Fever to Tell | ||||
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Studio album by Yeah Yeah Yeahs | ||||
Released | April 29, 2003 | |||
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Headgear Studio (Brooklyn, New York) |
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Genre | Dance-punk | |||
Length | 37:25 | |||
Label | Interscope | |||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 85/100 |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Blender | |
Entertainment Weekly | B |
The Guardian | |
NME | 8/10 |
Pitchfork | 7.4/10 |
Q | |
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The Village Voice | B+ |
Fever to Tell is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs, released on April 29, 2003 by Interscope Records. It was produced by David Andrew Sitek and mixed by Alan Moulder.
Fever to Tell was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album and was certified gold in both the United States and the United Kingdom. The video for "Maps" received nominations for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and the MTV2 Award at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards. The New York Times chose Fever to Tell as the best album of 2003. In June 2005, the album was ranked number 89 on Spin magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005. It is also featured in the 2010 book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. In 2009, the album was named by NME, Pitchfork, and Rolling Stone the fifth, 24th, and 28th best album of the 2000s decade, respectively.
As of March 2009, the album had sold over one million copies worldwide.
All tracks written by Yeah Yeah Yeahs. All tracks produced by David Andrew Sitek and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.