Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?

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Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?
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Studio album by
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
ReleasedFebruary 23, 2010
Recorded2009
StudioIceland and at Studio East in Berlin
Genre
Length71:36
Language English, Icelandic, Russian
Label A
The Brian Jonestown Massacre chronology
My Bloody Underground
(2008)		Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?
(2010)		 Aufheben
(2012)
Singles from Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?
  1. "The One"
    Released: November 23, 2009
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 61/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Clash 7/10 [3]
Consequence of Sound B [4]
Drowned in Sound 7/10 [5]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Pitchfork 5.7/10 [8]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Under the Radar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Who Killed Sgt. Pepper? is the eleventh studio album by American psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. It was released in February 23, 2010 [12] on band leader Anton Newcombe's A Records. [13]

Contents

Recording

The album was recorded in Iceland and at Studio East in Berlin.

Personnel

The album guest features, among a variety of international musicians, Spacemen 3 bassist Will Carruthers and vocalists Unnur Andrea Einarsdottir and Felix Bondareff. [14]

Content

The album's title refers to The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band .

Release

The album was available for free streaming prior to release, and like My Bloody Underground , music videos were made for each of the album's songs.

Track listing

  1. "Tempo 116.7 (Reaching for Dangerous Levels of Sobriety)" – 5:25
  2. "Þungur hnífur" (Icelandic for "A Heavy Knife") – 4:04
  3. "Lets Go Fucking Mental" – 4:41
  4. "White Music" – 2:12
  5. "This Is the First of Your Last Warnings" (Icelandic version) – 5:59
  6. "This Is the One Thing We Did Not Want to Have Happen" – 7:11
  7. "The One" – 4:15
  8. "Someplace Else Unknown" – 6:23
  9. "Detka! Detka! Detka!" (Russian for "Baby") – 5:20
  10. "Super Fucked" – 6:36
  11. "Our Time" – 2:56
  12. "Feel It (Of Course We Fucking Do)" – 6:15
  13. "Felt Tipped-Pen Pictures of UFOs" – 10:20

Personnel

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Who Killed Sgt.Pepper?
Chart (2010)Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP) [15] 199

References

  1. 1 2 "Allmusic review".
  2. ↑ "Who Killed Sgt. Pepper? – The Brian Jonestown Massacre". Metacritic. CBS Interactive . Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  3. ↑ Annan, Nick (February 12, 2010). "The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Who Killed Sgt Pepper?". Clash . Music Republic Ltd. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  4. ↑ Maider, Ted (February 22, 2010). "The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on February 21, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2010.
  6. ↑ Cole, Jenni (February 22, 2010). "The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Who Killed Sgt Pepper?". musicOMH . Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  7. ↑ "NME review". NME . February 22, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Pitchfork Media review". Pitchfork .
  9. ↑ Shukla, Mark (February 1, 2010). "Brian Jonestown Massacre – Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?". The Skinny . Radge Media. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  10. ↑ Vodicka, Gabe. "Brian Jonestown Massacre – Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?". Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  11. ↑ Valish, Frank (February 18, 2010). "Brian Jonestown Massacre: Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?". Under the Radar . Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  12. ↑ ""Brian Jonestown Massacre ask "Who Killed Sgt Pepper?" on new album"". snobsmusic.net. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
  13. ↑ "The Brian Jonestown Massacre official website". The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Archived from the original on October 22, 2007. Retrieved January 4, 2008.
  14. ↑ ""Brian Jonestown Massacre ask "Who Killed Sgt Pepper?" on new album"". antimusic.com. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
  15. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Brian Jonestown Massacre – Who Killed Sgt.Pepper?". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
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