Crimes (album)

Crimes
Studio album by The Blood Brothers
Released October 12, 2004
Recorded March–April 2004, Robert Lang Studios, Seattle, Washington
Genre Post-hardcore, art punk, noisecore
Length 39:04
Label V2 Records
Producer John Goodmanson
The Blood Brothers chronology
...Burn, Piano Island, Burn
(2003)		 Crimes
(2004)		 Love Rhymes with Hideous Car Wreck
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic85/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Drowned in Sound(9/10)[3]
Pitchfork Media(7.5/10)[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
Stylus Magazine[6]

Crimes is the fourth studio album by the American band The Blood Brothers, released on October 12, 2004. It is their second major label album and their first for V2. Produced by John Goodmanson, the album was recorded in two months in the band's hometown of Seattle.

Lyrical content

Much of the lyrics for the album are a political reaction to the mass media and the military policy of the Bush administration,[7] inspired heavily by the election year of 2004. “I thought the collective dissent of our generation would bring about positive change. When that didn’t happen I felt like the bottom had fallen out,” vocalist Jordan Blilie commented.[8]

Track listing

All songs written by The Blood Brothers.

  1. "Feed Me to the Forest" – 2:23
  2. "Trash Flavored Trash" – 2:38
  3. "Love Rhymes with Hideous Car Wreck" – 3:14
  4. "Peacock Skeleton with Crooked Feathers" – 4:31
  5. "Teen Heat" – 2:07
  6. "Rats and Rats and Rats for Candy" – 3:52
  7. "Crimes" – 4:00
  8. "My First Kiss at the Public Execution" – 2:50
  9. "Live at the Apocalypse Cabaret" – 3:12
  10. "Beautiful Horses" – 1:47
  11. "Wolf Party" – 3:28
  12. "Celebrator" – 2:16
  13. "Devastator" – 2:45

2009 reissue bonus tracks[9]

  1. "Ladies and Gentlemen" - 2:46
  2. "Metronomes" - 4:55
  3. "Crimes (alt. version)" - 3:55
  4. "Peacock Skeleton With Crooked Feathers (alt. version)" - 3:30
  5. "Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck (live)" - 3:21
  6. "Trash Flavored Trash - Live" (Reading Festival 2005) - 2:44
  7. "Peacock Skeleton With Crooked Feathers - Live" (Reading Festival 2005) - 4:39
  8. "My First Kiss at the Public Execution - Live" (Reading Festival 2005) - 2:35
  9. "Live at the Apocalypse Cabaret - Live" (Reading Festival 2005) - 3:45
  10. "Rats and Rats and Rats for Candy - Live" (Reading Festival 2005) - 4:04
  11. "Teen Heat - Live" (Reading Festival 2005) - 2:02

Album leak

The album originally leaked as a 19-track unmastered CD. The following tracks were on the leaked version, but did not make the final version of the album:

Of the cut tracks, "Ladies and Gentlemen," "Metronomes," and the alternate version of "Crimes" were released on the band's Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck EP released in 2006.

Personnel

The Blood Brothers
Additional performers
Production and design

Vinyl information

1st pressing: 333 copies

2nd pressing: 3,050 copies

3rd pressing: 979 copies

4th pressing: 1,014 copies

5th pressing:

6th pressing

References

  1. ↑ "Critic Reviews for Crimes". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ Diver, Mike (November 9, 2004). "The Blood Brothers - Crimes". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  4. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
  5. ↑ Rolling Stone review
  6. ↑ Stylus Magazine review
  7. ↑ "Blood Brothers, The - 12.10.04 - Interview". AbsolutePunk.net. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  8. ↑ "212.343.0740". Nasty Little Man. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  9. ↑ "Blood Brothers Reissues Coming - News Article". AbsolutePunk.net. 2009-10-20. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
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