Dear Science (Deluxe) by TV on the Radio

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    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Halfway Home 5:32 223,256
2 Crying 4:11 201,752
3 Dancing Choose 2:56 200,339
4 Stork & Owl 4:02 154,601
5 Golden Age 4:10 197,543
6 Family Tree 5:34 195,760
7 Red Dress 4:25 157,987
8 Love Dog 5:37 166,093
9 Shout Me Out 4:15 158,645
10 DLZ 3:49 193,320
11 Lover's Day 5:54 129,090
12 Non-Musical Silence 4:01 787
13 Make Love All Night Long 3:30 18,142
14 Heroic Dose 7:19 10,740
15 Dancing Choose (Prefuse 73 Remix) 3:47 10,584
16 Crying (Telepathe Remix) 4:30 9,399

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Interscope (2008) Released: 16 Sep 2008 16 tracks (73:32)
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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