| You & Me | ||||
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| Studio album by The Walkmen | ||||
| Released | July 29, 2008 (digital) August 19, 2008 (US CD) September 29, 2008 (UK CD) |
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| Recorded | Gigantic Studios, Manhattan Water Music, Hoboken Sweet Tea Studios, Oxford |
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| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 51:01 | |||
| Label | Gigantic (US) Fierce Panda (UK) |
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| Producer | The Walkmen, Chris Zane | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| The Austin Chronicle | [2] |
| The A.V. Club/The Onion | (A) [3] |
| Drowned in Sound | (8/10) [4] |
| Filter | (86%) [5] |
| The Guardian | [6] |
| NME | |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.5/10) [7] |
| Q | [8] |
| Rolling Stone | [9] |
You & Me is the fourth album of new original material by The Walkmen. The album was released on August 19, 2008 in the US, and on September 29, 2008 in the UK.
You & Me was made available to download on July 29, 2008, in an exclusive charitable pre-release on indie music website Amie Street. The Walkmen made their album available for US$5 at AmieStreet.com/thewalkmen, with all the proceeds from each sale being donated to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.[10] During its first week of sales, the album charted at #29 on Billboard's Top Digital Albums.[11][12] The album was made available on CD on August 19, 2008, and on limited edition heavyweight red-colored vinyl on September 2, 2008.[13]
Fierce Panda released You & Me in the UK, and also released two singles from the album: "The Blue Route"/"Canadian Girl" on November 10, 2008, and "In the New Year" on February 23, 2009.
The song "Red Moon" featured in Season 2, Episode 2 of Breaking Bad.
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You & Me was released to positive critical acclaim. Spin gave the album four stars out of five, calling the album "a bittersweet, but emboldened fairy tale of New York City rock."[14] The Guardian awarded the album a full five out of five stars, warmly stating "[The album is] intimate, intense and beautiful...You & Me demands repeat plays and The Walkmen deserve a new respect."[15] Drowned in Sound gave the album an 8 out of 10, saying "It's not a showy record, but one that when peeled apart reveals itself to be a darker and more engaging album than on first listen. But not only that, as it might also be the best thing they've ever done.".[16]
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