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Neon Golden

May 04, 2024

Neon Golden is the fifth studio album by German indie rock band The Notwist. It was released on 14 January 2002 by City Slang.[2]

Neon Golden
Studio album by
The Notwist
Released14 January 2002 (2002-01-14)
StudioUphon (Weilheim in Oberbayern)
Genre
Length41:28
LabelCity Slang
ProducerGalore
The Notwist chronology
Shrink
(1998) 		Neon Golden
(2002) 		The Devil, You + Me
(2008)
Singles from Neon Golden
  1. "Trashing Days"
    Released: 27 August 2001[2]
  2. "Pilot"
    Released: 19 November 2001[2]
  3. "Pick Up the Phone"
    Released: 18 March 2002[3]

Composition edit

Neon Golden is rooted in the experimental musical style that The Notwist had moved towards on their previous two studio albums 12 (1995) and Shrink (1998), which found the band eschewing the abrasive rock of their early work and delving into electronic music.[4] The songs on Neon Golden fuse indie rock and electronic elements,[5][6] taking influence from styles such as glitch[7][8] and IDM.[9] The A.V. Club described the album as a "synthesis of dreamy indie-rock balladry and stark electronic underpinnings",[5] while MusicOMH critic Dylan Kilby referred to it as a work of "electronic post-rock".[10]

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic89/100[11]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [12]
Alternative Press4/5[13]
Drowned in Sound10/10[14]
The Guardian     [15]
The Independent     [16]
Muzik4/5[17]
Pitchfork9.2/10[18]
Rolling Stone     [19]
Uncut     [20]
The Village VoiceB−[21]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Neon Golden received an average score of 89 based on 20 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[11] The album was acclaimed upon its initial release in Europe in 2002,[22] while in the United States, it was widely hyped well before its official February 2003 release date due to its circulation via import copies and file sharing.[23][24] In The Village Voice's 2003 Pazz & Jop poll, Neon Golden was voted by critics as the year's 33rd best album.[25]

Pitchfork ranked Neon Golden at number 131 on its list of the 200 best albums of the 2000s.[26] Neon Golden has been cited by critics as a landmark album of indie electronic, or "indietronica", music;[6][27] Tristan Gatward of Loud and Quiet remarked in 2019 that the sound of indie electronic music in the 2000s "was dictated" by the record.[27] In 2014, PopMatters writer Jose Solis described it as a "truly groundbreaking" album that "set in motion an electronica-meets-indie rock revolution that [would] define the sound of a decade."[28]

Track listing edit

All lyrics are written by Markus Acher, except where noted

No.TitleMusicLength
1."One Step Inside Doesn't Mean You Understand"
  • Markus Acher
  • Micha Acher
3:15
2."Pilot"
4:28
3."Pick Up the Phone"Gretschmann3:55
4."Trashing Days"Micha Acher3:24
5."This Room"
  • Markus Acher
  • Micha Acher
  • Gretschmann
  • Martin Messerschmid
4:45
6."Solitaire" (lyrics by Gretschmann)Gretschmann3:29
7."One with the Freaks"Markus Acher3:38
8."Neon Golden"
  • Markus Acher
  • Micha Acher
5:54
9."Off the Rails"
  • Markus Acher
  • Micha Acher
3:27
10."Consequence"Micha Acher5:13
Total length:41:28
2003 US edition bonus tracks
No.TitleMusicLength
11."Scoop"
  • Markus Acher
  • Gretschmann
3:26
12."Propeller 9"
  • Micha Acher
  • Gretschmann
4:25
13."Formiga"
  • Markus Acher
  • Micha Acher
  • Gretschmann
2:21
Total length:51:40

Sample credits[29]

Personnel edit

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[29]

The Notwist

Additional musicians

Production

Design

  • Philipp Arnold – cover design
  • Andreas Gerth – cover design

Charts edit

Chart (2002) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[30] 28
Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[31] 25
European Top 100 Albums (Music & Media)[32] 46
French Albums (SNEP)[33] 66
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[34] 10
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[35] 47

