Mine Is Yours
Mine Is Yours | ||||
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Released | January 25, 2011 | |||
Recorded | February–March, August 2010 | |||
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Genre | Indie rock | |||
Length | 44:24 (standard edition) 53:57 (deluxe edition) | |||
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Producer | Jacquire King | |||
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Singles from Mine Is Yours | ||||
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Mine Is Yours is the third studio album by American indie rock band Cold War Kids. It was released on January 25, 2011, by Downtown Records.
Following the releases of
Mine Is Yours debuted at number 21 on the Billboard 200 and spawned four singles (two official and two promotional): "Louder Than Ever", "Skip the Charades", "Finally Begin" and "Royal Blue". The album received a mixed response from critics, with reviews divided by the band's change in sound and lyrical content. To promote the record, the band toured across North America and Europe with appearances at music festivals and talk shows. Mine Is Yours was the band's last album to feature lead guitarist Jonnie Russell, who left for personal reasons.[1]
Background and recording
Cold War Kids released their sophomore album Loyalty to Loyalty on September 23, 2008. The album received a generally favorable reception but critics found it uneven in terms of songwriting and performance.[2][3] To promote the record, the band spent the next two years touring across North America and Europe making appearances at music festivals and talk shows. After the release of their seventh EP Behave Yourself, the band went to Nashville to work on new material for their next album. Instead of writing and recording songs in a few days, they spent two months carefully working on the material. Lead singer Nathan Willett found this new experience to be "much more spread out, [it was] much more broken down and built up again."[4]
The band found the approach different than the one used on their previous record, with Willett saying that, "[A] lot of our good ideas went unfinished. Nobody was there to tell us, "This is good, but it could be better."
Music and lyrics
The album's lyrical content and overall sound differ strongly from the band's previous albums. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Willett said that he went back to Long Beach after two years of touring to perfect his voice and write lyrics that came from his personal life. He also said that one of the influences that inspired him was Michael Stipe and R.E.M. saying their initial lyricism was "more or less kind of just good-sounding words, and then kind of moved into really revealing something about themselves — that was my goal."[7] Aside from Stipe, other influences that Willett was inspired by were Woody Allen (Husbands and Wives),[6] John Cassavetes (A Woman Under the Influence)[11] and Jonathan Franzen (The Discomfort Zone).[12]
Lyrically, Mine Is Yours uses a
"Skip the Charades" was based on the idea of relationships using charades and the theatricality of it all.
Singles
The lead single, "
The song "Finally Begin" was released as the album's first
Promotion
The band performed eight songs from the album at a
Tour
On November 30, the band performed a few UK tour dates to promote Mine Is Yours ahead of its release, beginning with
Critical reception
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 55/100[39] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [8] |
NME | 3/10[40] |
Paste | 5.0/10[14] |
The Phoenix | [16] |
Pitchfork | 3.9/10[17] |
PopMatters | [10] |
Rolling Stone | [41] |
Slant Magazine | [42] |
Spin | [43] |
Sputnikmusic | 3.5/5.0[15] |
Mine Is Yours received mixed reviews from music critics, who were divided by the band's sound and lyrical content. At
Ryan Reed of
Rudy Klap of Sputnikmusic commented on the quality of both the songwriting and production, finding unevenness on both throughout the album, but still found it to be "a damn good rock record through and through [...] there's an accomplishment to be praised." He also said that the album will divide fans.[15] Mikael Wood of the Los Angeles Times also commented on the divisive take the fans will have with the album, as well as its lack of uniqueness.[45] AllMusic's Heather Phares noted the album's newfound polish and maturity differing from the band's previous releases.[8] Josh Modell of Spin was critical of Nathan Willett's performance, divided by the tone he used throughout the album, and the songs overall saying "[A] couple of songs succeed on their own terms, but most float unmemorably down the highway of not-quite-modern rock."[43]
In a negative review, Kevin Liedel of Slant Magazine considered the album to be a "crushing disappointment", calling it "a work of obviously borrowed ideas from a group highly capable of succeeding with their own."[42] PopMatters contributor David Gassmann said that despite some strong hooks and instrumental choices, he felt the album lacked the idiosyncratic personality from the band's previous records and resembled more of The Script and Train due to King's production. He added that listeners will consider this as a gateway introduction to the band itself.[10] Sean O'Neal of The A.V. Club gave the album a D+ grade. He found their sound to be "dulled for maximum accessibility" coupled with "uninspired melodies" and "formless" lyrics, calling it "the bland sound of a band trading identity for ambition."[46] NME's Katherine Rodgers was very critical about the record, finding some of the tracks to be generic and found the highlights to be "asphyxiated in lubricious studio slime."[40]
Commercial performance
Mine Is Yours debuted at number 21 on the Billboard 200, their second album to appear in the top 50 and in the same position as their previous album, despite selling 4,000 fewer copies.[47] It additionally charted in several territories but was less successful chart wise than Loyalty to Loyalty. The record debuted at number 9 in Australia (whereas Loyalty to Loyalty reached number 20) and stayed there for an additional four weeks.[48] It debuted at numbers 56 and 85 in Austria and Switzerland respectively before leaving the next week; their only charting album in those countries to date.[48] However, it did poorly in Belgium, France and the United Kingdom, charting at numbers 54, 128 and 84 respectively (whereas the previous album charted at numbers 29, 48 and 68).[48]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Nathan Willett
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Mine Is Yours" | 4:16 |
2. | "Louder Than Ever" | 2:44 |
3. | "Royal Blue" | 3:33 |
4. | "Finally Begin" | 3:41 |
5. | "Out of the Wilderness" | 4:07 |
6. | "Skip the Charades" | 4:25 |
7. | "Sensitive Kid" | 3:33 |
8. | "Bulldozer" | 5:02 |
9. | "Broken Open" | 4:39 |
10. | "Cold Toes on the Cold Floor" | 4:06 |
11. | "Flying Upside Down" | 4:18 |
No. | Title | Length |
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12. | "Don't Look Down on Me" | 2:31 |
13. | "Fashionable" | 7:02 |
No. | Title | Length |
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14. | "Goodnight Tennessee" | 5:25 |
Personnel
Adapted from the liner notes of Mine Is Yours.[49]
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Charts
Chart (2011) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[50] | 9 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[51] | 56 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[52] | 54 |
French Albums ( SNEP)[53]
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128 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[54] | 85 |
UK Albums (OCC)[55] | 84 |
US Billboard 200[56] | 21 |
US | 5 |
US | 7 |
US | 5 |
Release history
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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France | January 24, 2011 | Digital download, CD, Vinyl | Cooperative Music | [60] |
United Kingdom | V2 | [61] | ||
United States | January 25, 2011 | Downtown, Interscope | [62] | |
Germany | November 21, 2011 | Downtown, Cooperative Music | [63] |
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External links
- Mine Is Yours at Discogs (list of releases)