Antidotes (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Antidotes
Type = Studio
Artist = Foals


Released = March 24, 2008
Genre = Dance-punk
Producer = Foals / Dave Sitek
Label = Transgressive Records (UK)
Sub Pop (US)
Reviews =
* AbsolutePunk.net (83%) [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=472891 link]
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:gzfyxztjld6e link]
* Billboard [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/albums/e3i431fdd0c9c1176b3365ba91ed4bcfd63 link]
* Digital Spy Rating|3|5 [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a92523/foals-antidotes.html link]
* Drowned in Sound (9/10) [http://www.drownedinsound.com/release/view/12499 link]
* Gigwise.com Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.gigwise.com/contents.asp?contentid=40966 link]
* "The Guardian" Rating|3|5 [http://music.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,2266988,00.html Link]
* "The Observer" Rating|4|5 [http://music.guardian.co.uk/pop/story/0,,2256124,00.html link]
* "NeuFutur" Rating|4|5 [http://neufutur.com/?p=3583 link]
* "NME" (7/10) [http://www.nme.com/reviews/foals/9565 link]
* "Pitchfork" (5.9/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/49755-antidotes Link]
* "Ibero 90.9" Rating|3|5 [http://ibero909.fm/index.php/20080819912/extracto/anticuerpos-de-pony-para-gozar-el-nuevo-milenio Link]
* "The Times" Rating|4|5 [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article3592222.ece Link]
* "Uncut" Rating|4|5 [http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/foals/reviews/11253 Link]
Last album =

"Antidotes" is the debut studio album of UK indie math rock band Foals. It features the singles "Balloons", "Cassius" and "Red Socks Pugie". Foals announced the next single from the album will be "Olympic Airways". The album was released on March 24, 2008 [ [http://www.drownedinsound.com/release/view/12499 Drowned in Sound - Reviews - Albums - Foals - Antidotes ] ] . Foals remixed "Antidotes" in London, complaining that Dave Sitek made it sound like it was "recorded in the Grand Canyon." [ [http://www.nme.com/reviews/foals/9565 Foals - Foals - Album Reviews - NME.COM ] ]

Recording

In an interview with MusFlashTV, Foals' drummer Jack Bevan said, "Our producer, David Sitek he was great because he didn't interfere in the actual recording progress. We kind of engineered it so that we would get the tracks down, get all of the sort of essential parts down and then, halfway through the recording he kind of came in, and when we were doing overdubs and that kind of thing, he sort of started to assist us with making it sort of fill out."

Yannis added "All the sounds were there, and he added a depth. He messed with the spaces around the sounds so there's this weird ambience on all the tracks."

Track listing

#"The French Open" – 3:46
#"Cassius" – 3:50
#"Red Socks Pugie" – 5:09
#"Olympic Airways" – 4:19
#"Electric Bloom" – 4:55
#"Balloons" – 3:01
#"Heavy Water" – 4:32
#"Two Steps, Twice" – 4:39
#"Big Big Love (Fig. 2)" – 5:47
#"Like Swimming" – 1:58
#"Tron" – 4:48

Special edition

The special edition contains an extra CD available only in the UK released alongside the main album. [ [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0014C2BLY Amazon.co.uk: Antidotes (Special Edition Double CD): Foals: Music ] ]

#"Hummer" – 2:59
#"Astronauts 'n All" – 3:11
#"Mathletics" – 3:11
#"Big Big Love (Fig. 1)" – 4:41
#"XXXXX (Live At Liars Club, Nottingham, Feb 10th 2007)" – 1:56
#"The French Open (Live At Liars Club, Nottingham, Feb 10th 2007)" – 3:00
#"Balloons (Live At Liars Club, Nottingham, Feb 10th 2007)" – 3:01
#"Two Steps Twice (Live At Liars Club, Nottingham, Feb 10th 2007)" – 4:32
#"Mathletics (Live At Liars Club, Nottingham, Feb 10th 2007)" – 3:21

US bonus tracks

#"Hummer"
#"Mathletics"

Japan bonus tracks

#"Mathletics"
#"Hummer"
#"Brazil Is Here"

Chart positions

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