You're Nothing

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You're Nothing
Iceage You're Nothing Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released19 February 2013 (2013-02-19)
RecordedMay 2012 (2012-05)
Genre
Length28:30
Label Matador
Producer
  • Iceage
  • Nis Bysted
Iceage chronology
New Brigade
(2011)
You're Nothing
(2013)
Plowing Into the Field of Love
(2014)

You're Nothing is the second studio album by Danish punk rock band Iceage. The album was released through Matador Records on 19 February 2013. Like its predecessor, New Brigade , the album was met with critical acclaim.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.7/10 [5]
Metacritic 80/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club B [7]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [8]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
NME 9/10 [10]
Pitchfork 8.6/10 [3]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Spin 8/10 [13]

You're Nothing was well received by critics upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 80, based on 41 reviews, indicating "generally favorable". [6] Brandon Stosuy of Pitchfork gave the album a "Best New Music" designation, saying that "Iceage write brilliant songs; on You're Nothing, they've found a way to clarify these compositional skills without stripping away their power." [3]

Fred Thomas, writing for AllMusic, also praised the album and the group's musical evolution, writing, "By the time the title track rolls around to close the album, Iceage have developed a record reaching out in many directions without straining to make any points." [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Iceage

No.TitleLength
1."Ecstasy"2:29
2."Coalition"2:03
3."Interlude"1:44
4."Burning Hand"3:22
5."In Haze"3:01
6."Morals"3:21
7."Everything Drifts"2:41
8."Wounded Hearts"2:29
9."It Might Hit First"1:22
10."Rodfæstet"1:45
11."Awake"2:27
12."You're Nothing"1:45
Total length:28:30

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