Checkmate Savage
| Checkmate Savage | ||||
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| Studio album by The Phantom Band | ||||
| Released | 26 January 2009 | |||
| Recorded | Chem 19, Blantyre | |||
| Genre | Indie,folk,pop,blues,post-rockfolktronica,krautrock | |||
| Length | 55:01 | |||
| Label | Chemikal Underground | |||
| Producer | Paul Savage | |||
| The Phantom Band chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Drowned in Sound | (7/10) |
| The Guardian | |
| The List | |
| Mojo | |
| NME | (8/10) |
| Pitchfork | (7.3/10) |
| Q | |
| Scotland on Sunday | |
| The Times | |
Checkmate Savage is the debut studio album by Scottish indie rock band The Phantom Band, released January 26, 2009 through Chemikal Underground Records to critical acclaim.
The album was produced by Paul Savage, formerly of The Delgados.
According to the band, the album's title refers to: "over-population, dwindling natural resources and the yawning void within every one of us caused by society's unnatural social contracts, and mass sexual repression, means one thing: it's checkmate for the human animal."
In December 2009, Checkmate Savage entered The Skinny's "Scottish Albums of the Decade" list at #28.
The album placed at number 17 in MOJO magazine's top 50 albums of 2009.
In January 2010 the album was given the inaugural "Soundcheck Award" for album of 2009 by Radioeins and Der Tagesspiegel in Berlin.
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