Twin Cinema is the third studio album by Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers. It was released on August 23, 2005. The album was shortlisted for the 2006 Polaris Music Prize.[2] As of 2010 it has sold 138,000 copies in US and 20,000 copies in Canada.[3]
Initial critical response to Twin Cinema was very positive. At Metacritic, which assigns to reviews from mainstream critics a normalized rating out of 100, the album has received a score of 85, based on 32 reviews.[4]Online music magazinePopMatters ranked the album at #1 on their Best Music of 2005 list.[15]Pitchfork placed Twin Cinema at number 150 on their list of Top 200 Albums of the 2000s,[16] as well as at number 18 on their list of The 50 Best Indie Rock Albums of the Pacific Northwest.[17]
Track listingedit
All songs written and sung by A. C. Newman, except where noted.
^Pitchfork Staff (October 2, 2009). "The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 28, 2023. On Twin Cinema, Carl Newman and his band of moonlighting luminaries...seek to discover that special something that keeps us returning to pop music.
^. Polaris Music Prize. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
^. Reuters. 17 April 2010. Archived from the original on 2017-09-01.
^ ab"Reviews for Twin Cinema by The New Pornographers". Metacritic. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
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Twin Cinema is the third studio album by Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers It was released on August 23 2005 The album was shortlisted for the 2006 Polaris Music Prize 2 As of 2010 it has sold 138 000 copies in US and 20 000 copies in Canada 3 Twin CinemaStudio album by The New PornographersReleasedAugust 23 2005RecordedNovember 2004 April 2005GenreIndie rock power pop pop rock 1 Length47 46LabelMint Matador P VineProducerJohn Collins David Carswell A C Newman Kurt DahleThe New Pornographers chronologyElectric Version 2003 Twin Cinema 2005 Challengers 2007 Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 References 5 External linksCritical reception editProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic85 100 4 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 5 Blender nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 6 Entertainment WeeklyA 7 The Irish Times nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 8 Los Angeles Times nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 9 NME5 10 10 Pitchfork9 0 10 11 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 12 SpinA 13 Uncut nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 14 Initial critical response to Twin Cinema was very positive At Metacritic which assigns to reviews from mainstream critics a normalized rating out of 100 the album has received a score of 85 based on 32 reviews 4 Online music magazine PopMatters ranked the album at 1 on their Best Music of 2005 list 15 Pitchfork placed Twin Cinema at number 150 on their list of Top 200 Albums of the 2000s 16 as well as at number 18 on their list of The 50 Best Indie Rock Albums of the Pacific Northwest 17 Track listing editAll songs written and sung by A C Newman except where noted No TitleVocalsLength1 Twin Cinema 2 592 The Bones of an Idol Neko Case2 513 Use It 3 264 The Bleeding Heart Show Newman Case4 275 Jackie Dressed in Cobras Dan Bejar Bejar3 066 The Jessica Numbers Newman John Collins 3 067 These Are the Fables Case3 298 Sing Me Spanish Techno 4 169 Falling Through Your Clothes 2 5310 Broken Breads Bejar Bejar3 0011 Three or Four Newman Case3 0712 Star Bodies Newman Case4 0713 Streets of Fire Bejar Bejar Case2 4114 Stacked Crooked 4 18Total length 47 46 Bonus track on Japanese release and iTunes versionNo TitleLength15 High Art Local News 3 02Personnel editThe New PornographersA C Newman vocals guitar ebow synthesizer harmonica pump organ xylophone John Collins bass guitar synthesizer ebow vocals Kurt Dahle drums percussion vocals Dan Bejar vocals guitar synthesizer melodeon Neko Case vocals Blaine Thurier synthesizer Todd Fancey guitar Kathryn Calder piano vocalsAdditional personnelNora O Connor vocals David Carswell slide guitar vocals Shaun Brodie trumpet Todd Macdonald mandolin Tyr Jami cello Amy Tuyn art work Sarah Pedersen photography Howard Redekopp engineerReferences edit Pitchfork Staff October 2 2009 The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s Pitchfork Retrieved April 28 2023 On Twin Cinema Carl Newman and his band of moonlighting luminaries seek to discover that special something that keeps us returning to pop music 2006 Winners and Nominees Polaris Music Prize Archived from the original on April 24 2013 Retrieved April 29 2013 Will star power eclipse New Pornographers Reuters 17 April 2010 Archived from the original on 2017 09 01 a b Reviews for Twin Cinema by The New Pornographers Metacritic Retrieved April 7 2009 Erlewine Stephen Thomas Twin Cinema The New Pornographers AllMusic Retrieved December 3 2009 Sinagra Laura September 2005 New Pornographers Twin Cinema Blender 40 134 Archived from the original on January 28 2006 Retrieved February 21 2016 Dombal Ryan August 22 2005 Twin Cinema Entertainment Weekly Archived from the original on December 14 2005 Retrieved January 6 2016 Clayton Lea Tony August 26 2005 The New Pornographers Twin Cinema Matador The Irish Times Retrieved January 6 2016 Cromelin Richard September 4 2005 Soul drowned out by sound Los Angeles Times Retrieved January 6 2016 The New Pornographers Twin Cinema NME 58 August 20 2005 Mitchum Rob August 21 2005 The New Pornographers Twin Cinema Pitchfork Retrieved December 3 2009 Sheffield Rob August 11 2005 The New Pornographers Twin Cinema Rolling Stone No 980 p 70 Wolk Douglas August 2005 Something to Talk About Spin 21 8 93 94 Retrieved January 6 2016 The New Pornographers Twin Cinema Uncut 101 96 October 2005 The Best 50 CDs of 2005 PopMatters December 19 2005 Retrieved April 29 2013 Pitchfork staff September 28 2009 Pitchfork Staff Lists The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s 150 101 Pitchfork Archived from the original on March 4 2016 Retrieved October 1 2009 Pitchfork staff September 6 2016 Pitchfork The 50 Best Indie Albums of the Pacific Northwest Pitchfork Retrieved September 14 2016 External links editTwin Cinema at Matador Records Twin Cinema at Metacritic nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Twin Cinema amp oldid 1204191165, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
