Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?

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Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?
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Studio album by
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.