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Gravity the Seducer

Gravity the Seducer
Ladytron - Gravity The Seducer cover.jpg
Studio album by Ladytron
Released 12 September 2011 (2011-09-12)
Recorded Kent, England
Genre Electronic,synthpop,baroque pop,shoegaze
Length 47:47
Label Nettwerk
Producer Ladytron, Daniel Hunt, Barny Barnicot, Alessandro Cortini
Ladytron chronology
Best of 00–10
(2011)Best of 00–102011
Gravity the Seducer
(2011)
Singles from Gravity the Seducer
  1. "White Elephant"
    Released: 17 May 2011
  2. "Ambulances"
    Released: 21 June 2011
  3. "Mirage"
    Released: 9 August 2011
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 68/100
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars
The A.V. Club B−
Clash 9/10
Drowned in Sound 5/10
The Guardian 3/5 stars
The Independent positive
NME 7/10
Pitchfork Media 6/10
Slant Magazine 3/5 stars
Spin 6/10

Gravity the Seducer is the fifth studio album by electronic music band Ladytron. The album was released by Nettwerk in the United Kingdom on 12 September 2011 and in the United States, a day later. Recorded in Kent, England, the album has been described as "haunted, evocative, romantic", and having "a feminine warmth".

Three singles have been released from the album, "White Elephant", "Ambulances" and "Mirage". The song "Ace of Hz" had previously been released as a single from the greatest hits album Best of 00–10 before appearing on Gravity the Seducer. Release of the album coincided with a tour across Canada and the United States.

Gravity the Seducer earned generally positive reviews and reached number seventy-two on the UK Albums Chart, the group's highest-peaking album in their home country as of September 2012.

Gravity the Seducer was Ladytron's second studio album produced for record label Nettwerk, with whom they signed in 2007. Their first release through the Nettwork label was the 2008 studio album Velocifero, followed in March 2011 by the greatest hits album Best of 00–10. Ladytron also self-released the live album, Live at London Astoria 16.07.08 in 2009.

Gravity the Seducer was recorded in Kent, England, and was co-produced by Barny Barnicott, who had previously collaborated with Arctic Monkeys and Editors. as well has having worked on Ladytron's 2005 album Witching Hour. The band felt that the production of the album was different from that of Velocifero, with band member Daniel Hunt noting that the latter record had been "made with performance in mind", as the band had recently finished touring when it was produced. Gravity the Seducer was produced "while removed from that thinking".


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