Critical reception
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.[3] Online music magazine PopMatters ranked the album at #1 on their Best Music of 2005 list.[14] Pitchfork placed Twin Cinema at number 150 on their list of Top 200 Albums of the 2000s,[15] as well as at number 18 on their list of The 50 Best Indie Rock Albums of the Pacific Northwest.[16]
Track listing
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1. | "Twin Cinema" | A. C. Newman | 2:59 |
2. | "The Bones of an Idol" | Newman | 2:51 |
3. | "Use It" | Newman | 3:26 |
4. | "The Bleeding Heart Show" | Newman | 4:27 |
5. | "Jackie, Dressed in Cobras" | Dan Bejar | 3:06 |
6. | "The Jessica Numbers" | Newman, John Collins | 3:06 |
7. | "These Are the Fables" | Newman | 3:29 |
8. | "Sing Me Spanish Techno" | Newman | 4:16 |
9. | "Falling Through Your Clothes" | Newman | 2:53 |
10. | "Broken Breads" | Bejar | 3:00 |
11. | "Three or Four" | Newman | 3:07 |
12. | "Star Bodies" | Newman | 4:07 |
13. | "Streets of Fire" | Bejar | 2:41 |
14. | "Stacked Crooked" | Newman | 4:18 |
15. | "High Art, Local News" (bonus track on Japanese release and iTunes version) | Newman | 3:02 |
Personnel
- The New Pornographers
- A.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 – vocals, piano
- Additional personnel
References
- ↑ "2006 Winners and Nominees". Polaris Music Prize. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
- ↑ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pornographers-idUSTRE63G07320100417
- 1 2 "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.
- ↑ "Rock/Pop". The Irish Times. August 26, 2005. 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.
- ↑ "The New Pornographers: Twin Cinema". Rolling Stone (980): 70. August 11, 2005.
- ↑ 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. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
- ↑ Pitchfork staff (September 6, 2016). "Pitchfork: The 50 Best Indie Albums of the Pacific Northwest". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 14, 2016.