Torches (album)

Torches (album)
Torches
Studio album by Foster the People
Released 23 May 2011
Recorded 2010–2011
Genre Indie pop, indie rock, indie dance, indietronica, neo-psychedelia[1]
Length 38:24
Label Columbia, Startime
Producer Paul Epworth, Greg Kurstin
Rich Costey, Tony Hoffer
Mark Foster
Foster the People chronology
Foster the People
(2011)		 Torches
(2011)
Singles from Torches
  1. "Pumped Up Kicks"
    Released: 14 September 2010
  2. "Helena Beat"
    Released: 24 May 2011
  3. "Call It What You Want"
    Released: 31 October 2011[2]

Torches is the debut album by indie pop band Foster the People. It was first released on 23 May 2011 through Columbia Records and Startime International in the United States. The album was preceded by the release of the single "Pumped Up Kicks", which debuted at number 96 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has peaked at number 3. The album was also preceded by the release of the promotional single "Houdini" in the United Kingdom.[3][4][5] Upon release, the track "Helena Beat" was selected as "Single of the Week" on iTunes in the US; thus making it a free download and the second official single. "Call It What You Want" was released on October 31, 2011 as the third official US single off the album.[6]

Torches is available on iTunes with the bonus track "Broken Jaw". Best Buy features a CD with the bonus tracks "Love", and "Chin Music for the Unsuspecting Hero". Certain independent record stores are giving free remix EPs with the purchase of CD or vinyl.[7]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Mark Foster, except "Life on the Nickel" composed by Foster and Paul Epworth, "Miss You" composed by Foster and Zach Heiligman. 

No. Title Producer Length
1. "Helena Beat"   Greg Kurstin, Mark Foster 4:36
2. "Pumped Up Kicks"   Foster 4:00
3. "Call It What You Want"   Paul Epworth, Foster 4:01
4. "Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)"   Rich Costey, Foster 2:56
5. "Waste"   Kurstin, Foster 3:26
6. "I Would Do Anything for You"   Epworth, Foster, Tony Hoffer 3:35
7. "Houdini"   Costey, Foster 3:23
8. "Life on the Nickel"   Epworth, Foster 3:36
9. "Miss You"   Kurstin, Foster 3:36
10. "Warrant"   Kurstin, Foster 5:23
Total length:
 38:24

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (70/100)[8]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[9]
Austin Chronicle 4/5 stars[10]
Entertainment Weekly (B)[11]
The Guardian 2/5 stars[12]
Los Angeles Times 2.5/4 stars[13]
NME (7/10)[14]
Pitchfork Media (6.2/10)[15]
Q 4/5 stars[16]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[17]
Spin (7/10)[18]

Torches has received generally favorable reviews, according to Metacritic who gave it an aggregate score of 70. It debuted at number 8 on the Billboard 200 chart, and sold 33,000 copies in the first week. Allmusic described the album as a "catchy, electro-lite dance-pop that fits nicely next to such contemporaries as MGMT and Phoenix." Rolling Stone said, "their debut is genre-­juggling, bedroom-dance-floor magic cut with moody-boy lyrics".

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[19] 9
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[20] 69
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[21] 99
Canadian Albums Chart[22] 7
Dutch Albums Chart[23] 53
French Albums Chart[24] 56
Irish Albums Chart[25] 13
Mexican Albums Chart[26] 63
New Zealand Albums Chart[27] 27
Swiss Albums Chart[28] 61
UK Albums Chart[29] 24
US Billboard 200[22] 8
US Billboard Rock Albums[22] 1
US Billboard Alternative Albums[22] 1

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