Portamento (album)

Portamento
Studio album by The Drums
Released 2 September 2011
Recorded New York
Genre Indie pop, New wave, Post-punk revival
Length 45:17
Label Moshi Moshi / Island
The Drums chronology
The Drums
(2010)		 Portamento
(2011)
Singles from Portamento
  1. "Money"
    Released: 19 August 2011
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
musicOMH link
Slant link
Pitchfork 7.4/10 link
NME link
PopMatters link
Spin link
Blare link
Now link
The Phoenix link
The Independent link
The Guardian link
The Observer link

Portamento is the second studio album by American indie pop band The Drums. The album was released in the United Kingdom on 2 September 2011 through Moshi Moshi and Island Records and was preceded by the release of lead single "Money" on 19 August.[1]

Contents

Singles

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Book of Revelation"   3:31
2. "Days"   4:30
3. "What You Were"   3:16
4. "Money"   3:55
5. "Hard to Love"   3:54
6. "I Don't Know How to Love"   3:23
7. "Searching for Heaven"   2:50
8. "Please Don't Leave"   4:13
9. "If He Likes It Let Him Do It"   3:52
10. "I Need a Doctor"   4:17
11. "In the Cold"   3:30
12. "How It Ended"   4:19
Total length:
 45:17

Personnel

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Ireland[2] 2 September 2011 Digital download Island Records
United Kingdom[3]

Reception

Portamento received generally favorable reviews, with review aggregator Metacritic assigning an average critic score of 64 out of 100, based on 22 reviews.[4] Helen Clarke of musicOMH gave the album four out of five stars, saying, "With their second album The Drums are more absorbing than ever, and have created a record that will last far longer than their first."[5] Mike Williams of NME wrote, "With a little more self-censorship and less browbeating we’d be looking at one of the albums of the year," awarding the record 7/10

References

  1. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/money-single/id454581305
  2. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/portamento/id454701736
  3. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/portamento/id454701736
  4. ^ "Portamento - The Drums". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/music/portamento. Retrieved 2 October 2011. 
  5. ^ Clarke, Helen (5 September 2011). "The Drums - Portamento". musicOMH. http://www.musicomh.com/albums/drums-3_0911.htm. Retrieved 2 October 2011. 
The Drums
Jonathan Pierce · Jacob Graham · Connor Hanwick
Adam Kessler
Studio albums
The Drums (2010)  · Portamento (2011)
Extended plays
Singles
"Let's Go Surfing"  · "I Felt Stupid"  · "Best Friend"  · "Forever and Ever, Amen"  · "Me and the Moon"  · "Money"
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