Crystal Castles (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Crystal Castles
Type = studio
Artist = Crystal Castles


Released = March 18, 2008 (North America)
April 28, 2008 (UK)
Recorded = 2007
Genre = Electronic
Dance punk
Thrash
Noise
Chiptune
New rave
Indie
Length = 51:55
Label = Lies Records / Last Gang Records
Producer =
Reviews =
*AbsolutePunk.net (83%) [http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=305143 link]
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wzfuxztjldhe link]
*MOJO Rating|4|5
*"NME" (8/10) [http://nme.com/reviews/crystal-castles/9659 link]
*Pitchfork (7.8/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/48928-crystal-castles 17 Mar 08]
Last album =
This album = "Crystal Castles"
(2008)
Next album = Live at Glastonbury 2008

"Crystal Castles" is the first full-length LP by Toronto-based duo Crystal Castles. It was released in North America on March 18, 2008 and in the UK on April 28, 2008.

On May 4 2008, it charted at number 47 in the UK Album Chart

Track listing

#"Untrust Us" – 3:05 - Written by: Ethan Kath, Death from Above 1979
#"Alice Practice" – 2:42 - Written by: Ethan Kath, Alice Glass
#"Crimewave" (Crystal Castles vs. HEALTH) – 4:18 - Written by: Ethan Kath, HEALTH
#"Magic Spells" – 6:06 - Written by: Ethan Kath
#"xxzxcuzx Me" – 1:53 - Written by: Ethan Kath, Alice Glass
#"Air War" – 4:12 - Written by: Ethan Kath
#"Courtship Dating" – 3:30 - Written by: Ethan Kath, Alice Glass
#"Good Time" – 2:54 - Written by: Ethan Kath, Drinking Electricity
#"1991" – 1:53 - Written by: Ethan Kath
#"Vanished" – 4:02 - Written by: Ethan Kath, Van She
#"Knights" – 3:13 - Written by: Ethan Kath
#"Love and Caring" – 2:18 - Written by: Ethan Kath, Alice Glass
#"Through the Hosiery" – 3:07 - Written by: Ethan Kath, Alice Glass
#"Reckless" – 3:28 - Written by: Ethan Kath
#"Black Panther" – 2:56 - Written by: Ethan Kath, Alice Glass
#"Tell Me What to Swallow" – 2:14 - Written by: Ethan Kath, Alice Glass [cite web |url=http://www.amazon.com/Crystal-Castles/dp/B0013KCCKC|title=Amazon.com listing|publisher =Amazon.com|accessdate=2007-12-17]
#"Trash Hologram" (iTunes Bonus Track) - 2:17 - Written by: Ethan Kath, Alice Glass
#"Air War (David Wolf Remix)" (iTunes Bonus Track) - 2:53 - Written by: Ethan Kath, Alice Glass

Personnel

*Alice Glass (Vocals/Lyrics)
*Ethan Kath (Music/Samples/Production)

Notes

* The track "Untrust Us" contains samples from the Death From Above 1979 song "Dead Womb".
* The track "Crimewave" is a collaboration with Health, whereas "Vanished" samples the vocals from the track "Sex City" by the band Van She.
*The words spoken on the track "Air War" come from the reading of a passage of James Joyce's "Ulysses".
*Prior to release, the original cover, which featured Trevor Brown's black-eyed Madonna artwork, was "banned" due to distributors in the U.S.A. refusing to distribute a CD with Madonna's face on the cover.fact|date=April 2008

References