Twin Cinema
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| Studio album by The New Pornographers | ||||
| Released | August 23, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | November 2004–April 2005 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, power pop | |||
| Length | 47:46 | |||
| Label | Mint/Matador/P-Vine | |||
| Producer | John Collins, David Carswell, A.C. Newman, Kurt Dahle | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 85/100 |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Blender |  |
| Entertainment Weekly | A |
| The Irish Times | |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| NME | 5/10 |
| Pitchfork Media | 9.0/10 |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Spin | A− |
| Uncut | |
Twin Cinema is the third album by Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers. It was released on August 23, 2005. The album was shortlisted for the 2006 Polaris Music Prize.
Initial critical response to Twin Cinema was very positive. At Metacritic, which assigns to reviews from mainstream critics a normalized rating out of 100, the album has received a score of 85, based on 32 reviews.Online music magazine PopMatters ranked the album at #1 on their Best Music of 2005 list.Pitchfork Media placed Twin Cinema at number 150 on their list of Top 200 Albums of the 2000s.Pitchfork Media also placed Twin Cinema at number 18 on their list of The 50 Best Indie Rock Albums of the Pacific Northwest.
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