Misery Is a Butterfly

Misery Is a Butterfly
Studio album by Blonde Redhead
Released March 15, 2004 (2004-03-15)
Recorded March 16, 2003 – May 3, 2003
Studio Longview Farm Studios, The Magic Shop, Sterling Sound
Genre Dream pop, art rock, baroque pop
Length 45:34
Label 4AD
Producer Guy Picciotto
Blonde Redhead chronology
Melodie Citronique
(2000)Melodie Citronique2000		 Misery Is a Butterfly
(2004)		 23
(2007)232007
Singles from Misery Is a Butterfly
  1. "Elephant Woman"
    Released: March 23, 2004
  2. "Equus"
    Released: July 4, 2004
  3. "Melody"
    Released: (promo only)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Boston Phoenix[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[4]
Mojo[5]
Pitchfork Media7.9/10[6]
Q[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
SpinB[9]
Uncut[10]

Misery Is a Butterfly is the sixth studio album by Blonde Redhead, released through 4AD in 2004.

It ranked at number 18 on CMJ's "Top 20 Albums of 2004" list.[11]

Track listing

All tracks written by Blonde Redhead.

No.TitleLength
1."Elephant Woman"4:49
2."Messenger"3:21
3."Melody"4:36
4."Doll Is Mine"3:06
5."Misery Is a Butterfly"5:07
6."Falling Man"3:26
7."Anticipation"4:04
8."Maddening Cloud"3:20
9."Magic Mountain"3:02
10."Pink Love"6:13
11."Equus"3:50

Personnel

Charts

Chart Peak
position
US Billboard 200[12] 180
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[13] 10
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[14] 11

References

  1. ↑ "Reviews for Misery Is A Butterfly by Blonde Redhead". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  2. ↑ Phares, Heather. "Misery Is a Butterfly – Blonde Redhead". AllMusic. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  3. ↑ Skruck, Jeff (April 9–15, 2004). "Blonde Redhead: Misery Is a Butterfly (4AD/Beggars Group)". The Boston Phoenix. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  4. ↑ Vincentelli, Elisabeth (March 19, 2004). "Misery Is a Butterfly". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Blonde Redhead: Misery Is a Butterfly". Mojo (126): 106. May 2004.
  6. ↑ Carr, Eric (April 12, 2004). "Blonde Redhead: Misery Is a Butterfly". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Blonde Redhead: Misery Is a Butterfly". Q (214): 98. May 2004.
  8. ↑ Hunter, James (May 5, 2004). "Blonde Redhead: Misery Is a Butterfly". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 6, 2008. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Breakdown". Spin. 20 (6): 108. June 2004. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Blonde Redhead: Misery Is a Butterfly". Uncut (83): 104. April 2004.
  11. ↑ "The CMJ Top 20 Albums of 2004". BrooklynVegan. December 21, 2004. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Blonde Redhead - Chart history - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Blonde Redhead - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Blonde Redhead - Chart history - Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
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