References edit

  1. ^ Pitchfork Staff (October 2, 2009). "The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 28, 2023. Radiohead's early-decade recipe of electronic-flavored art-rock...left listeners ravenous to find other bands that could whip up those prickly moods and sonic textures. Enter the Notwist...a group that happened to be pushing many of the same buttons...Notwist's 2002 breakthrough, Neon Golden, is a great work of narrow emotional response.
  2. ^ a b c . City Slang. Archived from the original on 12 December 2001. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  3. ^ . City Slang. Archived from the original on 17 April 2002. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  4. ^ Orlov, Piotr (25 February 2003). "Trans-Europe Expression". The Village Voice. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  5. ^ a b Modell, Josh; Murray, Noel; Phipps, Keith; Rabin, Nathan; Thompson, Stephen; Battaglia, Andy (11 December 2002). "Best Albums of 2002". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  6. ^ a b Collini, Eleonora (10 April 2014). "The Notwist: 'The songs are very different but hopefully it makes sense to put them together as a sort of puzzle or mosaic'". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  7. ^ Young, Rob (12 March 2003). "The Notwist: 'Neon Golden'". Salon. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  8. ^ Thiessen, Brock (17 June 2008). "The Notwist: The Devil, You + Me". Exclaim!. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  9. ^ Ware, Tony (22 October 2008). "The Notwist: The Devil, You + Me (Domino)". SF Weekly. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  10. ^ Kilby, Dylan (23 February 2014). "The Notwist – Close To The Glass". MusicOMH. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  11. ^ a b "Neon Golden by The Notwist Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  12. ^ Carlson, Dean. "Neon Golden – The Notwist". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  13. ^ "The Notwist: Neon Golden". Alternative Press. No. 176. March 2003. p. 92.
  14. ^ Takru, Radhika (22 November 2010). "Album Review: The Notwist – Neon Golden / On/Off The Record (Deluxe Edition)". Drowned in Sound. from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  15. ^ Aizlewood, John (1 February 2002). "The Notwist: Neon Golden (City Slang)". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  16. ^ Perry, Tim (9 February 2002). "Pop: Album Reviews". The Independent.
  17. ^ Holmes, Andrew (February 2002). "The Notwist: Neon Golden". Muzik. No. 81. p. 61.
  18. ^ Buckman, Luke (6 February 2002). "The Notwist: Neon Golden". Pitchfork. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  19. ^ Gensler, Andy (20 March 2003). . Rolling Stone. No. 918. Archived from the original on 27 June 2003. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  20. ^ Pattison, Louis (January 2011). "The Notwist: Neon Golden". Uncut. No. 164. p. 97.
  21. ^ Christgau, Robert (10 February 2004). "Consumer Guide: Parts of the Elephunk". The Village Voice. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  22. ^ Petridis, Alexis (5 March 2002). "The Notwist". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  23. ^ Begrand, Adrien (15 April 2003). "The Notwist: Neon Golden". PopMatters. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  24. ^ Eddy, Chuck (4 March 2003). "Notwist – April 4 and 5 – Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street, 212-219-3006". The Village Voice. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  25. ^ "The 2003 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". The Village Voice. 17 February 2004. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  26. ^ "The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s". Pitchfork. 28 September 2009. p. 4. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  27. ^ a b Gatward, Tristan (27 November 2019). "COMA – Voyage Voyage". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  28. ^ Solis, Jose (13 March 2014). "From One Wrong Place to the Next: An Interview with The Notwist". PopMatters. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  29. ^ a b Neon Golden (liner notes). The Notwist. City Slang. 2002. 20184-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  30. ^ "Austriancharts.at – The Notwist – Neon Golden" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  31. ^ "Alternatieve Albums" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. 23 February 2002. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  32. ^ "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 20, no. 6. 2 February 2002. p. 10. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  33. ^ "Lescharts.com – The Notwist – Neon Golden". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  34. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Notwist – Neon Golden" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  35. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

External links edit

  • Neon Golden at Discogs (list of releases)

