The Lost Riots

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The Lost Riots
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Studio album by
Released7 June 2004
Recorded2003–2004
Studio
Genre
Length66:09
Label Sony Music UK
Producer Ken Thomas
Hope of the States chronology
The Lost Riots
(2004)
Left
(2006)
Singles from The Lost Riots
  1. "Black Dollar Bills"
    Released: 3 March 2003
  2. "Enemies/Friends"
    Released: 29 September 2003
  3. "The Red the White the Black the Blue"
    Released: 24 May 2004
  4. "Nehemiah"
    Released: 16 August 2004
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 69/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [3]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
NME 9/10 [5]
Pitchfork 5.7/10 [6]

The Lost Riots is the debut album by Chichester-based rock band Hope of the States, released on 7 June 2004 in the United Kingdom, on 1 September 2004 in Japan, and on 5 October 2004 in the United States. The album was recorded at studios in Ireland and England, and thought to be recorded partly in Russia, before the finishing touches were put together at Real World Studios in Bath. Guitarist James "Jimmi" Lawrence committed suicide during the mixing of the album in January 2004. [3] [5]

Contents

The Lost Riots was bolstered by the release of several singles: "Black Dollar Bills" in March 2003 and "Enemies/Friends" in September 2003, which peaked at numbers 83 and 25, respectively, on the UK Singles Chart, [7] while "The Red the White the Black the Blue" gave the band their highest-charting single when it peaked at number 15 in the UK [7] and number 22 in Scotland [8] upon release in May 2004. A fourth single, "Nehemiah", was released in August 2004 and peaked at number 30 in the UK. [7] All four singles were accompanied by promotional music videos, directed by creative design collective Type2error. [9]

Released to mostly enthusiastic critical acclaim upon release, [1] reviewers praised the band's balance of intense post-rock bombast and anthemic post-Britpop dynamics, while criticism was directed at lead singer Samuel Herlihy's lack of vocal range and the band's dour sound. [6] [4] The album charted at number 21 on the UK Albums Chart. [7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Hope of the States (Samuel Herlihy, Simon Jones, James Lawrence, Michael Siddell, Anthony Theaker and Paul Wilson)

No.TitleLength
1."The Black Amnesias"4:40
2."Enemies/Friends"4:41
3."66 Sleepers to Summer"5:00
4."Don't Go to Pieces"4:47
5."The Red the White the Black the Blue"3:40
6."Black Dollar Bills"6:54
7."George Washington"3:26
8."Me Ves y Sufres"5:33
9."Sadness on My Back"3:58
10."Nehemiah"4:09
11."Goodhorsehymn"3:53
12."1776"5:06
13."A Crack-Up at the Race Riots" (hidden track)4:47

After "1776" ends and a period of roughly five minutes of silence, the hidden track "A Crack-Up at the Race Riots" can be found. The name of the song is based on a book by Harmony Korine, and for legal reasons, the band couldn't include it as a proper track. The total length of track 12 with both songs and silence is 14:53.

Japanese CD bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."The Workmiser Harmonies"4:33
14."Angels Over Kilburn"7:30
15."A Crack-Up at the Race Riots" (hidden track)4:47

The total length for track 14 on the Japanese CD release is 17:18.

Personnel

Adapted from the liner notes of the CD. [10]

Hope of the States
Additional musicians
Production
Design

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