Bright Like Neon Love

Bright Like Neon Love
Studio album by Cut Copy
Released 5 April 2004 (2004-04-05)
Studio
  • Capitol Studios
    (Paris, France)
  • The Soft Centre
    (Melbourne, Australia)
Genre Electropop, alternative dance
Length 41:52
Label Modular
Producer Philippe Zdar, Dan Whitford
Cut Copy chronology
I Thought of Numbers
(2001)		 Bright Like Neon Love
(2004)		 In Ghost Colours
(2008)
Singles from Bright Like Neon Love
  1. "Future"
    Released: 4 May 2004
  2. "Saturdays"
    Released: 15 August 2004
  3. "Going Nowhere"
    Released: 18 January 2006

Bright Like Neon Love is the debut studio album by Australian electronic music band Cut Copy. It was released in Australia on 5 April 2004 and in the United States on 18 May 2004. A limited pressing on vinyl was released on 20 April 2013 for Record Store Day in a gatefold sleeve.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Drowned in Sound9/10[4]
The Guardian[5]
NME8/10[6]
SpinA−[7]
Uncut[8]

The album received positive reviews, and Metacritic, which compiles reviews and aggregates them, gave the album a score of 81 indicating "universal acclaim". NME compared the album to "Technique-era New Order fed through My Bloody Valentine's distortion pedals" and described it as "the album Daft Punk should have made".[6] In his highly positive review for Drowned In Sound, Euan McLean described the album as "the record The Human League could have made if they'd remade Fleetwood Mac's Rumours in 1985" and congratulated the band on "mixing emotion and technology to perfection".[9]

Accolades

Publication Accolade Year Rank
Drowned in Sound The 50 Best Albums of the Year 2004 15[10]

Track listing

All tracks written by Dan Whitford.

No.TitleLength
1."Time Stands Still"4:34
2."Future"5:12
3."Saturdays"3:38
4."Saturdays (Reprise)"1:39
5."Going Nowhere"3:41
6."DD-5"0:26
7."That Was Just a Dream"2:34
8."Zap Zap"2:42
9."The Twilight"5:25
10."Autobahn Music Box"4:31
11."Bright Neon Payphone"3:52
12."A Dream"3:45

Personnel

  • Dan Whitford – vocals, synthesizer, drum machines
  • Tim Hoey – guitar
  • Bennett Foddy – bass guitar
  • Mitchell Scott – drums
  • Dougal Binns – acoustic guitar (track 10)

Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Australian Dance Albums (ARIA)[11] 10
Australian Hitseekers Albums (ARIA)[12] 19

References

  1. ↑ "discogs.com Bright Like Neon Love LP entry"
  2. ↑ "Bright Like Neon Love by Cut Copy". Metacritic. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  3. ↑ Leijon, Erik (2004). "Bright Like Neon Love - Cut Copy". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Review. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
  4. ↑ "Drowned In Sound review".
  5. ↑ Burgess, John (6 May 2005). "The Guardian review". London.
  6. 1 2 (7 May 2005, p. 66)
  7. ↑ (August 2004, p. 108). Spin review
  8. ↑ (August 2005, p. 103). Uncut review
  9. ↑ McLean, Euan (2005-05-03). "Cut Copy - Bright Like Neon Love / Releases / Releases // Drowned In Sound". Drownedinsound.com. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
  10. ↑ "Drowned in Sound's Top Albums of 2004". Albumoftheyear.org. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
  11. ↑ "ARIA Dance – Week Commencing 26th April 2004" (PDF). ARIA Charts. Pandora Archive. p. 12. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  12. ↑ "ARIA Hitseekers – Week Commencing 26th April 2004" (PDF). ARIA Charts. Pandora Archive. p. 17. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
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