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Mine Is Yours

Mine Is Yours
The cover features the band's name in bold black lettering. On the top-right corner, It features the date that the album was recorded and mixed sideways: Feb / March August / 2010. The album's title is shown in chalk-like lettering in black, yellow, red and blue.
Studio album by Cold War Kids
Released January 25, 2011 (2011-01-25)
Recorded February – March 2010 at Ocean Way Studios, House of David, The Smoakstack and The LBT in Nashville, Tennessee
August 2010 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California
Genre Indie rock
Length 44:24 (Standard edition)
53:57 (Deluxe edition)
Label Downtown, Interscope, V2
Producer Jacquire King
Cold War Kids chronology
Behave Yourself
(2010)Behave Yourself2010 		Mine Is Yours
(2011)		 Dear Miss Lonelyhearts
(2013)Dear Miss Lonelyhearts2013
Singles from Mine Is Yours
  1. "Louder Than Ever"
    Released: December 14, 2010
  2. "Skip the Charades"
    Released: February 8, 2011
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 55/100
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars
NME 3/10
Paste 5.0/10
The Phoenix 3/4 stars
Pitchfork Media 3.9/10
PopMatters 4/10 stars
Rolling Stone 2.5/5 stars
Slant Magazine 2/5 stars
Spin 5/10 stars
Sputnikmusic 3.5/5.0

Mine Is Yours is the third studio album by American indie rock band Cold War Kids. It was released on January 25, 2011 by Downtown Records.

Following the mixed reception of 2008's Loyalty to Loyalty and the release of 2010's Behave Yourself, the band sought to work on new material that spanned the course of three months in Nashville and California after two years of touring. Produced by Jacquire King, responsible for the mainstream success of fellow American rock band Kings of Leon, the album marks as a departure from the band's dark blues rock-influenced folk tales heard in their previous records into a more mainstream sound with lyrics that talk about personal relationships.

Mine Is Yours debuted at number 21 on the Billboard 200 and spawned four singles (two official and two promotional): "Louder Than Ever", "Skip the Charades", "Finally Begin" and "Royal Blue". The album received a mixed response from critics, with reviews divided by the band's change in sound and lyrical content. To promote the record, the band toured across North America and Europe with appearances at music festivals and talk shows. Mine Is Yours was the band's last album to feature lead guitarist Jonnie Russell, who left for personal reasons.

Cold War Kids released their sophomore album Loyalty to Loyalty on September 23, 2008. The album received a generally favorable reception but critics found it uneven in terms of songwriting and performance. To promote the record, the band spent the next two years touring across North America and Europe through appearances at music festivals and talk shows. After the release of their seventh EP Behave Yourself, the band went to Nashville to work on new material for their next album. Instead of writing songs and recording them quickly, they spent two months together on the material they worked on. Lead singer Nathan Willett found this new experience to be "[It was] much more spread out, [it was] much more broken down and built up again."


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