This Modern Glitch

This Modern Glitch
Studio album by The Wombats
Released 22 April 2011 (2011-04-22)[1]
Recorded 2010
Studio
Genre
Length 40:31
Label 14th Floor, Bright Antenna (US)
Producer Rich Costey, Eric Valentine, Butch Walker, Jacknife Lee, The Wombats
The Wombats chronology
A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation
(2007)A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation2007		 This Modern Glitch
(2011)		 Glitterbug
(2015)Glitterbug2015
Singles from This Modern Glitch
  1. "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)"
    Released: 24 September 2010
  2. "Jump into the Fog"
    Released: 24 January 2011
  3. "Anti-D"
    Released: 11 April 2011
  4. "Techno Fan"
    Released: 5 June 2011
  5. "Our Perfect Disease"
    Released: 14 August 2011
  6. "1996"
    Released: 7 November 2011

The Wombats Proudly Present This Modern Glitch is the second studio album by British rock band The Wombats. The album was released in the United Kingdom on 25 April 2011, with 3 singles preceding it: "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)", "Jump into the Fog", "Anti-D", released on 24 September 2010, 24 January 2011 and 11 April 2011 respectively. A further 3 singles were released following the album's release: "Techno Fan", "Our Perfect Disease" and "1996", released on 20 June 2011, 14 August 2011 and 7 of November 2011 respectively. Production comes from Rich Costey, Eric Valentine, Butch Walker, Jacknife Lee and the band themselves. Upon its release the album received favourable reviews by critics. It has sold 126,772 copies in the UK as of April 2015.[2]

Singles

  • "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)" is the first single released from the album, it was released on 24 September 2010. It peaked at number 23 on the UK Singles Chart, and also charted at number 33 in Australia as well as number 66 in the Netherlands. It came in at number 8 on Australia's 'Hottest 100' countdown of 2010.
  • "Jump into the Fog" is the second single released from the album, it was released on 24 January 2011. It peaked at number 35 on the UK Singles Chart and at number 16 on the US Billboard Alternative Songs chart.
  • "Anti-D" is the third single released from the album, it was released on 11 April 2011. It peaked at number 42 on the UK Singles Chart.
  • "Techno Fan" is the fourth single released from the album, it was released on 5 June 2011. It peaked at number 60 on the UK Singles Chart.
  • "Our Perfect Disease" is the fifth single released from the album, it was released on 14 August 2011.
  • "1996" was the sixth single released from the album on 7 November 2011.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic59/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [4]
American Music Channel [5]
BBC Music(very favourable) [6]
Consequence of Sound [7]
Daily Mirror [8]
The Guardian [9]
NME [10]
Paste(7.1/10) [11]
The Sunday Times [12] (subscription required)
thinkofmusic [13]
The Tune(2.4/5) [14]

The album received mixed to favourable reviews, with an aggregated score of 59 from Metacritic. Mark Beaumont of the BBC described the album as 'a flawless modern classic', as well as calling it 'pop album of the year, by at least a dozen choruses'.[6] Matt Collar of AllMusic gave a similarly positive review, saying ' This Modern Glitch finds the gleefully cynical Brit trio delivering a batch of catchy, immediately memorable dance-rock tracks the likes of which haven't been heard since the glory days of Blur'.[4] The Daily Mirror called the album 'triumphant', singling out Anti-D as 'epic'.

Track listing

The official track listing:[15]

No.TitleLength
1."Our Perfect Disease"3:46
2."Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)"3:45
3."Jump into the Fog"3:51
4."Anti-D"4:39
5."Last Night I Dreamt..."3:32
6."Techno Fan"3:58
7."1996"4:19
8."Walking Disasters"4:16
9."Girls/Fast Cars"3:35
10."Schumacher the Champagne"4:50

Personnel

  • Matthew Murphy – lead vocals, guitars, keyboards, synthesizers, organ (10), lute (10), omnichord (10), programming, percussion
  • Tord Øverland Knudsen – bass guitar, synthesizers, keyboards, piano (2), baritone guitar (4, 6), glockenspiel (4), omnichord (5), programming, percussion, backing vocals
  • Dan Haggis – drums, synthesizers, keyboards, piano (2, 4), organ (4, 5), banjo (10), dulcimer (4), programming, percussion, backing vocals
  • Rich Costey – programming, percussion
  • John Hill – programming
  • Dave Navarro – additional guitar (9)
  • Graeme Revell – string arrangements and conducting (4, 10)

personnel per Discogs [16]

Charts

References

  1. ↑ "The Wombats - Proudly Present..This Modern Glitch". JB HI HI. 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  2. ↑ Jones, Alan (20 April 2015). "Official Charts Analysis: Paul Simon scores 6th No.1 with 15,487 sales". Music Week. Intent Media. Retrieved 5 November 2015. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ "Reviews for This Modern Glitch by The Wombats - Metacritic". Metacritic.
  4. 1 2 https://www.allmusic.com/album/r2152577
  5. ↑ "This Modern Glitch". American Music Channel. 2011-10-18. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  6. 1 2 "Music - Review of The Wombats - This Modern Glitch". BBC. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  7. ↑ Peterlscot (2011-04-15). "Album Review: The Wombats – This Modern Glitch". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  8. ↑ 22/04/2011 (2011-04-22). "The Wombats: This Modern Glitch - album of the week review". The Mirror. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  9. ↑ Maddy Costa (2011-04-21). "The Wombats: This Modern Glitch – review". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  10. ↑ "NME Album Reviews - Album Review: The Wombats - 'Proudly Present This Modern Glitch'". NME. 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  11. ↑ "The Wombats: This Modern Glitch". Paste. 2011-04-26. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  12. ↑ "UK News, World News and Opinion". The Times. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  13. ↑ "The Wombats - Proudly Present: This Modern Glitch". Thinkofmusic.com. 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  14. ↑ "The Tune: Album Survey: Cass McCombs, of Montreal, Augustana, The Wombats...it's all here!". The Tune. 2004-02-26. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  15. ↑ The Wombats 'This Modern Glitch' Tracklisting Play.com, Retrieved 2011-02-25.
  16. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Wombats-This-Modern-Glitch/release/2852703
  17. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "australian-charts.com - The Wombats - The Wombats Proudly Present This Modern Glitch". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
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  19. ↑ "The Wombats - The Wombats Proudly Present This Modern Glitch". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  20. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "The Wombats - The Wombats Proudly Present This Modern Glitch". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  21. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "norwegiancharts.com - The Wombats - The Wombats Proudly Present This Modern Glitch". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  22. ↑ "2011-05-07 Top 40 Scottish Albums Archive". Official Charts. 2011-05-07. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  23. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "The Wombats - The Wombats Proudly Present This Modern Glitch - hitparade.ch". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  24. ↑ "2011-05-07 Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive". Official Charts. 2011-05-07. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  25. ↑ "ARIA Top 100 Albums 2011". ARIA. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  26. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2011 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  27. ↑ "British album certifications – The Wombats – This Modern Glitch". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type This Modern Glitch in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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