Zipper Down

Zipper Down is the fourth studio album from American rock band Eagles of Death Metal. It was released on October 2, 2015.^[2] The first single, "Complexity", was made available for streaming on Pitchfork in June 2015.^[3] The entire album was made available to stream in an exclusive by NPR on their website, on September 23, 2015.^[4] "Oh Girl", "I Love You All The Time" and "Complexity" were previously on Boots Electric's first album Honkey Kong and were remade for Zipper Down.

Zipper Down
Studio album by Eagles of Death Metal
Released	October 2, 2015 (2015-10-02)
Studio	Pink Duck Studios, Sound City & 11AD
Genre	Garage rock, desert rock^[1]
Length	34:16
Label	Downtown Recordings
Producer	Joshua Homme
Eagles of Death Metal chronology
Heart On (2008) Zipper Down (2015) EODM Presents Boots Electric Performing the Best Songs We Never Wrote (2019)

Songs

The album includes a cover of "Save a Prayer" by Duran Duran. The two bands played the song together on TFI Friday.^[5][6][7] Following the November 2015 Paris attacks, a Facebook campaign was launched to get the cover of "Save a Prayer" to no. 1.^[8] Duran Duran stated that they would donate all of their royalties from the cover to charity.^[9] The song ultimately peaked at number 53 for the chart dated the week after the attack.^[10]

Following Duran Duran's lead, Eagles of Death Metal announced that they would donate any publishing and mastering fees for covers of their song "I Love You All the Time" to charity, with Homme stating, "If you're a country artist, a DJ, death metal, it doesn't matter, cover that song and we'll donate the publishing." They challenged distribution platforms, including Amazon, iTunes, and Spotify, to donate any of their revenues from covers of the song to charity as well.^[11] To date, the artists who have covered the song in response include Florence and the Machine, Imagine Dragons, Jimmy Eat World, Kings of Leon, My Morning Jacket, and Matt Cameron of Pearl Jam.^[12]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	6.9/10^[13]
Metacritic	73/100^[14]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Classic Rock	^[18]
Consequence of Sound	B^[17]
Exclaim!	8/10^[16]
NME	^[15]
Pitchfork	7.3/10^[19]
Sputnikmusic	3.3/5^[20]

Zipper Down received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 73, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 14 reviews.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jesse Hughes and Joshua Homme, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Complexity"	Hughes Homme Mark Ramos Nishita	2:46
2.	"Silverlake (K.S.O.F.M.)"		3:35
3.	"Got a Woman"		2:02
4.	"I Love You All the Time"	Hughes Homme Nishita	3:09
5.	"Oh Girl"	Hughes Homme Nishita	4:08
6.	"Got the Power"		3:28
7.	"Skin-Tight Boogie"		3:12
8.	"Got a Woman (Slight Return)"		0:41
9.	"The Deuce"		3:06
10.	"Save a Prayer" (Duran Duran cover)	Nicholas Bates Simon Le Bon Andrew Taylor John Taylor Roger Taylor	4:40
11.	"The Reverend"		3:29

Personnel

Eagles of Death Metal^[21] Jesse Hughes ("Boots Electric") – guitar, vocals, baritone guitar, bass, talk box Joshua Homme ("Baby Duck") – vocals, baritone guitar, drums, bass, guitar, duduk, knee slaps, organ, percussion, piano, slapstick, slides, talk box, trumpet Technical personnel Joshua Homme – production, engineering Mark Rankin – mixing (at Pink Duck Studios) Gavin Lurssen – mastering (at Lurssen Mastering) Alain Johannes – recording ("Silverlake"), engineering Justin Smith – additional engineering Pete Martinez – additional engineering Eden Galindo – studio tech

Additional musicians Tuesday Cross – additional vocals Matt Sweeney – additional guitar Additional personnel^[21] Chapman Baehler – photography Danielle Beverage – design, layout Keef Patrick – artwork, design, illustrations Marc Pollack – management Brian Tomasini – management

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[22]	29
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[23]	35
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[24]	24
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[25]	46
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[26]	38
French Albums (SNEP)^[27]	42
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[28]	39
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[29]	28
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[30]	36
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[31]	22
UK Albums (OCC)^[32]	32
US Billboard 200^[33]	59

References

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