All Nerve
All Nerve | ||||
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Released | March 2, 2018 | |||
Studio | Candyland, Dayton, Kentucky; Electrical Audio, Chicago; Fernwood Studios, Dayton, Ohio[1] | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 33:51 | |||
Label | 4AD | |||
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Singles from All Nerve | ||||
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All Nerve is the fifth full-length studio album by American alternative rock band the Breeders, released on March 2, 2018, 10 years after their previous album Mountain Battles (2008). A Stereogum article in June 2016 reported that the band was recording new material at their Ohio studio[2] and in October 2017 they released the first single from the album titled "Wait in the Car".[3] 4AD announced on January 9, 2018, that the new album would be made available on March 2, 2018, and released the album's second single, All Nerve on the same day.[4] The album also marks the band's first in 25 years with their Last Splash lineup. Courtney Barnett guests on one song on the album; "Howl at the Summit".[5]
Background
In 2012
Reception
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.8/10[11] |
Metacritic | 84/100[12] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [13] |
The A.V. Club | B+[14] |
The Guardian | [15] |
The Independent | [16] |
Mojo | [17] |
Pitchfork | 7.1/10[18] |
Q | [19] |
Record Collector | [20] |
Rolling Stone | [21] |
Uncut | 9/10[22] |
All Nerve was released to universal acclaim, scoring 84 on aggregate website Metacritic, based on 31 reviews.[12] AllMusic reviewer Heather Phares praised the album as "one of the band's finest blends of sugar and swagger, space and noise."[13] Record Collector's Alun Hamnett praised Kim Deal's decision to leave the Pixies in 2013 to focus exclusively on the Breeders, stating, "They took their sweet time, but that Breeders line-up is back, and has just nonchalantly knocked it out of the park."[20] The Guardian's Alexis Petridis said the album "blends ancient monuments and crushed beetles into a spectral brew".[15] In a slightly more negative review, Julian Marszalek of The Quietus criticized the latter half of the album, writing that "the album goes through a variety of fits and starts before descending into anticlimax. 'Skinhead #2' and 'Blues at the Acropolis' are inconclusive filler, which on an album that lasts a little over 30 minutes, just isn’t good enough."[23]
Mojo ranked the album number 10 on their list of "Top 75 Albums of 2018" in their end-of-the-year November 2018 issue.[24]
Track listing
All tracks are written by
- Falk Ulrich Rogner
- John Weinzierl
- Deal
- Wiggs
Personnel
The Breeders
- Kim Deal – lead vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
- Kelley Deal – guitar, vocals
- Jim MacPherson– drums
- Josephine Wiggs – bass, guitar, vocals
Additional personnel
- Courtney Barnett, Bones Sloane, Dave Mudie, Dylan Ranson-Hughes – backing vocals ("Howl at the Summit")
- Kyle Rector – Farfisa organ ("Dawn: Making an Effort")
Technical personnel
- Steve Albini – engineering, mixing
- Mike Montgomery, Greg Norman, Tom Rastikis – engineering
- Matt Boynton – mixing
- Eric Gorman – mixing assistance
- Greg Calbi, Bob Weston – mastering
- Martin Andersen – photography
- Chris Bigg – design[27]
Charts
Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[28] | 44 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[29] | 48 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[30] | 28 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[31] | 70 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[32] | 79 |
French Albums ( SNEP)[33]
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98 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[34] | 83 |
Irish Albums (OCC)[35] | 49 |
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ)[36] | 5 |
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[37] | 17 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[38] | 6 |
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[39] | 74 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[40] | 60 |
UK Albums (OCC)[41] | 9 |
US Billboard 200[42] | 79 |
Accolades
Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
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Fopp | Top 100 Albums of 2018 | 12
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Mojo | Top 75 Albums of 2018 | 10
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MusicOMH | Top 50 Album of 2018 | 44
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Uncut | Top 75 Albums of 2018 | 18
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Vulture.com
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Top 15 Albums of 2018 | 15
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References
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- ^ "Hear the Breeders' New Razor-Edged Rock Song 'Wait In the Car'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ Manno, Lizzie. "The Breeders Unveil All Nerve, Their First New Album in 10 Years". Paste. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
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- ^ "The Breeders to Play Last Splash at Deerhunter-Curated ATP, 20th Anniversary Reissue Out Next Year". Pitchfork. December 7, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
- ^ "The Breeders – New Year XX". BreedersVideos (official channel).
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- ^ "The Breeders on Reassembling Its Coveted Lineup For Reunion Album 'All Nerve'". Billboard. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
- ^ "The Breeders' Kim Deal on Their New Album 'All Nerve' on Bullseye". Bullseye. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
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- ^ a b "All Nerve by The Breeders Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
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- ^ a b Petridis, Alexis (March 1, 2018). "The Breeders: All Nerve review – reunited rockers get dark and deep". The Guardian. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
- ^ Kaplan, Ilana (March 1, 2018). "Album reviews: Moby, The Breeders, Soccer Mommy and Camp Cope". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2018-03-02. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
- ^ Segal, Victoria (April 2018). "Neuron bomb". Mojo (293): 88.
- ^ Johnston, Maura (March 2, 2018). "The Breeders: All Nerve". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
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- ^ a b Hamnett, Alun (March 2018). "The Breeders – All Nerve". Record Collector (477). Retrieved March 3, 2018.
- ^ Aaron, Charles (March 2, 2018). "Review: The Breeders Return to Dynamic Drama of Nineties Heyday on 'All Nerve'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
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