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Track List
01) Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra)
02) If You Wanna
03) A Lack of Understanding
04) Blow It Up
05) Wetsuit
06) Nørgaard
07) Post Break-Up Sex
08) Under Your Thumb
09) All in White
10) Wolf Pack
11) Family Friend / Somebody Else's Child
01) Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra)
02) If You Wanna
03) A Lack of Understanding
04) Blow It Up
05) Wetsuit
06) Nørgaard
07) Post Break-Up Sex
08) Under Your Thumb
09) All in White
10) Wolf Pack
11) Family Friend / Somebody Else's Child
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2011
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What Did You Expect from The Vaccines? is the debut studio album by English indie rock band The Vaccines. It was released on 11 March 2011 by Columbia Records, entering the UK Albums Chart at #4, going on to become the biggest-selling debut by a band in 2011.[citation needed] Two singles preceded the release of the album which attained generally positive reviews and gold status by May of the same year.
The album's title comes from a line in the song "Post Break-Up Sex".
The first single from the album, "Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra)" / "Blow It Up" was released in the United Kingdom on 22 November 2010 through Marshall Teller Records. The single was an unexpected airplay hit in the UK, Australia and Europe, and hit the lower regions of the UK chart. The second single from the album, "Post Break-Up Sex", was released in the United Kingdom on 24 January 2011. The single debuted at number 32 on the UK chart. The third single from the album, "If You Wanna" was released on 20 March 2011, a week after the release of the album. Having first been released as the band's first demo, the single has been re-recorded for the album. The single gained chart success peaking at number 35.
The fourth single from the album, "All in White" was released on 5 June 2011. The fifth single from the album, "Nørgaard", a song about Danish Supermodel Amanda Nørgaard was released digitally on 19 August 2011. The song had previously been available for free as the "Single of the Week" on iTunes. The sixth and final single from the album, "Wetsuit" / "Tiger Blood" was released on 11 December 2011. The single was made available as a double A-side with a new Albert Hammond, Jr.-produced track "Tiger Blood".
User Album Review
A bold first step from tipped rockers, but it’s the stumbles that impress the most.
With the cocksure album title, incredibly well received debut tracks, and, we would guess, many declarations of love off the back of the moody jilted lover stares they so expertly delivered in their Post Break-Up Sex video, you can see why people might be just a little suspicious (but mainly jealous) of The Vaccines. But it’s not all smooth moves and knocked-out-in-their-sleep tunes for the four-piece, as this first full-length proves.
And it’s the rawer, less-than-perfect moments that make What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? a hell of a lot more interesting than the copycat indie rock record it at first appears to be. The Strokes-isms are nothing new and they rear their heads from the off, paraded unabashedly; from the woozy guitar solos you can whoop along with, to the buzzing Room on Fire riffs and the interplay between chugging rhythm section and chk-a chk-a lead fret-work, Casablancas and co’s influence is all over the opening tracks. A Lack of Understanding then channels Editors in its not quite believable robotic melancholy, but there’s a point where it turns, and as Justin Young waveringly asks "Are you ready are you ready are you ready for this? Should I shake your hand or should I give you a kiss?" the track is brought to a genuinely goosebump-inducing close.
Blow It Up feels throwaway as a follow-up, and Wetsuit’s lyrics are so painfully bad, it’s hard to take its soaring melodies seriously. "Put a wetsuit on, come on come on / Grow your hair out long, come on come on / Put a t-shirt on, do me wrong, do me wrong, do me wrong," Young croons, as we try our best to imagine singing along to this and not feeling like a moron – not possible. Similarly Post Break-Up Sex boasts its own share of dreadful couplets; Nørgaard is Ramones-ish bubblegum punk fizz and frippery; and Under Your Thumb finds Young repeating "Eleanor" over and over by way of a chorus – hardly inspiring.
