The Music (album)

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The Music
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Studio album by
The Music
Released2 September 2002
StudioJacobs, Farnham, Surrey, England
Genre Indie rock, alternative rock, dance-rock, psychedelic rock [1]
Length52:06
Label Hut
Producer Jim Abbiss
The Music chronology
The Music
(2002)		 Welcome to the North
(2004)
Singles from The Music
  1. "Take the Long Road and Walk It"
    Released: 19 August 2002
  2. "Getaway"
    Released: 18 November 2002
  3. "The Truth Is No Words"
    Released: 17 February 2003
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 58/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Pitchfork 4.7/10 [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg 6 Mar 03

The Music is the debut album by British rock band The Music, released on 2 September 2002. It was certified gold in Japan for 100,000 copies shipped in March 2003. [6]

Contents

Background

The Music was released on 22 September 2002, when all four band members had only recently turned eighteen years of age. [7]

Composition

The album has been described as incorporating elements of psychedelia, dance-rock, post-grunge, electronica and hard rock. [5]

Reception

The album received mixed reviews from critics. AllMusic wrote an enthusiastic review, calling the album "an incredible debut and a brilliant example of where rock could be headed", stating that it is more "stylish" than many of the band's contemporaries in the garage rock revival scene, namely the Hives, the Vines, and the Strokes. [3]

Several other publications, however, were more critical of the album. Blender dubbed the album as "one of the most hilariously overheated debuts in memory" and criticised the production, scoring the album a 2 out of 5. [4] Pitchfork also made similar complaints about the production, praising Harvey's vocals and several tracks such as "Take The Long Road and Walk It", "Too High" and "Float" but overall concluded that the album sounds "overproduced and underdeveloped" and was also lukewarm to the songwriting. They also ridiculed the band name, stating that it "makes them impossible to find on the web and the butt of any number of easy jokes". [5]

Track listing

All tracks written by The Music.

  1. "The Dance" – 5:08
  2. "Take the Long Road and Walk It" – 4:53
  3. "Human" – 5:28
  4. "The Truth Is No Words" – 4:35
  5. "Float" – 5:21
  6. "Turn Out the Light" – 6:23
  7. "The People" – 4:58
  8. "Getaway" – 6:29
  9. "Disco" – 6:36
  10. "Too High" – 5:55

The UK release of this album also contains a track in the pregap called "New Instrumental", which plays upon rewinding from the start of "The Dance". A live version of this song also appeared as the B-side to "Take the Long Road and Walk It".

Personnel

The Music

Production

Charts

Chart performance for The Music
Chart (2002–2003)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [8] 25
French Albums (SNEP) [9] 78
Irish Albums (IRMA) [10] 39
Italian Albums (FIMI) [11] 16
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [12] 20
UK Albums (OCC) [13] 4
US Billboard 200 [14] 128

Certifications

Certifications for The Music
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [15] Gold35,000^
Japan (RIAJ) [16] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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