Interpol (album)
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| Studio album by Interpol | ||||
| Released | September 7, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2009–10 | |||
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| Length | 45:53 | |||
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| Producer | Interpol | |||
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| AllMusic |    |
| Drowned in Sound | (7/10) |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
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| Pitchfork | (4.6/10) |
| PopMatters | (5/10) |
| Prefix Magazine | (mixed) |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Spin | (5/10) |
Interpol is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Interpol, released on September 7, 2010 on Matador Records. The self-produced album was recorded at Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village. "Lights" was released as a free download through the band's website, originally in May 2010 with an accompanying video released in June 2010 by Charlie White. Bassist Carlos Dengler left shortly after the album's completion.
The lead single "Barricade" was released on August 3, 2010, followed by "Summer Well" on December 6; "Lights" on February 8, 2011; and "Try It On" on April 16, 2011.
Recording started at Electric Lady Studios in early spring of 2009. The band announced that they were writing new songs in March of that year.
Interpol was produced by the band, engineered by Greg Calbi and Claudius Mittendorfer, and mixed by Alan Moulder. Rapper Azealia Banks guested on backing vocals on "Memory Serves".
Interpol received a weighted score of 66 out of 100 from review aggregate website Metacritic, indicating "generally favourable reviews", based on 22 reviews from music criticsAnyDecentMusic? shows a rating of 6.3 based on 33 reviews. Victoria Segal of Q awarded the album 4 out of 5 stars, stating that "Paul Banks's vocals [are] as attention-grabbing as a hand on the back of the neck while subtle textures rub up against the drama of the guitars", and concluded by saying that "for a band who specialise in the dark, their touch is thankfully light". Chris Coplan from Consequence of Sound gave the album 4 stars out of 5, praising the "rich narrative" and "brilliant pacing found throughout the record", and describing it as "a story that builds from an emotionally-resilient semi-joyousness in the beginning [...] to creepy, morose, and sinister by the end".
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