Bright Like Neon Love
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Bright Like Neon Love is the debut album
by Australia
n band Cut Copy
. It was released in Australia on 5 April 2004 and in the United States on 18 May 2004.
, which compiles reviews and aggregates them, gave the album a score of 81 indicating "universal acclaim". NME
compared the album to "Technique
-era New Order
fed through My Bloody Valentine's distortion pedals" and described it as "the album Daft Punk
should have made". In his highly positive review for Drowned In Sound
, Euan McLean described the album as "the record The Human League
could have made if they'd remade Fleetwood Mac
's Rumours in 1985" and congratulated the band on "mixing emotion and technology to perfection".
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n band Cut Copy
Cut Copy
Cut Copy are an Australian electronic band formed in 2001 by Dan Whitford on vocals, keyboard and guitar. Other members are Tim Hoey on guitar and sampler, Ben Browning on bass guitar and Mitchell Scott on drums. Their second album, In Ghost Colours peaked at number-one on the ARIA Albums Chart in...
. It was released in Australia on 5 April 2004 and in the United States on 18 May 2004.
Track listing
All tracks written by Dan WhitfordReception
The album received positive reviews, and MetacriticMetacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
, which compiles reviews and aggregates them, gave the album a score of 81 indicating "universal acclaim". NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
compared the album to "Technique
Technique (album)
Technique is the fifth studio album by New Order, released in 1989 via Factory Records. Partly recorded on the island of Ibiza, it incorporates Balearic beat and acid house influences into the group's electro/rock sound...
-era New Order
New Order
New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris...
fed through My Bloody Valentine's distortion pedals" and described it as "the album Daft Punk
Daft Punk
Daft Punk are an electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter . Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France and met with continued success in the years following, combining elements of house with synthpop...
should have made". In his highly positive review for Drowned In Sound
Drowned in Sound
DrownedinSound.com or DiS is a UK based music webzine financed by artist management company Silentway . The site is an editorially independent music website.-History:...
, Euan McLean described the album as "the record The Human League
The Human League
The Human League are an English electronic New Wave band formed in Sheffield in 1977. They achieved popularity after a key change in line-up in the early 1980s and have continued recording and performing with moderate commercial success throughout the 1980s up to the present day.The only constant...
could have made if they'd remade Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a British–American rock band formed in 1967 in London.The only original member present in the band is its eponymous drummer, Mick Fleetwood...
's Rumours in 1985" and congratulated the band on "mixing emotion and technology to perfection".
Accolades
| Publication | Country | Accolade | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drowned In Sound Drowned in Sound DrownedinSound.com or DiS is a UK based music webzine financed by artist management company Silentway . The site is an editorially independent music website.-History:... |
UK | The 50 Best Albums of the Year | 2004 | #15 |
Personnel
- Dan Whitford - vocals, synthesizer, drum machines
- Tim Hoey - guitar
- Bennett FoddyQWOPQWOP is a ragdoll-based Flash game by Bennett Foddy. Players play as an athlete named "Qwop", who is participating in a 100-meter sprint event at the Olympic Games. Using only the Q, W, O and P keys, players must control the movement of the legs to make the character move forward...
- bass guitar - Mitchell Scott - drums
- Dougal Binns - acoustic guitar (track 10)
Charts
| Charts (2004) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... Hitseekers Chart |
19 |