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Return to Cookie Mountain

Return to Cookie Mountain
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Studio album by TV on the Radio
Released July 6, 2006
Genre Alternative rock, indie rock, post-rock, electronic rock
Length 56:10
Label 4AD (worldwide)
Interscope/Touch and Go (US / Canada)
Producer David Andrew Sitek
TV on the Radio chronology
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
(2004)
Return to Cookie Mountain
(2006)
Dear Science
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 88/100
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars
The A.V. Club A
Entertainment Weekly A−
The Guardian 4/5 stars
MSN Music A−
NME 9/10
Pitchfork Media 9.1/10
Q 4/5 stars
Rolling Stone 4.5/5 stars
Spin 4/5 stars

Return to Cookie Mountain is the second studio album by American alt-rock group TV on the Radio. It was released July 6, 2006 worldwide by 4AD, and issued in the U.S. and Canada on September 12, 2006 by Interscope Records and Touch and Go Recordings. The North American release features three bonus tracks, two of which are B-sides from the single "Wolf Like Me"; the other is a remix of "Hours" by El-P. Videos were made for the singles "Wolf Like Me" and "Province".

The album featured several notable guest vocalists: "Province" features backing vocals from David Bowie, who championed the band's full-length debut, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes; Katrina Ford of the band Celebration guests on "Wolf Like Me", "Let the Devil In" and "Blues from Down Here"; Kazu Makino of Blonde Redhead sings on "Hours".

Return to Cookie Mountain earned overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics, and was named the album of the year by Spin for 2006, leading to the band's appearance on the magazine's cover. The album was ranked second on Pitchfork Media's list of Top 50 Albums of 2006.Rolling Stone, Slant Magazine, and Stylus Magazine each named the album as the fourth best of 2006, and the album is ranked fifth on Metacritic's year-end list. In 2009, Rhapsody ranked the album at eighth on its "100 Best Albums of the Decade" list.


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