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This Modern Glitch

This Modern Glitch
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Studio album by The Wombats
Released 22 April 2011 (2011-04-22)
Recorded 2010
Genre Indie pop, alternative dance, new wave, post-punk revival
Length 40:31
Label 14th Floor Records
Bright Antenna (US)
The Wombats chronology
A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation
(2007)		 This Modern Glitch
(2011)		 Glitterbug
(2015)
Singles from This Modern Glitch
  1. "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)"
    Released: 24 September 2010
  2. "Jump into the Fog"
    Released: 24 January 2011
  3. "Anti-D"
    Released: 11 April 2011
  4. "Techno Fan"
    Released: 5 June 2011
  5. "Our Perfect Disease"
    Released: 14 August 2011
  6. "1996"
    Released: 7 November 2011
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 59/100
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars
American Music Channel 3.5/5 stars
BBC Music (very favourable)
Consequence of Sound 3.5/5 stars
Daily Mirror 4/5 stars
The Guardian 3/5 stars
NME 4/10 stars
Paste (7.1/10)
The Sunday Times 3/5 stars (subscription required)
thinkofmusic 6/10 stars
The Tune (2.4/5)

This Modern Glitch is the second studio album by British indie band The Wombats. The album was released in the United Kingdom on 25 April 2011, with 3 singles preceding it: "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)", "Jump into the Fog", "Anti-D", released on 24 September 2010, 24 January 2011 and 11 April 2011 respectively. A further 3 singles were released following the album's release: "Techno Fan", "Our Perfect Disease" and "1996", released on 20 June 2011, 14 August 2011 and 7 of November 2011 respectively. Production comes from Rich Costey, Eric Valentine, Butch Walker, Jacknife Lee and the band themselves. Upon its release the album received favourable reviews by critics. It has sold 126,772 copies in the UK as of April 2015.

The album title comes from the album's seventh track, "1996".

The official track listing:

The album received mixed to favourable reviews, with an aggregated score of 59 from Metacritic. Mark Beaumont of the BBC described the album as 'a flawless modern classic', as well as calling it 'pop album of the year, by at least a dozen choruses'. Matt Collar of AllMusic gave a similarly positive review, saying ' This Modern Glitch finds the gleefully cynical Brit trio delivering a batch of catchy, immediately memorable dance-rock tracks the likes of which haven't been heard since the glory days of Blur'. The Daily Mirror called the album 'triumphant', singling out Anti-D as 'epic'.

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone


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