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Swoon by Silversun Pickups
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
| 1 |
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There's No Secrets This Year | 5:34 | 86,996 | ||
| 2 |
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The Royal We | 4:47 | 89,416 | ||
| 3 |
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Growing Old Is Getting Old | 5:54 | 81,783 | ||
| 4 |
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It's Nice To Know You Work Alone | 4:46 | 75,805 | ||
| 5 |
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Panic Switch | 5:42 | 133,022 | ||
| 6 |
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Draining | 4:55 | 71,217 | ||
| 7 |
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Sort of | 5:28 | 75,715 | ||
| 8 |
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Substitution | 4:39 | 85,093 | ||
| 9 |
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Catch & Release | 4:40 | 37,166 | ||
| 10 |
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Surrounded (Or Spiraling) | 4:46 | 59,762 |
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About this album
Swoon is the second album by Los Angeles alternative rock band Silversun Pickups. The album was produced by Dave Cooley, who had worked with the band on their first album, Carnavas. Recording began in July 2008. The name of the album comes from a line in the lead in to the second track, “The Royal We”.
After a completing their Carnavas/Pikul tour in Christmas 2007, the band took a break until February of the next year. They began recording in their own studio named The Dark. During the recording process the band laid down as many as 17 songs which were eventually cut down to 10 for the album. On February 17, the band posted a list of the songs expected to be on Swoon on their MySpace blog.
The album was released on April 15, 2009. The first single released wasPanic Switch. On April 6, the track There’s No Secrets This Year was released as a single on various online music stores. The bonus track Currency Of Love was released exclusively on iTunes with pre-orders in the U.S. and Canada, but was issued as a regular album track in other countries. The song Ne Plus Ultra was released as a b-side on the single Panic Switch.
Two tracks off of the album, “Panic Switch” andIt’s Nice To Know You Work Alone, have been released as downloadable content for Guitar Hero: World Tour as part of a track pack released on April 9.
Artwork
As with Carnavas, the album’s packaging features the artwork of Darren Waterston, this time using his 2008 piece St.Clair as the basis for the cover art. The inside packing also features Waterston’s pieces Disembodiment and Reverberations. All paintings are from his collection entitled The Flowering.
After a completing their Carnavas/Pikul tour in Christmas 2007, the band took a break until February of the next year. They began recording in their own studio named The Dark. During the recording process the band laid down as many as 17 songs which were eventually cut down to 10 for the album. On February 17, the band posted a list of the songs expected to be on Swoon on their MySpace blog.
The album was released on April 15, 2009. The first single released was
Panic Switch. On April 6, the track There’s No Secrets This Year was released as a single on various online music stores. The bonus track Currency Of Love was released exclusively on iTunes with pre-orders in the U.S. and Canada, but was issued as a regular album track in other countries. The song Ne Plus Ultra was released as a b-side on the single Panic Switch.Two tracks off of the album, “Panic Switch” and
It’s Nice To Know You Work Alone, have been released as downloadable content for Guitar Hero: World Tour as part of a track pack released on April 9.Artwork
As with Carnavas, the album’s packaging features the artwork of Darren Waterston, this time using his 2008 piece St.Clair as the basis for the cover art. The inside packing also features Waterston’s pieces Disembodiment and Reverberations. All paintings are from his collection entitled The Flowering.
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Shouts
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Nerick wrote:
Nothing revolutionary, just one of the best album of the last decade.
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Nerick wrote:
Damn this is good !!!
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zegustavu wrote:
A brilliant album.
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bigkajamma wrote:
Don't like the direction they took here. It's still enjoyable and good but they should expand more on there debut album sound or explore more shoegazey influences.
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Kiwatari wrote:
My favourite 2009 album. No doubt!!!!
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braydee wrote:
A brilliant album.
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baumandm wrote:
Awesome.
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Hwacha wrote:
Man, this album has really grown on me. I freaking love it. I've gotta look into their other stuff.
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searsi wrote:
really awesome, have it on vinyl!
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earthcrossing wrote:
Incredible album, and boredstiff that's why you shouldn't listen to the radio. haha. i know that sounds bad doesn't it? but life is so good for me with music, because the only songs that get overplayed are ones *I* want to overplay. hehe
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Gallagher390 wrote:
listening to the last song.. fuck this is a good album. every single song is amazing!!
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flannery710 wrote:
pikul >>>>>>>>> this
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boredstiff- wrote:
i hate this album, mainly because I hear panic switch every time I turn on the radio.
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Pimmis wrote:
Just... Incredible.
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Hwacha wrote:
Very cool. Great base useage. <3
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ricegirlsleeps wrote:
I can't stop listening this fucking amazing album
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k___B wrote:
Wicked <3
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flannery710 wrote:
Except Carnavas. And Pikul.
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piscesiscari0t wrote:
"Growing Old is Getting Old" and "Draining" changed my life.
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piscesiscari0t wrote:
This is the "Siamese Dream" of SSPU. Nothing will ever compare to the greatness that is Swoon.
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