Streets in the Sky
Streets in the Sky | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 21 May 2012 | |||
Genre | Indie rock, punk rock[1] | |||
Length | 40:38 | |||
Label | Cooking Vinyl, eOne Music | |||
Producer | Joby J Ford | |||
The Enemy chronology | ||||
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Singles from Streets in the Sky | ||||
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Streets in the Sky is the third studio album by Coventry-based indie rock band The Enemy, released on 21 May 2012 through Cooking Vinyl and eOne Music. It entered the UK Albums Chart at no. 9,[2] and was met with universally negative reviews.
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Coventry Telegraph | (favourable)[4] |
Drowned in Sound | [5] |
The Fly | [6] |
musicOMH | [7] |
NME | 6/10[8] |
PopMatters | 2/10[9] |
Sputnikmusic | 2.0/5[10] |
The Quietus | (unfavourable)[11] |
York Vision | (unfavourable)[12] |
Critical reception was mostly extremely negative, with Album of the Year rating it as the worst album of 2012 as reviewed by critics.[13] The album scored 2.9/10 at aggregator website AnyDecentMusic? (the fifth-lowest rated album of all time).[14] However, NME gave the album a mixed review.
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Gimme the Sign" | 3:09 |
2. | "Bigger Cages (Longer Chains)" | 2:57 |
3. | "Saturday" | 3:12 |
4. | "1-2-3-4" | 2:59 |
5. | "Like a Dancer" | 3:09 |
6. | "Come into My World" | 2:57 |
7. | "This Is Real" | 4:38 |
8. | "2 Kids" | 3:56 |
9. | "Turn It On" | 3:33 |
10. | "It's a Race" | 3:29 |
11. | "Get Up and Dance" | 3:52 |
12. | "Make a Man" | 2:47 |
Music videos
- 1,2,3,4 (acoustic)
- Gimme the Sign
- Saturday
- Saturday (acoustic)
- Like a Dancer
References
- ^ "BISOUND.COM – - . mp3 . . FM- ".
- ^ "Enemy – Streets in the Sky". αCharts.
- ^ O'Brien, Jon. "The Enemy – Streets in the Sky – review". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ Poole, Alan (17 May 2012). "Album Review: The Enemy – Streets in the Sky". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ^ Calvert, John (25 May 2012). "The Enemy – Streets in the Sky". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ Ross, Daniel (18 May 2012). "The Enemy Streets in the Sky (COOKING VINYL)". The Fly. MAMA & Company. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Green, Laurence (21 May 2012). "The Enemy – Streets in the Sky (Cooking Vinyl)". musicOMH. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ Denney, Alex (19 May 2012). "The Enemy – Streets in the Sky". NME. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ Ezell, Brice (27 June 2012). "The Enemy: Streets in the Sky". PopMatters. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ "The Enemy – Streets in the Sky". Sputnikmusic. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ Kulkarni, Neil (17 May 2012). "The Enemy – Streets in the Sky – Review". The Quietus. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ Lloyd, Jordan (29 May 2012). "Album Review: Streets in the Sky- The Enemy". York Vision. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ^ "The 25 Worst Albums of 2012". Album of the Year. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ "AnyDecentMusic? – All Time". WebCite. AnyDecentMusic?. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
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