The Wombats Proudly Present: This Modern Glitch

This Modern Glitch
Studio album by The Wombats
Released 22 April 2011 (2011-04-22)[1]
Recorded 2010
Genre Indie pop, alternative dance, New Wave, post-punk revival
Length 40:31
Label 14th Floor Records
Bright Antenna (US)
The Wombats chronology
The Wombats Proudly Present: A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation
(2007)		 The Wombats Proudly Present… This Modern Glitch
(2011)
Singles from The Wombats Proudly Present: This Modern Glitch
  1. "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)"
    Released: 24 September 2010
  2. "Jump Into the Fog"
    Released: 24 January 2011
  3. "Anti-D"
    Released: 11 April 2011
  4. "Techno Fan"
    Released: 5 June 2011
  5. "Our Perfect Disease"
    Released: 14 August 2011
  6. "1996"
    Released: 7 November 2011
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
American Music Channel [3]
BBC Music (very favourable) [4]
Consequence of Sound [5]
Daily Mirror [6]
The Guardian [7]
NME [8]
Paste (7.1/10) [9]
The Sunday Times [10] (subscription required)
thinkofmusic [11]
The Tune (2.4/5) [12]

This Modern Glitch is the second studio album by British indie band The Wombats. The album was released in the United Kingdom on 25 April 2011, with 5 singles preceding it: "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)", "Jump Into the Fog", "Anti-D", "Techno Fan" and "Our Perfect Disease", released on 24 September 2010, 24 January 2011, 11 April 2011 , 20 June 2011 and 14 August 2011 respectively. "1996" has been revealed as the sixth song to be released from the album, set to be released on the 7 of November 2011. Production comes from Rich Costey, Eric Valentine, Butch Walker, Jacknife Lee and the band themselves.

Contents

Critical reception

Mark Beaumont of BBC Music gave the album a positive review by saying, Just as comedy actors, no matter how massive their crowd-draw or how enjoyable their movies, stand a popsicle-in-Hell's chance of ever winning an Oscar, it's virtually unthinkable that the second album from Liverpool's The Wombats will grace the higher echelons of any end-of-year polls or the Mercury shortlist. They cross too many boxes – they're shamelessly radio-friendly and insanely melodic, they have a 'wacky' name and they’re simply too popular/ist to garner much of a credible critical vote. On the contrary, that scraping sound you can hear is the widespread music media dragging their shovels towards This Modern Glitch intending to bury – largely unheard and with extreme prejudice – the leading exponents of what the trolls have deemed "landfill indie".[13]

Singles

Track listing

The official track listing:[14]

No. Title Length
1. "Our Perfect Disease"   3:46
2. "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)"   3:45
3. "Jump Into the Fog"   3:51
4. "Anti-D"   4:39
5. "Last Night I Dreamt..."   3:32
6. "Techno Fan"   3:58
7. "1996"   4:19
8. "Walking Disasters"   4:16
9. "Girls/Fast Cars"   3:35
10. "Schumacher the Champagne"   4:50

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
Position
Australian Albums Chart[15] 2
Austrian Albums Chart[16] 38
Belgium (Flanders) Albums Chart[17] 93
Dutch Albums Chart[18] 31
Norwegian Albums Chart[19] 14
Scottish Albums Chart[20] 5
Swiss Albums Chart[21] 33
UK Albums Chart[22] 3

References

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  2. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r2152577
  3. ^ "This Modern Glitch". American Music Channel. 2011-10-18. http://americanmusicchannel.com/features/reviews/5-5-2011/modern-glitch/. Retrieved 2011-10-28. 
  4. ^ 12:53. "Music - Review of The Wombats - This Modern Glitch". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/fdcg. Retrieved 2011-10-28. 
  5. ^ Peterlscot (2011-04-15). "Album Review: The Wombats – This Modern Glitch". Consequence of Sound. http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/04/album-review-the-wombats-this-modern-glitch/. Retrieved 2011-10-28. 
  6. ^ 22/04/2011 (2011-04-22). "The Wombats: This Modern Glitch - album of the week review". The Mirror. http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/columnists/gavin-martin/2011/04/22/the-wombats-this-modern-glitch-album-of-the-week-review-115875-23079938/. Retrieved 2011-10-28. 
  7. ^ Maddy Costa. "The Wombats: This Modern Glitch – review". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/apr/21/wombats-this-modern-glitch-review. Retrieved 2011-10-28. 
  8. ^ "NME Album Reviews - Album Review: The Wombats - 'Proudly Present This Modern Glitch'". NME. 2011-04-20. http://www.nme.com/reviews/the-wombats/12002. Retrieved 2011-10-28. 
  9. ^ "The Wombats: This Modern Glitch". Paste. 2011-04-26. http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/04/the-wombats-this-modern-glitch.html. Retrieved 2011-10-28. 
  10. ^ Post. "UK News, World News and Opinion". The Times. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/music/albumreviews/article2992045.ece. Retrieved 2011-10-28. 
  11. ^ "The Wombats - Proudly Present: This Modern Glitch". Thinkofmusic.com. 2011-04-25. http://www.thinkofmusic.com/album/album.php?Code=WBGLITCH. Retrieved 2011-10-28. 
  12. ^ "The Tune: Album Survey: Cass McCombs, of Montreal, Augustana, The Wombats...it's all here!". The Tune. 2004-02-26. http://www.the-tune.net/album-survey-4-24-11-cass-mccombs-of-montreal-augustana-the-wombats-its-all-here/. Retrieved 2011-10-28. 
  13. ^ 12:53. "Music - Review of The Wombats - This Modern Glitch". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/fdcg. Retrieved 2011-10-28. 
  14. ^ The Wombats 'This Modern Glitch' Tracklisting Play.com, Retrieved 2011-02-25.
  15. ^ The Wombats Proudly Present This Modern Glitch - Australian charts australian-charts.com/
  16. ^ The Wombats Proudly Present This Modern Glitch - Austrian charts austriancharts.at/
  17. ^ The Wombats Proudly Present This Modern Glitch - Belgium (Flanders) charts austriancharts.at/
  18. ^ The Wombats Proudly Present This Modern Glitch - Dutch charts dutchcharts.nl/
  19. ^ The Wombats Proudly Present This Modern Glitch - Norwegian charts norwegiancharts.com/
  20. ^ "2011-05-07 Top 40 Scottish Albums Archive". Official Charts. 2011-05-07. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/23/2011-05-07/. Retrieved 2011-10-28. 
  21. ^ The Wombats Proudly Present This Modern Glitch - Swiss charts hitparade.ch/
  22. ^ "2011-05-07 Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive". Official Charts. 2011-05-07. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/3/2011-05-07/. Retrieved 2011-10-28. 
The Wombats
Studio albums
A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation (2007)  · This Modern Glitch (2011)
Extended Plays
Theme Park EP (2006)  · Girls, Boys and Marsupials (2006)  · The Wombats Go Pop! Pop! Pop! (2007)  · The Wombats EP (2008)  · This Acoustic Glitch (2011)
Singles
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