sky
StreetsInTheSky.jpg
Studio album by
Released21 May 2012
Genre
Length40:38
Label
Producer Joby J. Ford
The Enemy chronology
Music for the People
(2009)
Streets in the Sky
(2012)
It's Automatic
(2015)
Singles from Streets in the Sky
  1. "Saturday"
    Released: 15 May 2012
  2. "Like a Dancer"
    Released: 16 July 2012

Streets in the Sky is the third studio album by Coventry-based indie rock band The Enemy, released on 21 May 2012 through Cooking Vinyl and eOne Music. It entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 9, [2] and was met with universally negative reviews.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Coventry Telegraph (favourable) [4]
Drowned in Sound Star empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Fly Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
NME 6/10 [8]
PopMatters 2/10 [9]
Sputnikmusic2.0/5 [10]
The Quietus (unfavourable) [11]
York Vision (unfavourable) [12]

Critical reception was mostly extremely negative, with Album of the Year rating it as the worst album of 2012 as reviewed by critics. [13] The album scored 2.9/10 at aggregator website AnyDecentMusic? (the fifth-lowest rated album of all time). [14] However, NME gave the album a mixed review.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Gimme the Sign"3:09
2."Bigger Cages (Longer Chains)"2:57
3."Saturday"3:12
4."1-2-3-4"2:59
5."Like a Dancer"3:09
6."Come into My World"2:57
7."This Is Real"4:38
8."2 Kids"3:56
9."Turn It On"3:33
10."It's a Race"3:29
11."Get Up and Dance"3:52
12."Make a Man"2:47

Music videos

References

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  4. Poole, Alan (17 May 2012). "Album Review: The Enemy – Streets in the Sky". Coventry Telegraph . Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  5. Calvert, John (25 May 2012). "The Enemy – Streets in the Sky". Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  6. Ross, Daniel (18 May 2012). "The Enemy Streets in the Sky (COOKING VINYL)". The Fly . MAMA & Company. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  7. Green, Laurence (21 May 2012). "The Enemy – Streets in the Sky (Cooking Vinyl)". musicOMH . Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  8. Denney, Alex (19 May 2012). "The Enemy – Streets in the Sky". NME . Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  9. Ezell, Brice (27 June 2012). "The Enemy: Streets in the Sky". PopMatters . Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  10. "The Enemy – Streets in the Sky". Sputnikmusic. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  11. Kulkarni, Neil (17 May 2012). "The Enemy – Streets in the Sky – Review". The Quietus . Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  12. Lloyd, Jordan (29 May 2012). "Album Review: Streets in the Sky- The Enemy". York Vision . Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  13. "The 25 Worst Albums of 2012". Album of the Year. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  14. "AnyDecentMusic? – All Time". WebCite . AnyDecentMusic?. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.