Under Color of Official Right

Under Color of Official Right
Studio album by Protomartyr
Released	8 April 2014
Genre	Post-punk indie rock goth rock
Length	34:42
Label	Hardly Art
Protomartyr chronology
No Passion All Technique (2012) Under Color of Official Right (2014) The Agent Intellect (2015)
Singles from Under Color of Official Right
"Scum, Rise!" Released: 10 January 2014 "Come & See" Released: 24 February 2014

Under Color of Official Right is the second album by Detroit post punk band Protomartyr. It was released on 8 April 2014 by Hardly Art.^[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	83/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Blurt	[4]
The New York Times	(favorable)[5]
NME	[6]
Paste	(8.6/10)[7]
Pitchfork	(8.1/10)[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Spin	[10]

Under Color of Official Right was met with considerable praise from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 83, based on 18 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".^[11]

Accolades

Publication	Country	Accolade	Rank
The A.V. Club	U.S.	The 20 best albums of 2014	#7[12]
No Ripcord	U.K.	Top Albums of 2014	#3[13]
Loud and Quiet	U.K.	Albums of The Year 2014	#9[14]
Rolling Stone	U.S.	Rob Sheffield's Top 20 Albums of 2014	#10[15]
Chicago Tribune	U.S.	Top albums of 2014	#2[16]
The New York Times	U.S.	Ben Ratliff’s Top 10 Albums and Songs of 2014	#9[17]
NME	U.K.	Top 50 Albums of 2014	#39[18]
Spin	U.S.	The 50 Best Albums of 2014	#24[19]
Pazz & Jop	U.S.	The Top 50 Albums of 2014	#36[20]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Maidenhead"	3:38
2.	"Ain't So Simple"	2:17
3.	"Want Remover"	2:29
4.	"Trust Me Billy"	2:14
5.	"Pagans"	1:11
6.	"What the Wall Said"	3:11
7.	"Tarpeian Rock"	2:02
8.	"Bad Advice"	2:40
9.	"Son of Dis"	1:08
10.	"Scum, Rise!"	2:37
11.	"I Stare at Floors"	2:33
12.	"Come & See"	3:56
13.	"Violent"	1:51
14.	"I'll Take That Applause"	2:55

References

1. "Stream Protomartyr Under Color of Official Right". Retrieved 4 September 2015.
2. "Album Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
3. Thomas, Fred (4 April 2014). "Protomartyr - Under Color Of Official Right". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
4. Kelly, Jennifer (17 April 2014). "Protomartyr - Under Color Of Official Right". Blurt. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
5. Caramanica, Jon (20 April 2014). "Ratking, Sundy Best, and Protomartyr Have New Releases". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
6. Homewood, Ben (17 April 2014). "Protomartyr - Under Color of Official Right". NME. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
7. Prado, Ryan J. (8 April 2014). "Protomartyr: Under Color of Official Right Review". Paste. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
8. Minsker, Evan (7 April 2014). "Protomartyr - Under Color Of Official Right". Retrieved 5 September 2015.
9. Sheffield, Rob (17 April 2014). "Under Color of Official Right". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
10. Tedder, Michael (14 April 2014). "Protomartyr - Under Color Of Official Right". Retrieved 5 September 2015.
11. "Album Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
18. [www.nme.com/photos/nme-s-top-50-albums-of-2014/364635]