Dear Science (Deluxe) by TV on the Radio

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    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Halfway Home 5:32 228,936
2 Crying 4:11 206,102
3 Dancing Choose 2:56 204,864
4 Stork & Owl 4:01 158,368
5 Golden Age 4:10 202,301
6 Family Tree 5:32 200,493
7 Red Dress 4:25 161,314
8 Love Dog 5:37 170,232
9 Shout Me Out 4:15 161,955
10 DLZ 3:49 203,139
11 Lover's Day 5:53 131,965
12 Non-Musical Silence 4:01 801
13 Make Love All Night Long 3:30 19,377
14 Heroic Dose 7:19 11,658
15 Dancing Choose (Prefuse 73 Remix) 3:47 11,070
16 Crying (Telepathe Remix) 4:30 9,829

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Interscope (2008) Released: 16 Sep 2008 16 tracks (73:28)
With lyrics and vocals that are just as ambitious and attention-getting as the music surrounding them, TV on the Radio have always had a lot going on in their music. Indeed, Return to Cookie Mountain was so elaborate that topping it would be difficult, so on Dear Science, (yes, the comma is intentional) the band channels its focus into lean, nimble songs with more structure and polish — and more focus on Tunde Adepimbe’s and Kyp Malone’s vocals — than any of TV on the Radio’s previous work. This immediacy and crystalline clarity take some getting used to, especially compared to Cookie Mountain’s lavish yet organic sound: “Family Tree“‘s strings, pianos, and plainly worded vulnerability make it one of the band’s most accessible songs, but it doesn’t feel like anything was sacrificed to make it so anthemic. That feeling only deepens on the self-evidently sexy “Red Dress,” which uses Antibalas’ vibrant brass and taut guitars to show-stopping effect.

As Dear Science, unfolds, it becomes clear that it isn’t so much a radical change for TV on the Radio as it is a slight but significant shift in approach. “Stork and Owl,” an inspired mix of hypnotically looping samples and flowing, real-time soulfulness, and “Love Dog,” which boasts some of Adepimbe’s most affecting singing since “Staring at the Sun,” could have fit easily on earlier albums with a few sonic tweaks.

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  • Pindahaai

    dankje knanker

    January 2009
  • oruiz

    je snapt het eindelijk

    January 2009
  • Pindahaai

    Kings. But also listen to Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsy Babes. That's the best album.

    January 2009
  • alivebrand

    that should be http://www.m e g a u p l o a d.c o m /?d=7NFUFKD2

    October 2008
  • alivebrand

    actually... found them! TV On the Radio [Dear Science: Bonus Tracks] 12. "Non-Musical Silence" 13. "Make Love All Night Long" 14. "Heroic Dose" 15. "Dancing Choose (Prefuse 73 Remix)" 16. "Crying (Telepathe Remix)" 17. "Dogs Of Light" all of them together at: http://www.[spam] this IS missing Track #12: "Non-Musical Silence", which is pretty unnecessary.

    October 2008
  • alivebrand

    anybody have a url where i can download the bonus tracks?

    October 2008
  • porcelaingoo

    @ Cookie_Mountain , i dont have the track either but i cant tell you that the girl on it, is katrina ford from Celebration

    October 2008
  • sognimod

    Dear Science doesn't sound as TV on the Radio used to .The first song does, but from there on they they go on a much more popish strain. Most of the songs are that alternative funk and r n' b that plays in chillout clubs(yes, it amazed me to).The other 3 or 4 songs are quiet, soft songs , like those that TV on the Radio had in the other records when they where calmer and more simple.

    September 2008
  • teh_xtrmntr

    How come I can't hear the full tracks? I was directed here from another website that promised full streaming tracks =S

    September 2008
  • Buttsnake

    There isn't a physical copy?

    September 2008
  • kegking

    Lame the other songs are gone and all thats left are the bonus tracks....

    September 2008
  • ModestM

    awesome.

    September 2008
  • Cookie_Mountain

    itunes says there's another bonus song called "dogs of light." anyone have it or know where to hear it? Can't tell much from the preview, except there's some female vocalist in it.

    September 2008
  • timtimxtreme

    not loving this as much as I hoped on first listen. maybe its a grower. cool production, of course.

    September 2008
  • rentaballoon

    wait.....what?

    September 2008
  • mr_ethanboy

    Holy shit INDEED.

    September 2008
  • Cookie_Mountain

    holy shit

    September 2008
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