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Neon Golden is the fifth studio album by German indie rock band The Notwist It was released on 14 January 2002 by City Slang 2 Neon GoldenStudio album by The NotwistReleased14 January 2002 2002 01 14 StudioUphon Weilheim in Oberbayern GenreIndie electronicpost rockart rock 1 Length41 28LabelCity SlangProducerGaloreThe Notwist chronologyShrink 1998 Neon Golden 2002 The Devil You Me 2008 Singles from Neon Golden Trashing Days Released 27 August 2001 2 Pilot Released 19 November 2001 2 Pick Up the Phone Released 18 March 2002 3 Contents 1 Composition 2 Critical reception 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 Charts 6 References 7 External linksComposition editNeon Golden is rooted in the experimental musical style that The Notwist had moved towards on their previous two studio albums 12 1995 and Shrink 1998 which found the band eschewing the abrasive rock of their early work and delving into electronic music 4 The songs on Neon Golden fuse indie rock and electronic elements 5 6 taking influence from styles such as glitch 7 8 and IDM 9 The A V Club described the album as a synthesis of dreamy indie rock balladry and stark electronic underpinnings 5 while MusicOMH critic Dylan Kilby referred to it as a work of electronic post rock 10 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic89 100 11 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 12 Alternative Press4 5 13 Drowned in Sound10 10 14 The Guardian nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 15 The Independent nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 16 Muzik4 5 17 Pitchfork9 2 10 18 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 19 Uncut nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 20 The Village VoiceB 21 At Metacritic which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics Neon Golden received an average score of 89 based on 20 reviews indicating universal acclaim 11 The album was acclaimed upon its initial release in Europe in 2002 22 while in the United States it was widely hyped well before its official February 2003 release date due to its circulation via import copies and file sharing 23 24 In The Village Voice s 2003 Pazz amp Jop poll Neon Golden was voted by critics as the year s 33rd best album 25 Pitchfork ranked Neon Golden at number 131 on its list of the 200 best albums of the 2000s 26 Neon Golden has been cited by critics as a landmark album of indie electronic or indietronica music 6 27 Tristan Gatward of Loud and Quiet remarked in 2019 that the sound of indie electronic music in the 2000s was dictated by the record 27 In 2014 PopMatters writer Jose Solis described it as a truly groundbreaking album that set in motion an electronica meets indie rock revolution that would define the sound of a decade 28 Track listing editAll lyrics are written by Markus Acher except where notedNo TitleMusicLength1 One Step Inside Doesn t Mean You Understand Markus AcherMicha Acher3 152 Pilot Markus AcherMicha AcherMartin Gretschmann4 283 Pick Up the Phone Gretschmann3 554 Trashing Days Micha Acher3 245 This Room Markus AcherMicha AcherGretschmannMartin Messerschmid4 456 Solitaire lyrics by Gretschmann Gretschmann3 297 One with the Freaks Markus Acher3 388 Neon Golden Markus AcherMicha Acher5 549 Off the Rails Markus AcherMicha Acher3 2710 Consequence Micha Acher5 13Total length 41 28 2003 US edition bonus tracksNo TitleMusicLength11 Scoop Markus AcherGretschmann3 2612 Propeller 9 Micha AcherGretschmann4 2513 Formiga Markus AcherMicha AcherGretschmann2 21Total length 51 40 Sample credits 29 Solitaire contains elements from Drowning by Numbers composed by Michael Nyman Personnel editCredits are adapted from the album s liner notes 29 The Notwist Markus Acher Micha Acher Martin Gretschmann Martin Messerschmid Additional musicians Biboul F Darouiche conga Roberto Di Gioia keyboards piano Johannes Enders tenor saxophone Sebastian Hess cello Robert Klinger double bass Saam cajon kanjira zarb Ulrich Wangenheim bass clarinet alto saxophone tenor saxophoneProduction Chris Blair mastering Galore production O L A F Opal mixing recording Mario Thaler mixing recording Design Philipp Arnold cover design Andreas Gerth cover designCharts editChart 2002 Peakposition Austrian Albums O3 Austria 30 28 Belgian Alternative Albums Ultratop Flanders 