The Other Side of Make-Believe

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The Other Side of Make-Believe
The Other Side of Make-Believe Interpol.jpg
Studio album by
Interpol
ReleasedJuly 15, 2022
RecordedSeptember 2021 – January 2022
Studio Battery, London
Genre Post-punk revival [1] [2]
Length45:39
Label Matador
Producer Flood
Interpol chronology
A Fine Mess
(2019)		The Other Side of Make-Believe
(2022)
Singles from The Other Side of Make-Believe
  1. "Toni"
    Released: April 7, 2022
  2. "Something Changed"
    Released: April 12, 2022
  3. "Fables"
    Released: May 18, 2022
  4. "Gran Hotel"
    Released: July 12, 2022

The Other Side of Make-Believe is the seventh studio album by American rock band Interpol, released on July 15, 2022, through Matador Records. [3] Produced by Mark "Flood" Ellis and mixed by Alan Moulder, the album was recorded between September 2021 and January 2022 at Battery Studios in London. The songs "Toni", "Something Changed", "Fables", and "Gran Hotel" were released as singles in promotion of the album. The album title comes from the opening lyrics of the track "Passenger".

Contents

Music and recording

The album was written entirely during the COVID-19 pandemic. It marked the group's first writing sessions not in person, with Paul Banks in Edinburgh, Daniel Kessler in Spain, and Sam Fogarino in Athens, Georgia; they corresponded via email. [4] In the summer of 2021, the three reunited for continued songwriting and rehearsals in a group of houses in the Catskills, and in the autumn began recording of the album in North London with Alan Moulder and Flood, the former of whom previously mixed the band's fourth and fifth albums, Interpol (2010) and El Pintor (2014). Banks commented on the uplifting sound of the album, contrary to their trademark typically gloomy tone: "A few of the songs in particular have really unabashedly positive sentiments... something that feels good is the aspiration." [4]

The album's lead single, "Toni", was released on April 7, 2022, alongside the album's announcement. A music video accompanied the single, directed by Van Alpert; the end of the video alludes to a forthcoming second part of the video which was unveiled on April 12 by the release of the video to a new song called "Something Changed". This video features two of the same cast as well as singer Paul Banks driving around in an unmarked police car. On May 18, the band unveiled a new single for the forthcoming album named “Fables” with a lyric video. On July 12, Interpol put out their new single "Gran Hotel" with accompanying music video, which was exclusively released on the band's Facebook page. The music video was later released on other platforms on July 15 with the release of the full album.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 72/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Clash 8/10 [7]
The Daily Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Pitchfork 6.2/10 [12]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Slant Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Sputnikmusic4.5/5 [1]

The Other Side of Make-Believe received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 72 based on 21 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Interpol (Paul Banks, Sam Fogarino, Daniel Kessler)

The Other Side of Make-Believe track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Toni"4:34
2."Fables"4:34
3."Into the Night"5:28
4."Mr. Credit"3:48
5."Something Changed"3:56
6."Renegade Hearts"4:11
7."Passenger"4:14
8."Greenwich"4:00
9."Gran Hotel"4:04
10."Big Shot City"4:04
11."Go Easy (Palermo)"2:46
Total length:45:39

Personnel

Personnel adapted from album liner notes, [15] Tidal, [16] and interviews with the band.

Charts

Chart performance for The Other Side of Make-Believe
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [17] 74
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [18] 38
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [19] 45
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [20] 19
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [21] 42
French Albums (SNEP) [22] 71
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [23] 8
Irish Albums (IRMA) [24] 88
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [25] 10
Scottish Albums (OCC) [26] 5
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [27] 43
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [28] 13
UK Albums (OCC) [29] 14
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [30] 3
US Billboard 200 [31] 178
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [32] 23
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [33] 13
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [34] 20

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