| Twin Cinema | ||||
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| Released | August 23, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | November 2004–April 2005 | |||
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| Length | 47:46 | |||
| Label | Mint/Matador/P-Vine | |||
| Producer | John Collins, David Carswell, A.C. Newman, Kurt Dahle | |||
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Twin Cinema is the third studio album by Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers. It was released on August 23, 2005. The album was shortlisted for the 2006 Polaris Music Prize. [2] As of 2010 it has sold 138,000 copies in US and 20,000 copies in Canada. [3]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 85/100 [4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Blender |  [6] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A [7] |
| The Irish Times | [8] |
| Los Angeles Times | [9] |
| NME | 5/10 [10] |
| Pitchfork | 9.0/10 [11] |
| Rolling Stone | [12] |
| Spin | A− [13] |
| Uncut | [14] |
Initial critical response to Twin Cinema was very positive. At Metacritic, which assigns to reviews from mainstream critics a normalized rating out of 100, the album has received a score of 85, based on 32 reviews. [4] Online music magazine PopMatters ranked the album at #1 on their Best Music of 2005 list. [15] Pitchfork placed Twin Cinema at number 150 on their list of Top 200 Albums of the 2000s, [16] as well as at number 18 on their list of The 50 Best Indie Rock Albums of the Pacific Northwest. [17]
All songs written and sung by A. C. Newman, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Vocals | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Twin Cinema" | 2:59 | |
| 2. | "The Bones of an Idol" | Neko Case | 2:51 |
| 3. | "Use It" | 3:26 | |
| 4. | "The Bleeding Heart Show" | Newman, Case | 4:27 |
| 5. | "Jackie, Dressed in Cobras" (Dan Bejar) | Bejar | 3:06 |
| 6. | "The Jessica Numbers" (Newman, John Collins) | 3:06 | |
| 7. | "These Are the Fables" | Case | 3:29 |
| 8. | "Sing Me Spanish Techno" | 4:16 | |
| 9. | "Falling Through Your Clothes" | 2:53 | |
| 10. | "Broken Breads" (Bejar) | Bejar | 3:00 |
| 11. | "Three or Four" | Newman, Case | 3:07 |
| 12. | "Star Bodies" | Newman, Case | 4:07 |
| 13. | "Streets of Fire" (Bejar) | Bejar, Case | 2:41 |
| 14. | "Stacked Crooked" | 4:18 | |
| Total length: | 47:46 | ||
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 15. | "High Art, Local News" | 3:02 |
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On Twin Cinema, Carl Newman and his band of moonlighting luminaries...seek to discover that special something that keeps us returning to pop music.
