Keep on Your Mean Side
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Keep on Your Mean Side is the debut album
by UK based indie rock
band The Kills
. Originally released on April 1, 2003, through Domino Records, it was later reissued on May 4, 2009, with five additional bonus tracks.
The song "Wait" was featured in the film Children of Men
(2006), while the song "Monkey 23" was featured in the French film The Beat That My Heart Skipped
(2005) and in Adam Curtis' BBC Documentary, "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace" Part 1 (2011).
based on 18 professional reviews. Rolling Stone
was complimentary saying the music was "dark, kick-ass garage rock" and the album was "a bruising disc of post-modern blues" echoed by Allmusic's "sneering, sexy blues-punk" that's "relatively fresh and distinctive".
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 UK based indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band The Kills
The Kills
The Kills is a rock band formed by American singer Alison Mosshart and British guitarist Jamie Hince . Their first three albums, Keep On Your Mean Side, No Wow, and Midnight Boom, have garnered much critical praise...
. Originally released on April 1, 2003, through Domino Records, it was later reissued on May 4, 2009, with five additional bonus tracks.
The song "Wait" was featured in the film Children of Men
Children of Men
Children of Men is a 2006 science fiction film loosely adapted from P. D. James's 1992 novel The Children of Men, directed by Alfonso Cuarón. In 2027, two decades of human infertility have left society on the brink of collapse. Illegal immigrants seek sanctuary in England, where the last...
(2006), while the song "Monkey 23" was featured in the French film The Beat That My Heart Skipped
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
The Beat That My Heart Skipped is a 2005 French film directed by Jacques Audiard and starring Romain Duris. It tells the story of Tom, a real estate thug torn between a criminal life and his desire to become a concert pianist. The film premiered on February 17, 2005 at the Berlin Film Festival...
(2005) and in Adam Curtis' BBC Documentary, "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace" Part 1 (2011).
Reception
Reviews for Keep on Your Mean Side were wide-ranging but mostly positive with a few exceptions. It has a normalized rating of 70 out of 100 on 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,...
based on 18 professional reviews. Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
was complimentary saying the music was "dark, kick-ass garage rock" and the album was "a bruising disc of post-modern blues" echoed by Allmusic's "sneering, sexy blues-punk" that's "relatively fresh and distinctive".
Track listing
2009 Reissue Bonus TracksChart performance
| Charts (2003) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
47 |
| French Albums Chart | 75 |