So Much for the City
So Much for the City | ||||
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The Thrills sitting and standing in a group in a field | ||||
Studio album by The Thrills | ||||
Released | May 27, 2003 | |||
Recorded | October 2002 – March 2003 | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Length | 46:24 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
Producer | Tony Hoffer | |||
The Thrills chronology | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
BBC | (Positive)[2] |
Pitchfork Media | (6.9/10)[3] |
Robert Christgau | C[4] |
Rolling Stone | [5] |
So Much for the City is the debut album of the Irish indie/pop band The Thrills. It was released in May 2003 and quickly became the number one in the Republic of Ireland where it spent 61 weeks in the top 75,[6] and also won 'Album of the Year' at the national music awards. It was also very successful in UK, debuting at #3, remaining in the charts for 25 weeks,[7] and gave them some attention in Europe, with the single "Big Sur" reaching #17 in the UK,[7] which remains as their highest charted position in that country to date.
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Those songs are our ways of picking us up because we were kind of miserable. We were dropped by our label. And the towns are put [in the songs] as a way of escapism, as opposed to documenting little tales about what happened when we went there. When we put in a title like "Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)," it would literally pick us up a bit.[8]
The album was nominated for the 2003 Mercury Prize but lost to Dizzee Rascal's Boy in da Corner.[9]
Track listing
- "Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)" – 4:13
- "Big Sur" – 3:07
- "Don't Steal Our Sun" – 2:50
- "Deckchairs and Cigarettes" – 4:58
- "One Horse Town" – 3:15
- "Old Friends, New Lovers" (feat. string arrangements by David Campbell) – 4:01
- "Say It Ain't So" – 2:44
- "Hollywood Kids" – 5:33
- "Just Travelling Through" – 3:21
- "Your Love Is Like Las Vegas" – 2:23
- "'Til the Tide Creeps In" / "Plans" (hidden track) – 10:06
Singles
- "Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)" (November 11, 2002)
- "One Horse Town" (March 10, 2003)
- "Big Sur" (June 9, 2003)
- "Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)" (re-issue) (August 25, 2003)
- "Don't Steal Our Sun" (November 24, 2003)
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ BBC review
- ↑ Pitchfork Media review
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- ↑ Rolling Stone review
- ↑ The Thrills - So Much For The City - Music Charts
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