31 25 European Top 100 Albums Music amp Media 32 46 French Albums SNEP 33 66 German Albums Offizielle Top 100 34 10 UK Independent Albums OCC 35 47References edit Pitchfork Staff October 2 2009 The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s Pitchfork Retrieved April 28 2023 Radiohead s early decade recipe of electronic flavored art rock left listeners ravenous to find other bands that could whip up those prickly moods and sonic textures Enter the Notwist a group that happened to be pushing many of the same buttons Notwist s 2002 breakthrough Neon Golden is a great work of narrow emotional response a b c current and upcoming releases City Slang Archived from the original on 12 December 2001 Retrieved 23 January 2021 current and upcoming releases City Slang Archived from the original on 17 April 2002 Retrieved 23 January 2021 Orlov Piotr 25 February 2003 Trans Europe Expression The Village Voice Retrieved 23 January 2021 a b Modell Josh Murray Noel Phipps Keith Rabin Nathan Thompson Stephen Battaglia Andy 11 December 2002 Best Albums of 2002 The A V Club Retrieved 23 January 2021 a b Collini Eleonora 10 April 2014 The Notwist The songs are very different but hopefully it makes sense to put them together as a sort of puzzle or mosaic The Line of Best Fit Retrieved 23 January 2021 Young Rob 12 March 2003 The Notwist Neon Golden Salon Retrieved 23 January 2021 Thiessen Brock 17 June 2008 The Notwist The Devil You Me Exclaim Retrieved 23 January 2021 Ware Tony 22 October 2008 The Notwist The Devil You Me Domino SF Weekly Retrieved 23 January 2021 Kilby Dylan 23 February 2014 The Notwist Close To The Glass MusicOMH Retrieved 23 January 2021 a b Neon Golden by The Notwist Reviews and Tracks Metacritic Retrieved 27 February 2021 Carlson Dean Neon Golden The Notwist AllMusic Retrieved 12 January 2015 The Notwist Neon Golden Alternative Press No 176 March 2003 p 92 Takru Radhika 22 November 2010 Album Review The Notwist Neon Golden On Off The Record Deluxe Edition Drowned in Sound Archived from the original on 18 June 2021 Retrieved 12 January 2015 Aizlewood John 1 February 2002 The Notwist Neon Golden City Slang The Guardian Retrieved 12 January 2015 Perry Tim 9 February 2002 Pop Album Reviews The Independent Holmes Andrew February 2002 The Notwist Neon Golden Muzik No 81 p 61 Buckman Luke 6 February 2002 The Notwist Neon Golden Pitchfork Retrieved 12 January 2015 Gensler Andy 20 March 2003 Notwist Neon Golden Rolling Stone No 918 Archived from the original on 27 June 2003 Retrieved 12 January 2015 Pattison Louis January 2011 The Notwist Neon Golden Uncut No 164 p 97 Christgau Robert 10 February 2004 Consumer Guide Parts of the Elephunk The Village Voice Retrieved 12 January 2015 Petridis Alexis 5 March 2002 The Notwist The Guardian Retrieved 23 January 2021 Begrand Adrien 15 April 2003 The Notwist Neon Golden PopMatters Retrieved 23 January 2021 Eddy Chuck 4 March 2003 Notwist April 4 and 5 Knitting Factory 74 Leonard Street 212 219 3006 The Village Voice Retrieved 23 January 2021 The 2003 Pazz amp Jop Critics Poll The Village Voice 17 February 2004 Retrieved 23 January 2021 The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s Pitchfork 28 September 2009 p 4 Retrieved 30 June 2019 a b Gatward Tristan 27 November 2019 COMA Voyage Voyage Loud and Quiet Retrieved 23 January 2021 Solis Jose 13 March 2014 From One Wrong Place to the Next An Interview with The Notwist PopMatters Retrieved 23 January 2021 a b Neon Golden liner notes The Notwist City Slang 2002 20184 2 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Austriancharts at The Notwist Neon Golden in German Hung Medien Retrieved 30 June 2019 Alternatieve Albums in Dutch Hung Medien 23 February 2002 Retrieved 18 July 2021 European Top 100 Albums PDF Music amp Media Vol 20 no 6 2 February 2002 p 10 Retrieved 17 May 2021 Lescharts com The Notwist Neon Golden Hung Medien Retrieved 30 June 2019 Offiziellecharts de The Notwist Neon Golden in German GfK Entertainment Charts Retrieved 30 June 2019 Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 Official Charts Company Retrieved 19 February 2018 External links editNeon Golden at Discogs list of releases Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Neon Golden amp oldid 1152241353, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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