This Modern Glitch

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This Modern Glitch
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Studio album by
Released22 April 2011 (2011-04-22) [1]
Recorded2010
Studio
Various
Genre
Length40:31
Label 14th Floor, Bright Antenna (US)
Producer Rich Costey, Eric Valentine, Butch Walker, Jacknife Lee, The Wombats
The Wombats chronology
A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation
(2007)
This Modern Glitch
(2011)
Glitterbug
(2015)
Singles from This Modern Glitch
  1. "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)"
    Released: 24 September 2010
  2. "Jump into the Fog"
    Released: 24 January 2011
  3. "Anti-D"
    Released: 11 April 2011
  4. "Techno Fan"
    Released: 5 June 2011
  5. "Our Perfect Disease"
    Released: 14 August 2011
  6. "1996"
    Released: 7 November 2011

The Wombats Proudly Present This Modern Glitch, usually shortened to This Modern Glitch, is the second major studio album by English rock band The Wombats. Released in the UK on 25 April 2011, the album was supported by three singles prior to its release: "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)", "Jump into the Fog", "Anti-D". A further three singles were released following release: "Techno Fan", "Our Perfect Disease", and "1996". The Wombats produced the album alongside Rich Costey, Eric Valentine, Butch Walker, and Jacknife Lee. Upon its release, the album received favourable reviews by critics. It has sold 126,772 copies in the UK as of April 2015. [2]

Contents

Singles

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 59/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
American Music ChannelStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
BBC Music (very favourable) [6]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Daily Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Paste (7.1/10) [11]
The Sunday Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
thinkofmusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]
The Tune(2.4/5) [14]

The album received mixed to favourable reviews, with an aggregated score of 59 from Metacritic. Mark Beaumont of the BBC described the album as 'a flawless modern classic', as well as calling it 'pop album of the year, by at least a dozen choruses'. [6] Matt Collar of AllMusic gave a similarly positive review, saying ' This Modern Glitch finds the gleefully cynical Brit trio delivering a batch of catchy, immediately memorable dance-rock tracks the likes of which haven't been heard since the glory days of Blur'. [4] The Daily Mirror called the album 'triumphant', singling out Anti-D as 'epic'.

Track listing

The official track listing: [15]

No.TitleLength
1."Our Perfect Disease"3:46
2."Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)"3:45
3."Jump into the Fog"3:51
4."Anti-D"4:39
5."Last Night I Dreamt..."3:32
6."Techno Fan"3:58
7."1996"4:19
8."Walking Disasters"4:16
9."Girls/Fast Cars"3:35
10."Schumacher the Champagne"4:50
iTunes bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Valentine"3:58
12."Track by Track" (Video)--:--
iTunes Deluxe Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Valentine"3:58
12."Track by Track" (video) 
13."Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)" (music video) 
14."Jump Into the Fog" (music video) 
15."Anti-D" (music video) 
16."Techno Fan (This Acoustic Glitch)" (video) 
17."Anti-D (This Acoustic Glitch)" (video) 
HMV bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)" (acoustic version) 
12."Jump Into the Fog" (acoustic version) 
Australian bonus content
No.TitleLength
11."Anti-D" (acoustic version)4:44
12."Techno Fan" (acoustic version)3:55
13."Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)" (autoKratz Koenji Remix)4:53
14."Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)" (Grum Remix) 
15."Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)" (SiN Remix) 

Personnel

personnel per album liner notes and Discogs [16]

Charts and certifications

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