Vantage Point (Deus album)

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Vantage Point
Vantage Point album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released18 April 2008
Genre Indie rock
Length46:35
Label
Producer Dave McCracken
Deus chronology
Pocket Revolution
(2005)
Vantage Point
(2008)
Keep You Close
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [2]
HUMO Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]
Knack Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Vantage Point is the fifth studio album by Belgian rock band Deus, released in Europe on 18 April 2008, in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 21 April, [6] and in Japan on 21 May. This is the first Deus album which features the same line-up as the previous album. [7] This album was also the first to be recorded at their own built studio in Borgerhout, near Antwerp.

Contents

Within its first week of release, Vantage Point was certified Gold by the Belgian Entertainment Association (BEA), before reaching Platinum status the following month. [8]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."When She Comes Down"
  • Tom Barman
  • Mauro Pawlowski
  • Klaas Janzoons
  • Alan Gevaert
  • Stéphane Misseghers
5:05
2."Oh Your God"
  • Barman
  • Pawlowski
  • Janzoons
  • Gevaert
  • Misseghers
3:51
3."Eternal Woman" (with Lies Lorquet of Mintzkov)
  • Barman
  • Pawlowski
4:22
4."Favourite Game"Barman4:11
5."Slow" (with Karin Dreijer Andersson of The Knife)
  • Barman
  • Pawlowski
  • Janzoons
  • Gevaert
  • Misseghers
6:08
6."The Architect"
  • Barman
  • Pawlowski
  • Janzoons
  • Gevaert
  • Misseghers
3:56
7."Is a Robot"
  • Barman
  • Pawlowski
4:57
8."Smokers Reflect"Barman4:26
9."The Vanishing of Maria Schneider" (with Guy Garvey of Elbow)Barman4:43
10."Popular Culture"
  • Barman
  • Pawlowski
4:56
Total length:46:35

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Keep You Close
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA) [8] Platinum30,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Singles

YearTitleBE [20] Notes
2008"The Architect"2Belgium only, February, 2008
"Slow"43February, 2008
"Eternal Woman"38May, 2008
"When She Comes Down"49May, 2008

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