Nights Out
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| Studio album by Metronomy | ||||
| Released | 8 September 2008 | |||
| Genre | Electronica, synthpop, indie pop, new wave | |||
| Length | 44:12 | |||
| Label | Because | |||
| Producer | Metronomy | |||
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| Artrocker |
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| ChartAttack | (4/5) |
| Drowned in Sound | (8/10) |
| Gigwise |
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| The Guardian |
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| The Independent |
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| NME | (9/10) |
| The Observer |
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| This Is Fake DIY | (9/10) |
'Nights Out' is the second album by British electronic act Metronomy, released on 8 September 2008 through Because Music.
The starting point for the album was, according to lead singer Joseph Mount, "a half-arsed concept album about going out and having a crap time."
Joseph Mount wrote and recorded most of the album by himself but Gabriel Stebbing and Oscar Cash "play bits on a couple of tracks on the album and it’s kind of become….Metronomy used to be a him and now it’s definitely a they - which takes the heat off me a bit as well".
The artwork for the album was created by airbrush artist Philip Castle.
The commercial pressing of the album has a printing error on the cover; instead of reading Nights Out, it just says Nights. The promotional version is unaffected. It is unknown whether this will be rectified in the next pressing of the album.
The album was placed at No. 6 by NME in their best albums of 2008 list. http://www.nme.com/photos/top-50-albums-of-2008/121912#/photo/5. Missing or empty |title= (help)
All tracks written by Metronomy.
So far four singles/EPs from Nights Out have been released: Radio Ladio - EP, My Heart Rate Rapid - EP, Holiday - Single and Heartbreaker.
Radio Ladio, released on 12 November 2007, the accompanying video by Daniel Brereton features Joseph, Oscar and Gabriel with their skin painted blues and greens, playing kiddie-like pianos that have incorrect keys while they lust after an unobtainable woman, who at the end is revealed to be a cardboard cut-out.
My Heart Rate Rapid, released on 7 April 2008, featured remixes from Primary 1 and Maton while the video directed by Dandi Wind featured zentai-suited women dancing in front of a backdrop of lava flows, eruptions fire, toy trains and psychedelic animations.
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