Together We're Heavy

Together We're Heavy
Studio album by The Polyphonic Spree
Released June 30, 2004 (Japan)
July 12, 2004 (Europe)
July 13, 2004 (US)
Recorded December 2002 – January 2003
Genre Pop, psychedelic pop, symphonic rock
Length 57:47
Label Hollywood / Good Records
Producer Eric Drew Feldman, The Speekers, Jeff Levison
The Polyphonic Spree chronology
The Beginning Stages of...
(2003)The Beginning Stages of...2003		 Together We're Heavy
(2004)		 Thumbsucker
(2005)Thumbsucker2005
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment.ie[3]
Pitchfork Media7.6/10[4]
NME[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
The Village VoiceB–[7]

Together We're Heavy is the second release from Dallas symphonic rock group The Polyphonic Spree. Produced by Eric Drew Feldman and released in Japan on June 30, 2004, Europe on July 12 and North America on July 13. It includes the hit singles "Hold Me Now" and "Two Thousand Places". The album was released by Hollywood Records, and represents the band's first "true" album (their previous release, The Beginning Stages of... was recorded as a demo and released only by popular demand).

The US version of Together We're Heavy contains an additional bonus DVD (entitled "The Adventure of Listening") while the Japanese version contains three bonus songs.

It reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Heatseekers chart.

Track listing

  1. "Section 11 (A Long Day Continues/We Sound Amazed)" - 8:32
  2. "Section 12 (Hold Me Now)" - 4:30
  3. "Section 13 (Diamonds/Mild Devotion to Majesty)" - 4:55
  4. "Section 14 (Two Thousand Places)" - 5:19
  5. "Section 15 (Ensure Your Reservation)" - 1:39
  6. "Section 16 (One Man Show)" - 4:58
  7. "Section 17 (Suitcase Calling)" - 8:48
  8. "Section 18 (Everything Starts at the Seam)" - 1:54
  9. "Section 19 (When the Fool Becomes a King)" - 10:38
  10. "Section 20 (Together We're Heavy)" - 6:30
  1. "Bonus Section 1 (The Best Part)" (Japanese release only)
  2. "Bonus Section 2 (Mercury Tea)" (Japanese release only)
  3. "Bonus Section 3 (Working Out the Kinks [Demo 2002])" (Japanese release only)

"The Adventure of Listening" DVD:

Personnel

Production

[9]

Release history

CD
DVD-Audio 5.1 Surround + DTS-Encoded track

Singles

CD

  1. Hold Me Now (Radio Edit - UK Edit)
  2. Hold Me Now (Album Version)
  3. Working Out The Kinks (Demo)
  1. Two Thousand Places
  2. The Best Part
  3. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

References

  1. ↑ "Together We're Heavy by The Polyphonic Spree". Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Phares, Heather. "The Polyphonic Spree: Together We're Heavy at AllMusic. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  3. ↑ Entertainment.ie review
  4. ↑ Mitchum, Rob (11 July 2004). "The Polyphonic Spree: Together We're Heavy". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  5. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Rob (9 December 2004). "The Polyphonic Spree : Together We're Heavy". NME. IPC Media. ISSN 0028-6362. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  6. ↑ Dansby, Andrew (8 July 2004). "The Polyphonic Spree: Together We're Heavy". Rolling Stone. ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007.
  7. ↑ Christgau, Robert (November 30, 2004). "Consumer Guide: Mine Enemy the Turkey". The Village Voice. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  8. ↑ "BMI - Repertoire Search". Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Together We're Heavy - The Polyphonic Spree - Credits - AllMusic". Retrieved 5 October 2016.
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