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Miike Snow Studio album by Miike Snow Released 22 May 2009 Recorded Robotberger Studio
(Stockholm, Sweden)
Downtown Records Studio
(New York City, United States)Genre Indie pop, electropop Length 47:17 Label Downtown/Columbia Producer Miike Snow Singles from Miike Snow - "Animal"
Released: 10 August 2009 - "Black & Blue"
Released: 26 October 2009 - "Silvia"
Released: 25 January 2010
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1]
BBC Music (positive)[2] Clash (6/10)[3] Drowned in Sound (6/10)[4] musicOMH [5]
NME (6/10)[6] Pitchfork Media (5/10)[7] PopMatters (7/10)[8] Rolling Stone [9]
Spin (8/10)[10] Miike Snow is the self-titled debut album by the Swedish indie pop band Miike Snow. It was released in the United States on 9 June 2009 by Downtown Records and in the United Kingdom on 26 October 2009 by Columbia Records, reaching number ninety-five on the UK Albums Chart. A deluxe edition was released on the iTunes Store in the U.S. and Australia on 13 April 2010 and in Japan on 26 May 2010, including remixes of past tracks and the single "The Rabbit".
Contents
Singles
The first single to be taken from the album was "Animal", released on 10 August 2009, which reached as far as number ninety-eight on the UK Singles Chart.[11] "Black & Blue", the album's second single, was released on 26 October 2009 and became the band's most successful single to date when it peaked at number sixty-four on the UK Singles Chart.[11] Third single "Silvia" was released on 25 January 2010 in the UK, but failed to crack the top 100 and instead peaked at number 154.[12]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg and Andrew Wyatt, except where noted.
No. Title Length 1. "Animal" (Karlsson, Winnberg, Wyatt, Henrik Jonback) 4:23 2. "Burial" 4:21 3. "Silvia" 6:26 4. "Song for No One" 4:10 5. "Black & Blue" (Karlsson, Winnberg, Wyatt, Jonback, Juliet Richardson) 3:41 6. "Sans Soleil" 4:27 7. "A Horse is Not a Home" 4:13 8. "Cult Logic" 3:56 9. "Plastic Jungle" 3:54 10. "In Search Of" 5:16 11. "Faker" 2:34 European bonus track No. Title Length 12. "Billie Holiday" 4:01 Australian expanded edition No. Title Length 12. "Animal" (eRNEST & AMz Remix) 5:04 13. "Billie Holiday" 4:01 14. "The Rabbit" 4:26 15. "Silvia" (Roboberget Remix) 7:57 16. "Animal" (Mark Ronson Extended Remix) 4:56 17. "Burial" (DJ Mehdi Remix) 3:32 Japanese bonus tracks No. Title Length 12. "The Rabbit" 4:26 13. "Billie Holiday" 3:59 14. "Animal" (Mark Ronson Extended Remix) 4:56 15. "Burial" (DJ Medhi Remix) 3:32 16. "Silvia" (Hook N Sling & Goodwill Remix) 7:54 European iTunes bonus tracks No. Title Length 12. "Animal" (Mark Ronson Remix) 4:30 13. "Black & Blue" (Tiga Remix) 6:19 14. "Animal" (In the Woods Session – Video) 5:15 15. "Black & Blue" (In the Woods Session – Video) 5:11 U.S., Australian and Japanese iTunes deluxe edition No. Title Length 12. "The Rabbit" 4:26 13. "Billie Holiday" 3:59 14. "Animal" (Mark Ronson Extended Remix) 4:56 15. "Silvia" (Roboberget Remix) 7:57 16. "Burial" (DJ Medhi Remix) 3:32 Personnel
- Miike Snow – vocals, production, mixing
- Niklas Flyckt – mixing (tracks 7, 10)
- Anders Hvenare – mixing (tracks 1–6, 8, 9, 11)
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Sebastian Mlynarski – innersleeve, band portraits
- Dirk Vandenberk – cover image photography
Charts
Chart (2009/2010) Peak
positionGreek International Albums Chart[13] 42 UK Albums Chart[14] 59 U.S. Dance/Electronic Albums[15] 11 U.S. Heatseekers Albums[15] 15 Release history
Country Release date Format Edition Label Sweden May 22, 2009[16] Digital download Standard Sony Music United States June 9, 2009[17] CD Downtown Records Australia July 2, 2009[18] Expanded July 3, 2009[19] Standard United States September 22, 2009[20] Digital download Germany[21][22] October 23, 2009 CD, digital download Sony Music United Kingdom[23][24] Digital download Columbia Records October 26, 2009 CD Sweden October 28, 2009[25] Sony Music Australia[26] April 13, 2010 Digital download Deluxe Downtown Records United States[27] Japan May 26, 2010[28][29] CD Standard, deluxe Hostess Entertainment References
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