Are We Nearly There Yet? is an album by the indie band Television Personalities.[5] It was released in the United Kingdom on 20 February 2007. The album contains new tracks along with covers of Bruce Springsteen and The Killers. It is made up of unreleased recordings from the summer of 2005, the period just after Dan Treacy's release from prison and preceding his Domino recordings.
Are We Nearly There Yet? | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 20 February 2007 | |||
Recorded | 2005 | |||
Genre | Indie | |||
Length | 37:11 | |||
Label | Overground Records[1] | |||
Producer | Eric Stumpp | |||
Television Personalities chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Mojo | [3] |
Stylus Magazine | B[4] |
Critical reception
editCMJ New Music Monthly wrote that "it's too easy to castigate Treacy's music as 'outsider art', but on his recent outings it's clear that the man's just figuring out how to adjust to normal life."[6] Alan McGee, in The Guardian, called the album a "dark" classic.[7] Record Collector wrote that "a righteously shambolic cover of The Killers’ "Mr. Brightside" is a triumphant mess, and a highpoint in an album of lows."[8]
Track listing
edit- "Are We Nearly There Yet?"
- "The Peter Gabriel Song"
- "The Eminem Song"
- "I Get Scared When I Don't Know Where You Are"
- "I See Dead People"
- "If I Could Write Poetry"
- "If I Should Fall Behind" (Bruce Springsteen)
- "Coltrane's Ghost"
- "Mr. Brightside"
- "All the Midnight Cowboys"
- "All the King's Horses"
- "You are Loved"
- "It's All About the Girl"
References
edit- ^ "Are We Nearly There Yet?".
- ^ Thompson, Dave. Are We Nearly There Yet? at AllMusic
- ^ "Are We Nearly There Yet?". Mojo (158–161). 2007.
- ^ "Television Personalities - Are We Nearly There Yet? - Review - Stylus Magazine". stylusmagazine.com.
- ^ "Television Personalities | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. 3 April 2007 – via Google Books.
- ^ "McGee on music: Why Dan Treacy inspired me start Creation Records". the Guardian. 5 May 2009.
- ^ "Are We Nearly There Yet? - Record Collector Magazine".
External links
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