Under the Blacklight

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'Under the Blacklight'
Under the Blacklight cover
Studio album by Rilo Kiley
Released Flag of the Netherlands August 17, 2007
Flag of the United Kingdom August 20, 2007
Flag of the United States August 21, 2007
Flag of Germany August 24, 2007
Recorded Summer 2006/Spring 2007
Genre Alternative Rock
Producer Rilo Kiley
Jason Lader
Mike Elizondo
Professional reviews
Rilo Kiley chronology
More Adventurous
(2004)		 Under the Blacklight
(2007)

Under the Blacklight is the fourth full-length studio album released by American alternative rock band Rilo Kiley. It was released on August 20, 2007 in the United Kingdom - three years and three days after the release of their third album, More Adventurous. Warner Bros. Records released the album one day later in America. "Silver Lining" was #27 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.[1]

Contents

[edit] Album history

The album marks the return of the band following individual solo projects. Jenny Lewis released Rabbit Fur Coat in 2006, while Blake Sennett released Sun, Sun, Sun with The Elected. Both albums were released on the same day.

The album was produced by the band with Jason Lader and Mike Elizondo.[2]The first single to be released from the album was "The Moneymaker".[3] The second single will be "Silver Lining."

Several tracks from Blacklight were leaked in advance of the album's official release date. On August 17, 2007, the band started streaming the whole album on their MySpace page.

The album's jewel case is tinted purple, reminiscent of a blacklight. The album's covers and inlays were designed by Lewis and Pierre de Reeder, with photography by Autumn de Wilde. The liner notes do not feature any song lyrics.

The band's first official major label debut features a number of guests musicians, including Jackson Browne, Alex Greenwald of Phantom Planet and James Valentine and Mickey Madden from Maroon 5. However, the album credits do not state which songs the guests appear.

Under the Blacklight debuted at number 22 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 27,000 copies in its first week.[4]

On September 25, 2007, Rilo Kiley appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien to perform "Dreamworld".

"Breakin' Up" was heard at the end of the Grey's Anatomy season 4 episode "Forever Young".

"The MoneyMaker" was used as the background music in promotional spots for Fox Network's "Canterbury's Law."

"Dreamworld" was the first Rilo Kiley's song to become popular in Russian Federation. In November, 2007 it was added on the playlist of one of the most popular stations in Russia - Maximum.

[edit] Reception

Blacklight tells a dark story. It is "an album written about Los Angeles' sketchy side ... of characters starving for fame and fortune".[5] It received generally positive reviews from the media. The album received many Fleetwood Mac comparisons.[6][7] Critics praised the band's move into a newer sound, with Rolling Stone calling it "yet even more adventurous" (referring to the band's 2004 album More Adventurous). However, the LP received mixed reviews from fans.[8]

This album was #8 on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.[9]

The "January/February 2008" issue of Blender Magazine named Under the Blacklight the tenth best album of 2007, referring to it as "an album of classically sleek, apocalyptic '70s L.A. coke-rock, in the fine Fleetwood Mac and Steely Dan tradition."

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Jenny Lewis unless indicated otherwise.

  1. "Silver Lining" - 3:35
  2. "Close Call" - 3:20
  3. "The Moneymaker" - 2:51
  4. "Breakin' Up" (Jenny Lewis/Blake Sennett) - 3:37
  5. "Under the Blacklight" - 3:33
  6. "Dreamworld" (Blake Sennett/Morgan Nagler) - 4:43
  7. "Dejalo" (Jenny Lewis/Johnathan Rice) - 3:16
  8. "15" - 2:50
  9. "Smoke Detector" - 2:58
  10. "The Angels Hung Around" - 3:03
  11. "Give a Little Love" - 3:41

Tracks 1-4 and 6 produced by Jason Lader and Rilo Kiley.
Tracks 5 and 7-11 produced by Mike Elizondo.

[edit] Credits

All songs published by Deprecious Music/Wonderful Pony Music/Big Blue Boat Music/BB Lindstrom (all BMI) except:
"Dreamworld" published by Deprecious Music/Wonderful Pony Music/Big Blue Boat Music/BB Lindstrom/Morgan Nagler (all BMI)
"Dejalo" published by Deprecious Music/Wonderful Pony Music/Big Blue Boat Music/BB Lindstrom (all BMI)/Point Longstreet Publishing (ASCAP)

  • Producers – Rilo Kiley, Jason Lader, Mike Elizondo
  • Engineers – Blent Arrowood, Michael Bloom, Jedidiah Burtoft, Scott Gibson, Danny Kalb, Bill Mims & Jason Mott
  • Mixing – Jason Lader, Adam Hawkins
  • Recording – Jason Lader, Adam Hawkins, Paul Dieter
  • Mastering - Brian Gardner

[edit] References

  1. ^ No byline (December 11, 2007). "The 100 Best Songs of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-21
  2. ^ Rilo Kiley Reveal Blacklight Tracklist Pitchfork Media
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ Katie Hasty, "'High School Musical 2' Hangs On Atop Billboard 200", Billboard.com, August 29, 2007.
  5. ^ Laura Leebove, Billboard (June 04, 2008), [http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003812274 "Rilo Kiley / June 2, 2008 / New York (Terminal 5) "
  6. ^ Under The Blacklight review Rolling Stone
  7. ^ http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article2272264.ece Review] The Times
  8. ^ Metacritic
  9. ^ ROBERT CHRISTGAU, DAVID FRICKE, CHRISTIAN HOARD, ROB SHEFFIELD (December 17, 2007). "The Top 50 Albums of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-20
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