Swoon (Silversun Pickups album)

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Swoon
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Studio album by
Silversun Pickups
ReleasedApril 14, 2009
RecordedJuly 2008 – February 2009
StudioSunset Sound, Sound Factory and Paramount Studios
Genre
Length51:42
Label Dangerbird
Producer Dave Cooley
Silversun Pickups chronology
Remixes
(2007)		Swoon
(2009)		 Neck of the Woods
(2012)
Singles from Swoon
  1. "Panic Switch"
    Released: March 17, 2009
  2. "Substitution"
    Released: September 22, 2009
  3. "The Royal We"
    Released: February 16, 2010

Swoon is the second full-length studio album by Los Angeles alternative rock band Silversun Pickups, released through Dangerbird Records on 14 April 2009. The name of the album comes from a line in the outro of the first track "There's No Secrets This Year."

Contents

Background information

After completing their Carnavas/Pikul tour in Christmas 2007, the band took a break until February of the next year. They began recording in their own studio named The Dark. The album was produced by Dave Cooley, who had worked with the band on their first album, Carnavas . Recording was completed between July 2008 and February 2009. During the recording process the band laid down as many as 17 songs which were eventually cut down to 10 for the album. On February 17, the band posted a list of the songs expected to be on Swoon on their MySpace blog. [3]

The album was released on April 14, 2009. The first single released was "Panic Switch". [4] On April 6, the track "There's No Secrets This Year" was released as a single on various online music stores. The bonus track "Currency of Love" was released exclusively on iTunes with pre-orders in the U.S. and Canada, but was issued as a regular album track in other countries. The song "Ne Plus Ultra" was released as a B-Side on the single Panic Switch.

Two tracks off of the album, "Panic Switch" and "It's Nice to Know You Work Alone," have been released as downloadable content for Guitar Hero: World Tour as part of a track pack released on April 9. [5] The song "Panic Switch" was also released along with "Sort Of" for the Rock Band series on March 2, 2010. "Panic Switch" was also included with the game Rocksmith. "There's No Secrets This Year" appears in racing game Dirt 2 and the rhythm game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock . "It's Nice to Know You Work Alone" is also featured in the baseball game MLB 10: The Show.

Artwork

As with Carnavas, the album's packaging features the artwork of Darren Waterston, this time using his 2008 piece "St.Clair" as the basis for the cover art. [6] The inside packing also features Waterston's pieces "Disembodiment" and "Reverberations." All paintings are from his collection entitled "The Flowering."

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 64/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The A.V. Club B [9]
Entertainment Weekly B− [10]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [12]
NME 9/10 [13]
Pitchfork 5.3/10 [14]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [15]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [16]
SputnikmusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [17]

Like Carnavas, Swoon received generally positive reviews from critics. It accumulated a score of 64 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 21 reviews. [18] The album reached the seventh spot on the Billboard 200 with 43,000 copies sold in its first week, compared to "Carnavas", which peaked only at number 80 on the Billboard 200. As of May 2012, Swoon has sold 318,000 copies [19]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Silversun Pickups. [20]

No.TitleLength
1."There's No Secrets This Year"5:33
2."The Royal We"4:47
3."Growing Old Is Getting Old"5:54
4."It's Nice to Know You Work Alone"4:45
5."Panic Switch"5:44
6."Draining"4:55
7."Sort Of"5:28
8."Substitution"4:41
9."Catch and Release"4:40
10."Surrounded (or Spiraling)"4:45
Total length:51:42

Vinyl track listing

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."There's No Secrets This Year"5:33
2."The Royal We"4:47
Total length:10:20
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Growing Old Is Getting Old"5:54
2."It's Nice to Know You Work Alone"4:45
Total length:10:39
Side C
No.TitleLength
1."Panic Switch"5:44
2."Draining"4:55
3."Sort Of"5:28
Total length:16:07
Side D
No.TitleLength
1."Substitution"4:41
2."Catch and Release"4:40
3."Surrounded (or Spiraling)"4:45
Total length:14:06

B-sides

No.TitleLength
1."Currency of Love" (iTunes bonus track)5:30
2."Ne Plus Ultra" (Limited Edition Promo code download)5:14
3."Seasick" (Seasick)6:45
4."Broken Bottles" (Seasick)3:43
5."Ribbons and Detours" (Seasick)3:26
6."Devil's Cup" (The Singles Collection)3:02
Total length:27:40

Chart positions

Singles

SingleChart (2009)Peak position
"Panic Switch" Canadian Hot 100 85 [30]
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 92 [31]
U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs 1 [32]
U.S. Billboard Rock Songs 4 [33]
"Substitution"U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs17 [32]
U.S. Billboard Rock Songs26 [33]
SingleChart (2010)Peak
"The Royal We"U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs5 [32]
U.S. Billboard Rock Songs22 [33]

Personnel

Silversun Pickups

Production

Art

Tour

Swoon Tour
Concert by Silversun Pickups
Associated albumSwoon
Start date17 March 2009
End date9 October 2010
Legs[N/A]
No. of shows176 shows

Setlist

[34] [35] Songs do eventually get change position in the setlist. For example, "Catch and Release" from the encore to the normal setlist, with "Three Seed" taking their place in the encore.

  1. Growing Old Is Getting Old
  2. Well Thought Out Twinkles
  3. Panic Switch
  4. There's No Secrets This Year
  5. The Royal We
  6. Little Lover's So Polite
  7. It's Nice to Know You Work Alone (played on 30 April 2009, added after 4 June 2009)
  8. Future Foe Scenarios
  9. Kissing Families
  10. Draining (played on 4 June 2009, 3 July 2009, 19 June 2010)
  11. Sort Of (added after 20 March 2009)
  12. Lazy Eye
  13. Surrounded (or Spiraling) (played on 3, 12, 30 April 2009)[ENCORE]
  14. Substitution [ENCORE]
  15. Catch and Release (added after 4 June 2009)[ENCORE]
  16. Booksmart Devil (played on 18 October 2009)[not in encore, but played after Catch and Release, which wasn't in the encore on 18 October 2009]
  17. Three Seed (added after 20 June 2010)[ENCORE]
  18. Rusted Wheel (occasionally played from April to June 2009, added on 2 July 2009, dropped after 10 December 2009, played on 15, 18 June 2010)[ENCORE]
  19. Creation Lake (occasionally played from July 2009 to June 2010)[ENCORE]
  20. Common Reactor [ENCORE]

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