Length 47:31 Release date 12 April 2013 | Artist Yeah Yeah Yeahs | |
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Released April 12, 2013 (2013-04-12) Studio DFA Studios, Stratosphere Sound
(New York City, New York)
Sonic Ranch
(Tornillo, Texas)
The Square
(London, England)
Squeak E. Clean Studios
(Echo Park, California) Label Insomniac/Interscope Records Genres Indie rock, Alternative rock, Art punk, Art rock Producers Nick Launay, James Murphy, David Sitek, Sam Spiegel Similar Yeah Yeah Yeahs albums, Indie rock albums | ||
Yeah yeah yeahs sacrilege
Mosquito is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs, released on April 12, 2013 by Interscope Records. The lead single "Sacrilege" was released on February 26, 2013. "Despair" was released as the second single on July 19, 2013.
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Yeah yeah yeahs mosquito full album preview and interview
Promotion
The full album was posted on Noisey's YouTube page featuring a track-by-track interview with the band on April 2, 2013. On April 5, the band appeared on Late Show with David Letterman to perform "Sacrilege" accompanied by the gospel choir Broadway Inspirational Voices. Yeah Yeah Yeahs performed the songs "Mosquito" and "Sacrilege" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on April 15.
A music video for the title track, directed by B. Shimbe Shim, debuted on May 8, 2013. The video for the second single "Despair" was directed by Patrick Daughters and premiered on June 21.
Critical response
Mosquito received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100, the album received an average score of 75, based on 39 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
Commercial performance
Mosquito entered the Billboard 200 at number five with 38,000 copies sold in its first week, earning the band their first top-10 album on the chart. The album debuted at number nine on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 9,150 copies, becoming the band's third consecutive top-10 album.
Accolades
Mosquito was ranked number 30 on NME's 50 Best Albums of 2013 list and number 40 on Vice's Top 50 Albums of 2013 list.
Track listing
All tracks written by Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of the deluxe edition of Mosquito.
Songs
1Sacrilege3:50
2Subway5:17
3Mosquito3:00