Twin Cinema
Studio album by
The New Pornographers
ReleasedAugust 23, 2005
RecordedNovember 2004–April 2005
Genre
Length47:46
LabelMint/Matador/P-Vine
ProducerJohn Collins, David Carswell, A.C. Newman, Kurt Dahle
The New Pornographers chronology
Electric Version
(2003) 		Twin Cinema
(2005) 		Challengers
(2007)

Twin Cinema is the third studio album by Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers. It was released on August 23, 2005. The album was shortlisted for the 2006 Polaris Music Prize.[2] As of 2010 it has sold 138,000 copies in US and 20,000 copies in Canada.[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic85/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Blender[6]
Entertainment WeeklyA[7]
The Irish Times[8]
Los Angeles Times[9]
NME5/10[10]
Pitchfork9.0/10[11]
Rolling Stone[12]
SpinA−[13]
Uncut[14]

Initial critical response to Twin Cinema was very positive. At Metacritic, which assigns to reviews from mainstream critics a normalized rating out of 100, the album has received a score of 85, based on 32 reviews.[4] Online music magazine PopMatters ranked the album at #1 on their Best Music of 2005 list.[15] Pitchfork placed Twin Cinema at number 150 on their list of Top 200 Albums of the 2000s,[16] as well as at number 18 on their list of The 50 Best Indie Rock Albums of the Pacific Northwest.[17]

Track listing

All songs written and sung by A. C. Newman, except where noted.

No.TitleVocalsLength
1."Twin Cinema" 2:59
2."The Bones of an Idol"Neko Case2:51
3."Use It" 3:26
4."The Bleeding Heart Show"Newman, Case4:27
5."Jackie, Dressed in Cobras" (Dan Bejar)Bejar3:06
6."The Jessica Numbers" (Newman, John Collins) 3:06
7."These Are the Fables"Case3:29
8."Sing Me Spanish Techno" 4:16
9."Falling Through Your Clothes" 2:53
10."Broken Breads" (Bejar)Bejar3:00
11."Three or Four"Newman, Case3:07
12."Star Bodies"Newman, Case4:07
13."Streets of Fire" (Bejar)Bejar, Case2:41
14."Stacked Crooked" 4:18
Total length:47:46
Bonus track on Japanese release and iTunes version
No.TitleLength
15."High Art, Local News"3:02

Personnel

The New Pornographers
Additional personnel

References

  1. ^ Pitchfork Staff (October 2, 2009). "The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 28, 2023. On Twin Cinema, Carl Newman and his band of moonlighting luminaries...seek to discover that special something that keeps us returning to pop music.
  2. ^ "2006 Winners and Nominees". Polaris Music Prize. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  3. ^ "Will star power eclipse New Pornographers?". Reuters. 17 April 2010. Archived from the original on 2017-09-01.
  4. ^ a b "Reviews for Twin Cinema by The New Pornographers". Metacritic. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  5. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Twin Cinema – The New Pornographers". AllMusic. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
  6. ^ Sinagra, Laura (September 2005). "New Pornographers: Twin Cinema". Blender (40): 134. Archived from the original on January 28, 2006. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  7. ^ Dombal, Ryan (August 22, 2005). "Twin Cinema". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on December 14, 2005. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  8. ^ Clayton-Lea, Tony (August 26, 2005). "The New Pornographers: Twin Cinema (Matador)". The Irish Times. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  9. ^ Cromelin, Richard (September 4, 2005). "Soul drowned out by sound". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  10. ^ "The New Pornographers: Twin Cinema". NME: 58. August 20, 2005.
  11. ^ Mitchum, Rob (August 21, 2005). "The New Pornographers: Twin Cinema". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
  12. ^ Sheffield, Rob (August 11, 2005). "The New Pornographers: Twin Cinema". Rolling Stone. No. 980. p. 70.
  13. ^ Wolk, Douglas (August 2005). "Something to Talk About". Spin. 21 (8): 93–94. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  14. ^ "The New Pornographers: Twin Cinema". Uncut (101): 96. October 2005.
  15. ^ "The Best 50 CDs of 2005". PopMatters. December 19, 2005. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  16. ^ Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "Pitchfork: Staff Lists: The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 150-101". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  17. ^ Pitchfork staff (September 6, 2016). "Pitchfork: The 50 Best Indie Albums of the Pacific Northwest". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 14, 2016.

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