Turn on the Bright Lights

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Turn on the Bright Lights
Turn on the Bright Lights cover
Studio album by Interpol
Released August 19, 2002 (UK)
August 20, 2002 (US)
July 16, 2003 (Japan)
Recorded  ?
Genre Indie rock
Length 48:54
Label Matador (UK, US)
OLE5451 (LP)
OLE5452 (CD)
Toshiba-EMI (Japan)
TOCP 66206
Producer(s) Pete Katis, Gareth Jones
Professional reviews
Interpol chronology
Interpol EP
(2002)		 Turn on the Bright Lights
(2002)		 Antics
(2004)


Turn on the Bright Lights was New York City rock band Interpol's first full-length album. It was released in 2002 on Matador Records to a great deal of critical acclaim and sold exceptionally well for an indie release; it has sold 438,000 copies so far. It also ranked highly on the yearly lists of many music critics.

Musically, many have pointed out the similarities between Turn on the Bright Lights and the bands Joy Division and The Chameleons. Both groups make heavy use of drums, and sparse guitars often as the lead instrument in a song, and the lead singer of Interpol, Paul Banks, has a somewhat similar voice in tone to that of Joy Division's Ian Curtis.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Interpol.

  1. "Untitled" – 3:56
  2. "Obstacle 1" – 4:11
  3. "NYC" – 4:20
  4. "PDA" – 4:59
  5. "Say Hello to the Angels" – 4:28
  6. "Hands Away" – 3:05
  7. "Obstacle 2" – 3:47
  8. "Stella Was a Diver and She Was Always Down" – 6:27
  9. "Roland" – 3:35
  10. "The New" – 6:07
  11. "Leif Erikson" (named for Leif Ericson) – 4:00

[edit] Bonus tracks (Australia)

  • "Specialist"

[edit] Bonus tracks (Japan version 1)

  • "Interlude"
  • "Specialist"

[edit] Bonus tracks (Japan version 2)

  • "Hands Away" (Peel Session)
  • "Obstacle 2" (Peel Session)
  • "PDA" (video)
  • "NYC" (video)
  • "Obstacle 1" (video)

[edit] Bonus tracks (Mexico)

  • "Interlude"
  • "Specialist"
  • "PDA" (video)
  • "NYC" (video)
  • "Obstacle 1" (video)

[edit] Singles

  • "PDA," "NYC," and "Obstacle 1" were the singles from Turn on the Bright Lights, and a video was shot for each.

"Say Hello to the Angels" was also single, but there wasn't video shot for this.

[edit] Releases

Year Type Label Catalog#
2002 LP Matador 545
2002 CD Matador 545
2005 CD Ales 2034

[edit] Critical Praise

Interpol's debut album gained so much critical success that not only was it hailed as one of best debuts of 2002, but was also considered by many to be one of the best all around records of the year. Their unique approach to their music differ them from the rest, yet still sounding mainstream and delightful to the ears of the people. Turn on the Bright Lights made several Critics Top 10 of 2002.

Thee-O - #1 Michael Azerrad - #1 Chris Baldwin - #10 Greg Beets - #2 Eric Broome - #8 Dana Buoniconti - #5 Nick Catucci - #6 Paul Clements - 4 Dave Clifford - #4 Ethan Covey - #8 Corey du Browa - #8 Cyndi Elliott - #7 Norm Elrod - #3 John Elsasser - 7

The rest of the list is located on this link[1]

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard Music Charts (North America)

Year Chart Position
2002 The Billboard 200 158
2002 Top Independent Albums 5
2003 Top Heatseekers 4
v • d • e
Interpol
Paul Banks | Daniel Kessler | Carlos Dengler | Sam Fogarino
Greg Drudy
Discography
Albums: Turn on the Bright Lights | Antics | Untitled
Extended plays: | Demo Tape | Fukd I.D. #3 | Precipitate EP | Interpol EP | The Black EP | Interpol Remix EP
Singles: "Obstacle 1" | "Slow Hands"| "Evil" | "C'mere"
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