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Myth Takes Studio album by !!! Released March 5, 2007 Recorded 2006 Genre Dance-punk Length 48:20 Label Warp Records Producer Justin Van Der Volgen, The Brothers !!! chronology Take Ecstasy with Me/Get Up
(2005)Myth Takes
(2007)Strange Weather, Isn't It?
(2010)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AbsolutePunk.net (74%) [1] Allmusic [2]
Alternative Press [3]
Drowned in Sound (9/10) [4] The Guardian [5]
Piero Scaruffi (7/10) [6] Pitchfork Media (8.0/10) [7] Rockfeedback [8]
Sonic Frontiers (8.5/10) [9] Stylus Magazine (A-) [10] This table needs to be expanded using prose. See the guideline for more information.
Myth Takes is the third album by !!!. The album was released on March 5, 2007.[11] It was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, and features drummer Jerry Fuchs. Early limited edition copies of the CD version of the album came with a second disc containing three remixes.
The first single was "Heart of Hearts", which was released as a free download and a limited vinyl picture disc on February 19, 2007.[12] A video has been made for "Must Be the Moon" by Ben Dickinson.[13] "Must Be the Moon" was released as a single on May 14, 2007 (June 5, 2007 in North America). It is only available as a digital download and 12" vinyl.[14]
The song "All My Heroes Are Weirdos" is available in the video games Tony Hawk's Proving Ground and FIFA 08. In addition, the song "Yadnus" appears on the Radio Broker radio station in Grand Theft Auto IV. The album art was created by artist Kevin Hooyman, a friend of the band. The song "Must Be the Moon" was featured in a 2010 Cartoon Network bumper.
Contents
Track listing
No. Title Length 1. "Myth Takes" 2:24 2. "All My Heroes Are Weirdos" 3:04 3. "Must Be the Moon" 5:56 4. "A New Name" 4:54 5. "Heart of Hearts" 6:02 6. "Sweet Life" 3:46 7. "Yadnus" 5:13 8. "Bend Over Beethoven" 8:06 9. "Break in Case of Anything" 3:39 10. "Infinifold" 5:11 Bonus disc No. Title Length 1. "Myth Takes" (Acouth Take) 2:14 2. "Bend Over Beethoven" (Original Nashville Jam) 4:03 3. "Heart of Hearts" (The Brothers Mix) 5:43 Personnel
- Band members
- Mario Andreoni – guitars, bass guitar, some keyboard, some percussion
- Daniel Gorman – horns, some synths, backing vocals
- Nic Offer – vocals, keyboards, some guitars
- Tyler Pope – guitars, bass guitar, synths, drum programming
- John Pugh – vocals, drums, some bass, some percussion
- Justin van der Volgen – bass
- Allan Wilson – horns, synth, percussion
- Gerald Fuchs – drums
- Additional musicians
- Jonno Lee, David Weiss, Joseph Baldbridge, Dayvan Duronslet, John Blake – drum corps on "All My Heroes Are Weirdos"
- Shannon Funchess – vocals on "Heart of Hearts"
- Jared Samuel – clavinet on "Heart of Hearts"
- Eric Emm – E bow on "Infinifold"
- Olivia Mori – vocals on "Infinifold"
- Phyllis Forbes, Molly Schnick, Madeline Davies – vocals on "Break in Case of Anything"
- Amy Cimini – viola on "Infinifold"
- Heather Sommerlad, Lori Told, Alex Powell, Adele Mori – strings on "Yadnus"
References
- ^ !!! - Myth Takes - Album Review - AbsolutePunk.net
- ^ Myth Takes at Allmusic
- ^ // ALTERNATIVE PRESS MAGAZINE \\
- ^ Drowned in Sound - Reviews - Albums - !!! - Myth Takes
- ^ !!!, Myth Takes | Music | The Guardian
- ^ The History of Rock Music. Out Hud: biography, discography, reviews, links
- ^ Pitchfork: Album Reviews: !!!: Myth Takes
- ^ rockfeedback.com - a new view on music - !!! – Myth Takes (Warp)
- ^ !!! (Chk Chk Chk): Myth Takes: Album Review @ SonicFrontiers.net
- ^ !!! - Myth Takes - Review - Stylus Magazine
- ^ "!!! News". !!!. November 2006. http://www.brainwashed.com/!!!/news.html. Retrieved 2006-12-20.
- ^ "!!! News". Warp Records. February 2007. http://www.warprecords.com/artists/news.php?offset=0&ti_id=1262&filter=chk. Retrieved 2007-02-07.[dead link]
- ^ "Pitchfork interview". Pitchfork Media. January 21, 2007. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/40666/s_Offer_Talks_Myth_Takes_Out_Hud_Poli. Retrieved 2007-02-07.
- ^ "Myth Takes". chkchkchk.net. April 2007. http://chkchkchk.net/. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
External links
- Official site at Warp Records
- !!! discography at MusicBrainz
- !!! at MySpace
Nic Offer • Allan Wilson • Mario Andreoni • Tyler Pope • Dan Gorman • Shannon Funchess • Paul Quattrone
John Pugh • Mikel Gius • Jason Racine • Justin Van Der Volgen • Jerry FuchsStudio albums EPs and splits Singles "The Dis-Ease/The Funky Branca" • "Me and Giuliani Down by the School Yard (A True Story)" • "Pardon My Freedom" • "Hello? Is This Thing On?" • "Me and Giuliani Down by the School Yard (A Remix)" • "Heart of Hearts" • "Must Be the Moon" • "AM/FM"Related artists Categories:- 2007 albums
- !!! albums
- Warp (record label) albums
- English-language albums
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