Tyranny (Julian Casablancas + The Voidz album)

Tyranny is the first studio album by American band Julian Casablancas + The Voidz, which was released on September 23, 2014 by Casablancas's label, Cult Records.^[3] The first single from the album, the 11-minute track "Human Sadness", was released on September 2, 2014. The music video for the second single "Where No Eagles Fly" was directed by guitarist Jeramy "Beardo" Gritter.^[2] On September 19, Tyranny was made available to stream on the websites of Rolling Stone and Pitchfork Media.

The album was placed 50th in NME's Top 50 Albums Of 2014 list.^[4]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	66/100 (17 reviews)^[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Drowned in Sound	(9.75/10)^[6]
Exclaim!	(8/10)^[7]
Pretty Much Amazing	B^[8]
Clash	(7/10)^[9]
Rolling Stone	^[10]
Consequence of Sound	Favourable^[11]
The Line of Best Fit	(6.5/10)^[12]
NME	(6/10)^[13]
AllMusic	^[14]
Paste	(6/10)^[15]
Pitchfork Media	(4.9/10)^[16]

Reception

Rolling Stone gave the album 3.5 stars, calling it "the sound of a man shedding his skin. Not pretty, but more compelling for it."^[17] Paste gave it 6.0,^[18] while Exclaim! gave it 8 out of 10, calling it "a seriously sad album...compelling."^[19] Lucas Villa of AXS awarded four out of five stars, writing, "Casablancas continues to exercise his experimental muscle in the most raucous ways with The Voidz in tow."^[20] Benji Taylor of Clash Magazine gave the album 7/10, calling it "a weirdly wonderful mesh of awkward time signatures, unconventional song structures and, in general, unbridled madness".^[21]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Julian Casablancas, except where noted^[3].

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Take Me in Your Army" (Jake Bercovici, Casablancas)	4:20
2.	"Crunch Punch"	4:50
3.	"M.utually A.ssured D.estruction"	2:31
4.	"Human Sadness" (Alex Carapetis, Casablancas)	10:56
5.	"Where No Eagles Fly" (Bercovici, Casablancas)	3:44
6.	"Father Electricity"	7:23
7.	"Johan Von Bronx"	5:58
8.	"Business Dog" (Casablancas, Jeramy Gritter)	2:35
9.	"Xerox"	5:01
10.	"Dare I Care"	6:07
11.	"Nintendo Blood"	5:53
12.	"Off to War..."	3:17
Total length:		1:02:25

Personnel

Julian Casablancas - vocals

The Voidz

Jeramy "Beardo" Gritter - guitar
Amir Yaghmai - guitar
Jacob "Jake" Bercovici - bass guitar, synthesizers
Alex Carapetis - drums, percussion
Jeff Kite - keys

Production and others

Shawn Everett - production, mixing
Ryan Fagman - additional engineering on "Dare I Care", "Xerox", "Nintendo Blood" and "Crunch Punch"
J. P. Bowersock - Guru for "Crunch Punch", "Human Sadness" and "Take Me in Your Army"
Mike Bloom - additional guitar on "Dare I Care"
Brian Gardner - mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering, LA
Dave Kutch - additional mastering at The Mastering Palace, NYC
Emily Lazar - additional mastering at The Lodge, NYC
Warren Fu - artwork
Liz Hirsch - artwork
Sam Adoquei - "The Visit of Govindu" artwork
El Teneen - "Chessboard" artwork
Richard Priest - management crew
Lysee Webb - management crew
Jack Rovner - management crew

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[22]	176
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[23]	128
French Albums (SNEP)^[24]	90

References

↑ Beauchemin, Molly (September 2, 2014). "Julian Casablancas and The Voidz Share Eleven-Minute "Human Sadness", Tyranny Tracklist". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Camp, Zoe (September 9, 2014). "Julian Casablancas + The Voidz Release "Where No Eagles Fly" Video, Awesome Single Artwork". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
↑ 3.0 3.1 "Tyranny - Julian Casablancas,Julian Casablancas & the Voidz". AllMusic. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
↑ "NME's Top 50 Albums Of 2014". NME. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
↑ "Tyranny - Julian Casablancas & the Voidz". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
↑ Loucaides, Darren. "Album Review: Julian Casablancas & the Voidz - Tyranny". Drowned in Sound. Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
↑ Simpson, Scott. "Julian Casablancas + the Voidz - Tyranny". Exclaim!. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
↑ Miller, Matthew. "Review: Julian Casablancas + the Voidz - Tyranny". Pretty Much Amazing. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
↑ Taylor, Benji. "Julian Casablancas + the Voidz - Tyranny". Clash Music. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
↑ Hermes, Will. "Julian Casablancas + the Voidz - Tyranny". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
↑ Roffman, Michael. "Julian Casablancas + the Voidz - Tyranny". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
↑ Bull, John. "Tyranny by Julian Casablancas + the Voidz". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
↑ Perry, Kevin. "NME Reviews - Julian Casablancas + the Voidz - Tyranny". NME. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
↑ Phares, Heather. "Tyranny - Julian Casablancas + the Voidz". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
↑ Cosores, Philip. "Julian Casablancas + the Voidz - Tyranny". Paste. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
↑ Fitzmaurice, Larry. "Julian Casablancas + the Voidz - Tyranny". Pitchfork. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
↑ Hermes, Will (2014) "Tyranny Julian Casbalancas + the Voidz", Rolling Stone, September 23, 2014. Retrieved September 23, 2014
↑ Cosores, Philip (2014) "Julian Casablancas + The Voidz: Tyranny Review", Paste, September 23, 2014. Retrieved September 23, 2014
↑ Simpson, Scott (2014) "Julian Casablancas + the Voidz Tyranny", Exclaim!, September 23, 2014. Retrieved September 23, 2014
↑ Villa, Lucas (September 27, 2014). "Album review: Julian Casablancas+The Voidz's 'Tyranny' is a hell of a statement". AXS.
↑ Taylor, Benji (2014) "http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/julian-casablancas-the-voidz-tyranny"
↑ "Julian Casablancas + The Voidz – Tyranny" (in Dutch). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien.
↑ "Julian Casablancas + The Voidz – Tyranny" (in French). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien.
↑ "Julian Casablancas + The Voidz – Tyranny". Lescharts.com. Hung Medien.