Man Alive (Everything Everything album)
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| Studio album by Everything Everything | ||||
| Released | 27 August 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2008-2010 | |||
| Genre | Art rock, indie rock | |||
| Length | 52:04 | |||
| Label | Geffen | |||
| Producer | David Kosten | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 72/100 |
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| Source | Rating |
| BBC | (very positive) |
| Drowned in Sound |   |
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| The Fly Magazine |   |
| Pitchfork Media | (3.8/10) |
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| The Guardian |  |
Man Alive is the debut album by British band Everything Everything. It was released on 27 August 2010 as a CD, digital download and vinyl. On 5 September 2010, the album debuted on the UK Albums Chart at number 17. British magazine The Fly declared it the 5th best album of 2010, while NME placed it at no. 43.
The album has received an Ivor Novello Award nomination for "Best Album", and the single "MY KZ, UR BF" received a nomination for "Best Song Musically and Lyrically". The album was also nominated to win the 2011 Barclaycard Mercury Prize.
Reviews of Man Alive have been generally positive, ranging from very positive reviews to negative reviews, with few reviewers giving average scores. According to review aggregator, AnyDecentMusic?, the album received an average of 7.3 out of 10, based on twenty-one critiques. Another review aggregator, Metacritic, gave the album an average of 72 out of 100, based on eight critiques.
All tracks written by Higgs, Pritchard and Spearman. Additional writers are present in the writer(s) column below.
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