Crossing the Rubicon (The Sounds album)

Crossing the Rubicon (The Sounds album)
Crossing The Rubicon
Studio album by The Sounds
Released 2 June 2009
Recorded 2009 at Stratosphere Sound, New York City, Arnioki Studios, Malmö, Sweden, Werewolf Heart Studios, Hollywood, California, Annetenna Studios, Burbank, California, Beat360 Studios, New York
Genre New Wave
Post-punk revival
Length 52:11
Label Arnioki Records, Original Signal (U.S.)
Producer The Sounds, Adam Schlesinger, James Iha, Matt Mahaffey, Jeff Turzo, Tim Anderson, Mark Saunders, Daniel Johannson
The Sounds chronology
Live EP
(2006)		 Crossing The Rubicon
(2009)		 Something To Die For
(2011)
Alternative cover
Vinyl Edition Cover.
Singles from Crossing The Rubicon
  1. "No One Sleeps When I'm Awake"
    Released: 17 April 2009
  2. "Beatbox"
    Released: 12 January 2010
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
Rolling Stone 2/5 stars[2]
Pitchfork Media (3.7/10.0)[3]
PopMatters 4/10 stars[4]
Spin 3/5 stars[5]

Crossing The Rubicon is the third studio album by Swedish New Wave band The Sounds released on 2 June 2009. On 17 April 2009, the first single "No One Sleeps When I'm Awake" was released on iTunes worldwide. The album was available to Spotify Premium customers from 29 May, and it was officially released 2 June. The second single, "Beatbox" was released on 12 January 2010 on iTunes exclusively. The track "Home Is Where Your Heart Is" is featured on the second part of the 5th season of the MTV reality show The Hills. "No One Sleeps When I'm Awake" is featured on episode eight, season one of The Vampire Diaries.

Contents

Background

For their third album, the band dropped all their producers and founded their own label, Arnioki Records, and used their own money to record Crossing the Rubicon. The band supported the album with a world tour.

Tracklisting

All songs were written by The Sounds*.

No. Title Length
1. "No One Sleeps When I'm Awake"   4:09
2. "4 Songs & A Fight"   3:24
3. "My Lover"   4:25
4. "Dorchester Hotel"   4:08
5. "Beatbox"   4:02
6. "Underground"   3:47
7. "Crossing The Rubicon"   2:03
8. "Midnight Sun"   4:30
9. "Lost In Love"   5:05
10. "The Only Ones"   4:44
11. "Home Is Where Your Heart Is"   7:39
12. "Goodnight Freddy" (Hidden Track) 4:04

[6]

iTunes Bonus Track
No. Title Length
13. "No One Sleeps When I'm Awake" (Arnioki Sessions) 4:09



All music and lyrics by Jesper Anderberg and Félix Rodríguez except:
Track 1: Lyrics by J. Anderberg, F. Rodríguez, F. Nilsson, M. Ivarsson Track 6: Lyrics by J. Anderberg, F. Rodríguez, M. Ivarsson
Track 7: Music by J. Anderberg, F. Rodríguez, F. Nilsson; Lyrics by F. Nilsson
Track 9: Music by J. Anderberg, F. Rodríguez, F. Nilsson; Lyrics by J. Anderberg, F. Rodríguez, F. Nilsson, M. Ivarsson, J. Bengtsson
Track 11: Lyrics by J. Anderberg, F. Rodríguez, F. Nilsson
Tracks 1 & 8: Additional writing by A. Schlesinger & J. Iha

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Finnish Albums Chart[7] 4
Swedish Albums Chart 14
US Billboard 200[8] 64
Top Independent Albums[9] 9

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Rolling Stone review
  3. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  4. ^ PopMatters review
  5. ^ Spin review
  6. ^ http://tashed.com/2009/05/the-sounds-crossing-the-rubicon/
  7. ^ Suomen virallinen lista
  8. ^ Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - The Sounds
  9. ^ Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - The Sounds
v · The Sounds
Jesper Anderberg • Johan Bengtsson • Maja Ivarsson • Fredrik Nilsson • Felix Rodriquez
Albums
Living in America • Dying to Say This to You • Crossing the Rubicon • Something To Die For
EPs
Singles
"Fire" / "Hit Me!" • " Living in America" • "Seven Days a Week" • "Dance with Me" • "Rock & Roll" • " Song with a Mission" • "Painted by Numbers" • "Tony the Beat" • "No One Sleeps When I'm Awake" • "Beatbox" • "Better Off Dead" • "Something To Die For"
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Discography • Crossing the Rubicon World Tour • "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)" • Cobra Starship • Krezip

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