Tyranny (The Voidz album)

Tyranny
Studio album by The Voidz
Released September 23, 2014
Recorded 2013–14
Length 62:25
Label Cult
Producer Shawn Everett
The Voidz chronology
Tyranny
(2014)		 Virtue
(2018)Virtue2018
Singles from Tyranny
  1. "Human Sadness"
    Released: September 2, 2014[1]
  2. "Where No Eagles Fly"
    Released: September 9, 2014[2]

Tyranny is the debut studio album by the American rock band The Voidz (formerly and marketed as Julian Casablancas + The Voidz), released on September 23, 2014 through Cult.[3] The first single from the album, the 11-minute track "Human Sadness", was released on September 2, 2014. The music video for the second single "Where No Eagles Fly" was directed by guitarist Jeramy "Beardo" Gritter.[2] On September 19, Tyranny was made available to stream on the websites of Rolling Stone and Pitchfork.

The album was placed 50th in NME's Top 50 Albums of 2014 list.[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic66/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Clash(7/10)[7]
Consequence of SoundFavorable[8]
Drowned in Sound(9.75/10)[9]
Exclaim!(8/10)[10]
The Line of Best Fit(6.5/10)[11]
NME(6/10)[12]
Paste(6/10)[13]
Pitchfork(4.9/10)[14]
Rolling Stone[15]

Rolling Stone gave the album 3.5 stars, calling it "the sound of a man shedding his skin. Not pretty, but more compelling for it."[16] Paste gave it 6.0,[17] while Exclaim! gave it 8 out of 10, calling it "a seriously sad album...compelling."[18] Lucas Villa of AXS awarded four out of five stars, writing, "Casablancas continues to exercise his experimental muscle in the most raucous ways with The Voidz in tow."[19] Benji Taylor of Clash gave the album 7/10, calling it "a weirdly wonderful mesh of awkward time signatures, unconventional song structures and, in general, unbridled madness".[20]

GQ printed in a 2014 interview with Casablancas entitled, "Julian Casablancas Is Done Trying to Save You",

Track listing

All tracks written by Julian Casablancas, except where noted[3].

No.TitleLength
1."Take Me in Your Army" (Jake Bercovici, Casablancas)4:20
2."Crunch Punch"4:50
3."M.utually A.ssured D.estruction"2:31
4."Human Sadness" (Alex Carapetis, Casablancas)10:56
5."Where No Eagles Fly" (Bercovici, Casablancas)3:44
6."Father Electricity"7:23
7."Johan Von Bronx"5:58
8."Business Dog" (Casablancas, Jeramy Gritter)2:35
9."Xerox"5:01
10."Dare I Care"6:07
11."Nintendo Blood"5:53
12."Off to War..."3:17
Total length:1:02:25

Personnel

Production and others

  • Shawn Everett – production, mixing
  • Ryan Fagman – additional engineering on "Dare I Care", "Xerox", "Nintendo Blood" and "Crunch Punch"
  • J. P. Bowersock – guru for "Crunch Punch", "Human Sadness" and "Take Me in Your Army"
  • Mike Bloom – additional guitar on "Dare I Care"
  • Brian Gardner – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering, LA
  • Dave Kutch – additional mastering at The Mastering Palace, NYC
  • Emily Lazar – additional mastering at The Lodge, NYC
  • Warren Fu – artwork
  • Liz Hirsch – artwork
  • Sam Adoquei – "The Visit of Govindu" artwork
  • El Teneen – "Chessboard" artwork
  • Richard Priest – management crew
  • Lysee Webb – management crew
  • Jack Rovner – management crew

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[22] 176
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[23] 128
French Albums (SNEP)[24] 90
US Billboard 200 39
US Billboard Alternative Albums 2
US Billboard Rock Albums 10

References

  1. ↑ Beauchemin, Molly (September 2, 2014). "Julian Casablancas and The Voidz Share Eleven-Minute "Human Sadness", Tyranny Tracklist". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Camp, Zoe (September 9, 2014). "Julian Casablancas+The Voidz Release "Where No Eagles Fly" Video, Awesome Single Artwork". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Tyranny - Julian Casablancas,Julian Casablancas & the Voidz". AllMusic. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  4. ↑ "NME's Top 50 Albums of 2014". NME. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Tyranny – Julian Casablancas & the Voidz". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Phares, Heather. "Tyranny - Julian Casablancas+the Voidz". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  7. ↑ Taylor, Benji. "Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". Clash Music. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  8. ↑ Roffman, Michael. "Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  9. ↑ Loucaides, Darren. "Album Review: Julian Casablancas & the Voidz - Tyranny". Drowned in Sound. Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  10. ↑ Simpson, Scott. "Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". Exclaim!. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  11. ↑ Bull, John. "Tyranny by Julian Casablancas+the Voidz". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  12. ↑ Perry, Kevin. "NME Reviews - Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". NME. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  13. ↑ Cosores, Philip. "Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". Paste. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  14. ↑ Fitzmaurice, Larry. "Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". Pitchfork. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  15. ↑ Hermes, Will. "Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  16. ↑ Hermes, Will (2014) "Tyranny Julian Casbalancas+the Voidz", Rolling Stone, September 23, 2014. Retrieved September 23, 2014
  17. ↑ Cosores, Philip (2014) "Julian Casablancas+The Voidz: Tyranny Review", Paste, September 23, 2014. Retrieved September 23, 2014
  18. ↑ Simpson, Scott (2014) "Julian Casablancas+the Voidz Tyranny", Exclaim!, September 23, 2014. Retrieved September 23, 2014
  19. ↑ Villa, Lucas (September 27, 2014). "Album review: Julian Casablancas+The Voidz's 'Tyranny' is a hell of a statement". AXS.
  20. ↑ Taylor, Benji (2014) "http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/julian-casablancas-the-voidz-tyranny"
  21. ↑ Baron, Zack. "Julian Casablancas Is Done Trying to Save You". GQ. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  22. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Julian Casablancas %2B The Voidz – Tyranny" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  23. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Julian Casablancas %2B The Voidz – Tyranny" (in French). Hung Medien.
  24. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Julian Casablancas %2B The Voidz – Tyranny". Hung Medien.
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