Our Love to Admire | ||||
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Studio album by Interpol | ||||
Released | July 10, 2007 | |||
Recorded | 11/06 to 05/07 Electric Lady Studios The Magic Shop Studios New York City |
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Genre | Post-punk revival | |||
Length | 47:05 | |||
Label | Capitol, Parlophone | |||
Producer | Interpol Rich Costey |
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Our Love to Admire is the third studio album by the American post-punk revival band Interpol, released July 10, 2007 on Capitol Records. Recorded at Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village and The Magic Shop Studios in New York City,[1] the album is the group's first to be released on a major label. On 25 April 2007, the band officially announced the album title as Our Love to Admire as well as the track listing.[2] The first single off the new album, "The Heinrich Maneuver", was released on 7 May 2007.[3] The album has received mostly positive critical response of 70 overall at Metacritic.[4]
The album was re-released with a bonus DVD in the UK and Mexico on November 19, 2007, featuring music videos for "The Heinrich Maneuver" and "No I in Threesome" as well as live performances from the Astoria.[5]
Contents |
All songs written by Interpol
Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [6] |
Drowned in Sound | (9/10) [7] |
Mojo | [8] |
musicOMH | [9] |
NME | (8/10) [10] |
The Observer | [11] |
Pitchfork Media | (6.0/10) [12] |
PopMatters | (4/10) [13] |
Q | [14] |
Robert Christgau | [15] |
Rolling Stone | [16] |
Our Love to Admire was a departure from their dark, angular post-punk that was featured in the previous albums. Keyboards were added to the song-writing system, allowing the band to add a strong Classical aspect to their music.
We had keyboards on from the start which we've never done before. It's like a fifth member. There's a lot more texture, and interesting sounds, there's definitely progression and growth.
—Guitarist Daniel Kessler, in an NME interview.
According to band members, Our Love to Admire is more "expressive" than the group's previous efforts, and uses many more keyboards and textures.[17] Prior to the album's release, Billboard offered the following brief descriptions of some of the band's new songs:
First single "The Heinrich Maneuver" is a peppy kiss-off to an ex-love now residing on the opposite coast and hits radio May 7; the band has been playing it of late during its just-concluded Canadian tour. The band is on familiar footing with tracks like the tense "No I in Threesome" ("Maybe it's time we give something new a try," frontman Paul Banks sings) and the relentless "Mammoth," which are loaded with Daniel Kessler's simple, repeated guitar riffs and Carlos D's powerful bass underpinnings. There are some new sonic experiments; the album begins with the funereal, nearly six-minute "Pioneer to the Falls," featuring Jim Morrison-esque crooning from Banks, and wraps with another unusually ambient piece, "The Lighthouse." Hints of soul creep in on the spaced-out "Rest My Chemistry" ("I haven't slept for two days / I've bathed in nothing but sweat," Banks sings) and "Pace Is the Trick."
—Billboard article on the band's upcoming release.
Hello everyone. Seeing that the website has lain furlough for a while, we felt that we owed you an update. And we’d imagine that in the absence of official emissions misinformation is rampant. So here it is: things are good. Gettin’ some rest... Gettin' some sun. We did break up, four times, but that’s all behind us now. Carlos got a dog. His name is Gaius. Italian greyhound: looks like Carlos. Also, I think I’m moving to Jersey City, because that’s where the action is really at. Whoever the people on MySpace are, they’re not us. In all seriousness, we’re hard at work on the writing of album three. We’ve been at it for six months, in case you heard we were on hiatus. We’re all very excited about it and think that you will be too. Having yet to record, we can only say that release will come sometime next year. As far as the website, check back for further developments and updates. And thanks for standing by. We have you all in our hearts and little pulsating musical minds. We can't offer much of a preview at present, but I can tell you we’ve got one gem in the works entitled "The Heinrich Maneuver." And another that was called "Pawn Shop." But that's called something else now. Thank you for being with us. And we truly look forward to sharing with you our newest.
—Singer Paul Banks, in a rare update on Interpol's website.
Since Interpol's contract with Matador had expired, it was initially speculated that Interpol would sign with Interscope Records. However, drummer Sam Fogarino rejected these claims as "pure speculation".[18] It was later confirmed that the band would sign to a major label, though they chose Capitol over Interscope.[19]
The new album was produced by Rich Costey, who is notable for his work with Muse on Absolution and Black Holes and Revelations, as well as Franz Ferdinand on You Could Have It So Much Better.
"Pioneer to the Falls" featured as the closing music track in Smallville season 7, episode 10, "Persona".
Sometime in March 2007, an album called Mammoth, attributed to Interpol, appeared on P2P networks. However, the album was actually a renamed copy of Exit Decades, recorded by Swedish band Cut City. Due to some similarities in style between those two bands, this "fake leak" was quite convincing to some listeners.[20] There was another false leak—a renamed version of Sam's Town by The Killers with "The Heinrich Maneuver" included on it.
The song "The Heinrich Maneuver" was streamed in its entirety from AOL's music blog, Spinner, a few days before the single's official release.[21] MP3 rips of this stream were widely circulated through the internet via P2P clients. On June 16, 2007, "The Scale", "All Fired Up" and "Rest My Chemistry" were leaked through MySpace in low quality audio. On June 20 "Pioneer to the Falls" was released on Pitchfork Media, as a stream.[22] On June 21, 2007, the complete album was leaked onto P2P networks.
The album has scored Interpol's best chart positions in their career, debuting inside the top five of the UK & US album charts, reaching number-three on the European Albums Chart and selling over 154,000 copies of their album in its first week worldwide. The album debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200, selling 73,000 copies, but then dropped to #26 the next week with 22,000 copies. After 10 weeks, the album dropped off the chart, but by January 2009 it had sold 209,000 copies. It's notable that while the band's third album has sold far fewer copies in the U.S. than their previous two did - the others have each moved close to 500,000 units - Our Love to Admire is still Interpol's highest-charting disc.[23] It has also sold 518,000 copies worldwide.
Chart | Peak Position |
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Australian ARIA Albums Chart | 10 |
Canadian Albums Chart | 5 |
Finnish Albums Chart | 3 |
Irish Albums Chart | 1 |
Italian Albums Chart | 16 |
Portuguese Albums Chart | 6 |
UK Albums Chart | 2 |
US Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart | 4 |
Dutch Albums Chart | 5 |
Austrian Albums Chart | 28 |
Swedish Albums Chart | 27 |
Swiss Albums Chart | 28 |
German Albums Charts | 16 |
European Albums Chart | 39 |
Belgian Albums Chart | 3 |
French Albums Chart | 19 |
Mexican Albums Chart[24] | 5 |
Mexican International Albums Chart | 1 |
New Zealand Albums Chart | 29 |
Norway Albums Chart[25] | 17 |
Year | Song | Chart | Peak Position |
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2007 | The Heinrich Maneuver | US Modern Rock Tracks | #11 |
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles | #18 | ||
European Hot 100 Singles | #94 | ||
Canadian Hot 100 Singles | #96 | ||
UK Singles Chart | #31 | ||
2007 | Mammoth | UK Singles Chart | #44 |
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