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Released
  
June 21, 2004

Length
  
44:26

Release date
  
21 June 2004

Genres
  
Indie pop, Indie folk

Recorded
  
Sept. 2003-Mar 2004

Artist
  
Kings of Convenience

Label
  
Virgin Records

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Producer
  
Kings of Convenience Davide Bertolini

Riot on an Empty Street (2004)
  
Declaration of Dependence (2009)

Similar
  
Declaration of Dependence, Quiet Is the New Loud, Versus, The Reminder, Rules

Kings of convenience homesick by earpjohn


Riot on an Empty Street is the second album from Norwegian duo Kings of Convenience. It features two song collaborations with Canadian musician Feist. It peaked at #2 in Norway, #3 in Italy (staying in the chart for a year) and #49 in the UK.

Contents

Kings of convenience homesick


Critical reception

Riot on an Empty Street received largely positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, based on 18 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".

Track listing

All tracks written by Eirik Glambek Bøe and Erlend Øye, except where noted.

Personnel

Kings of Convenience
  • Erlend Øye - lead (6, 12), co-lead (1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11) and harmony (5, 9, 10) vocals, guitar (7, 11, 12), steel string guitar (3, 4, 5, 10), electric guitar (1), bass (8), drums (5, 6, 8, 12), piano (8), banjo (6), trumpet (6), arrangement (4, 6)
  • Eirik Glambek Bøe - lead (2, 5, 9, 10), co-lead (1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11) and harmony (6) vocals, guitar (2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), nylon string guitar (1, 3, 4, 10), bass (8), piano (2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11), drums (7), arpeggios (11), percussion (8), banjo (7), arrangement (4, 6)
    • Additional personnel
  • Feist - lead vocals [outro] (5, 12)
  • Davide Bertolini - bass (7), upright bass (2, 4, 5, 6), bowed bass (11), arrangement (4, 6)
  • Tobias Hett - viola (2, 4, 6, 8), arrangement (4, 6)
  • Gary Peterson - trumpet (6), arrangement (6)
  • Siri Hilmen - cello (2, 3), cello [outro] (4), arrangement (3, 4)
  • Peter Kates - additional cymbals (8), hi-hat (8)
  • John-Arild Suther - trombone (9, 11)
  • Petter Alexander Olsen - creative consultant (9)

    • Songs

    1Homesick3:13
    2Misread3:08
    3Cayman Islands3:03

    References

    Riot on an Empty Street Wikipedia
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