Length 34:40 Release date 30 May 2005 | Artist Art Brut Label Fierce Panda Records | |
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Released 30 May 2005 (2005-05-30) Recorded The Exchange and Apollo Control Producer John Fortis, Howard Gray Bang Bang Rock & Roll
(2005) Art Brut Live At Schubas 11/15/2005
(2005) Genres Indie rock, Alternative rock, Art punk, Garage rock, Garage punk Similar Art Brut albums, Indie rock albums | ||
Bang Bang Rock & Roll is the debut studio album by British rock band Art Brut. It was re-released in 2006 with bonus CD.
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Reception
Bang Bang Rock & Roll was released to highly positive reviews from music critics; on the review aggregator site Metacritic, the album holds a score of 83, indicating "universal acclaim". The music review online magazine Pitchfork Media placed Bang Bang Rock & Roll at number 192 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.
Track listing
In other media
The first track from the album, "Formed a Band" was featured on the video game FIFA Street 2, as well as an episode of ITV's Lewis, the popular Inspector Morse spin-off. An earlier version of the song had previously been released on "The New Cross: An Angular Sampler", a compilation album released by Angular Records in 2003; and as a single on Rough Trade Records in 2004.
"Moving to L.A." was featured on "Bring Your Own Poison: The Rhythm Factory sessions". The single 'Good Weekend' has been featured on the Channel 4 programme Skins as well as the romantic comedy Good Luck Chuck. Although it wasn't released as a single, the album track "Fight!" was used in British teen soap Hollyoaks, while the album's title track, "Bang Bang, Rock & Roll", was featured on the Xbox 360 video game Saints Row as well as the 2012 Chevrolet "Chevy Sonic" Super Bowl Commercial. It was also covered by the American indie rock band We Are Scientists on their 2006 b-sides album Crap Attack.
Credits
Songs
1Formed A Band2:59
2My Little Brother2:24
3Emily Kane2:42