The English Riviera | ||||
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Released | 8 April 2011 | |||
Recorded | Smokehouse Studios (London), Motorbass (Paris) | |||
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Length | 45:04 | |||
Label | Because | |||
Producer | Joseph Mount | |||
Metronomy chronology | ||||
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The English Riviera is the third studio album by English synthpop band Metronomy, released in the United Kingdom on 8 April 2011 by Because Music. Following the release of their last album Nights Out in 2008, original member Gabriel Stebbing left the band (on this album, Olugbenga Adelekan had joined on bass and Anna Prior had joined on drums). However, Stebbing recorded the bass parts on the album prior to his departure.
The album was nominated for the 2011 Mercury Prize.
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.6/10 [1] |
Metacritic | 78/100 [2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The Daily Telegraph | [4] |
The Guardian | [5] |
The Irish Times | [6] |
Mojo | [7] |
NME | 9/10 [8] |
The Observer | [9] |
Pitchfork | 6.4/10 [10] |
Q | [11] |
Uncut | [12] |
The NME placed the album at number two on its list of the Top 50 Albums of 2011, [13] while Uncut and Q listed the album at numbers three and seventeen, respectively. [14] [15] Mike Williams of NME wrote, "With this, his third full-length album, Joe Mount has transformed his Metronomy project from a jaunty, brilliant, yet ultimately niche electro outfit into one of the most expansive and visionary pop bands in the country". [8]
All tracks are written by Joseph Mount.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The English Riviera" | 0:37 |
2. | "We Broke Free" | 4:05 |
3. | "Everything Goes My Way" | 3:30 |
4. | "The Look" | 4:37 |
5. | "She Wants" | 3:51 |
6. | "Trouble" | 4:46 |
7. | "The Bay" | 4:50 |
8. | "Loving Arm" | 3:31 |
9. | "Corinne" | 3:16 |
10. | "Some Written" | 6:03 |
11. | "Love Underlined" | 5:58 |
No. | Title | Length |
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12. | "Tens and Tens" | 4:39 |
13. | "She Wants" (video) | 5:07 |
14. | "The English Riviera Track by Track" (video) | 10:23 |
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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France (SNEP) [23] | Gold | 50,000 [24] |
United Kingdom (BPI) [25] | Gold | 100,000 |
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
As of January 2012 UK sales stand at 54,417+ copies according to The Guardian. [26] In 2012 it was awarded a double gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 150,000 copies throughout Europe. [27]
Country | Date | Label |
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Ireland [28] | 8 April 2011 | Because Music |
United Kingdom [29] | 11 April 2011 | |
France [30] | Warner Music | |
Germany [31] | 15 April 2011 | |
Australia [32] | 6 May 2011 | Because Music |
Canada [33] | 31 May 2011 | Warner Music |
United States [34] | 26 July 2011 | Because Music, Big Beat Records, Atlantic Records |
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