The final four tracks, however, boast an unanticipated flash of brilliance from The Vaccines and are consequently very much worth exploring. The lolloping bass-led All in White is a highlight as we hear real vulnerability from Young over an epic chorus. Emotion bubbles into the recordings again during the frenetic, shriek-tinged attack of Wolf Pack, and before it turns into the stark, piano ballad Somebody Else’s Child, Family Friend builds into a thrilling cacophony of pounding rhythms, cracking vocals and screeching guitars. The less they do big dumb bravado, it seems, the more there is to love about this London bunch.
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What Did You Expect from The Vaccines? is the debut studio album by English indie rock band The Vaccines. It was released on 11 March 2011 by Columbia Records, entering the UK Albums Chart at #4, going on to become the biggest-selling debut by a band in 2011.[citation needed] Two singles preceded the release of the album which attained generally positive reviews and gold status by May of the same year.
The album's title comes from a line in the song "Post Break-Up Sex".
The first single from the album, "Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra)" / "Blow It Up" was released in the United Kingdom on 22 November 2010 through Marshall Teller Records. The single was an unexpected airplay hit in the UK, Australia and Europe, and hit the lower regions of the UK chart. The second single from the album, "Post Break-Up Sex", was released in the United Kingdom on 24 January 2011. The single debuted at number 32 on the UK chart. The third single from the album, "If You Wanna" was released on 20 March 2011, a week after the release of the album. Having first been released as the band's first demo, the single has been re-recorded for the album. The single gained chart success peaking at number 35.
The fourth single from the album, "All in White" was released on 5 June 2011. The fifth single from the album, "Nørgaard", a song about Danish Supermodel Amanda Nørgaard was released digitally on 19 August 2011. The song had previously been available for free as the "Single of the Week" on iTunes. The sixth and final single from the album, "Wetsuit" / "Tiger Blood" was released on 11 December 2011. The single was made available as a double A-side with a new Albert Hammond, Jr.-produced track "Tiger Blood".
User Album Review
A bold first step from tipped rockers, but it’s the stumbles that impress the most.
With the cocksure album title, incredibly well received debut tracks, and, we would guess, many declarations of love off the back of the moody jilted lover stares they so expertly delivered in their Post Break-Up Sex video, you can see why people might be just a little suspicious (but mainly jealous) of The Vaccines. But it’s not all smooth moves and knocked-out-in-their-sleep tunes for the four-piece, as this first full-length proves.
And it’s the rawer, less-than-perfect moments that make What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? a hell of a lot more interesting than the copycat indie rock record it at first appears to be. The Strokes-isms are nothing new and they rear their heads from the off, paraded unabashedly; from the woozy guitar solos you can whoop along with, to the buzzing Room on Fire riffs and the interplay between chugging rhythm section and chk-a chk-a lead fret-work, Casablancas and co’s influence is all over the opening tracks. A Lack of Understanding then channels Editors in its not quite believable robotic melancholy, but there’s a point where it turns, and as Justin Young waveringly asks "Are you ready are you ready are you ready for this? Should I shake your hand or should I give you a kiss?" the track is brought to a genuinely goosebump-inducing close.
Blow It Up feels throwaway as a follow-up, and Wetsuit’s lyrics are so painfully bad, it’s hard to take its soaring melodies seriously. "Put a wetsuit on, come on come on / Grow your hair out long, come on come on / Put a t-shirt on, do me wrong, do me wrong, do me wrong," Young croons, as we try our best to imagine singing along to this and not feeling like a moron – not possible. Similarly Post Break-Up Sex boasts its own share of dreadful couplets; Nørgaard is Ramones-ish bubblegum punk fizz and frippery; and Under Your Thumb finds Young repeating "Eleanor" over and over by way of a chorus – hardly inspiring.
The final four tracks, however, boast an unanticipated flash of brilliance from The Vaccines and are consequently very much worth exploring. The lolloping bass-led All in White is a highlight as we hear real vulnerability from Young over an epic chorus. Emotion bubbles into the recordings again during the frenetic, shriek-tinged attack of Wolf Pack, and before it turns into the stark, piano ballad Somebody Else’s Child, Family Friend builds into a thrilling cacophony of pounding rhythms, cracking vocals and screeching guitars. The less they do big dumb bravado, it seems, the more there is to love about this London bunch.
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