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Released
  
3 August 2009

Two Dancers(2009)
  
Smother(2011)

Release date
  
3 August 2009

Length
  
37:26

Artist
  
Wild Beasts

Label
  
Domino Recording Company

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Recorded
  
Ledders Farm, Norfolk, January 2009

Producer
  
Richard Formby, Wild Beasts

Genres
  
Indie rock, Art rock, Alternative rock, Dream pop

Similar
  
Wild Beasts albums, Indie rock albums

Wild beasts all the king s men 2009


Two Dancers is the second studio album by British indie rock band Wild Beasts. It was released on 3 August 2009 in the UK on Domino Records, with a US release on 8 September. The track "Hooting and Howling" was released as the album's first single on 20 July. Two Dancers was very well received by critics.

Contents

Wild beasts two dancers the fun power plot


Reception

Aggregating website Metacritic reports a "universal acclaim" rating of 83% from notable critics. Pitchfork Media said, "Wild Beasts certainly aren't the first rock band to stand up society's dregs and outcasts, but few others immortalize them on such a wondrous, mythic scale." Drowned in Sound stated, "Two Dancers, then, doesn't so much follow up their debut as announce Wild Beasts as one of our genuinely special bands, one that can compete—in terms of both musical and lyrical ingenuity as well as sheer pop nous—with any US act you've seen talked up in the music press this year."

In 2010, Two Dancers was nominated for the Mercury Prize, which was subsequently won by the xx.

The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Track listing

  1. "The Fun Powder Plot" – 5:35
  2. "Hooting & Howling" – 4:35
  3. "All the King's Men" – 3:59
  4. "When I'm Sleepy" – 2:09
  5. "We Still Got the Taste Dancin' on Our Tongues" – 4:35
  6. "Two Dancers (i)" – 4:06
  7. "Two Dancers (ii)" – 2:37
  8. "This Is Our Lot" – 4:32
  9. "Underbelly" – 1:54
  10. "Empty Nest" – 3:24
  11. "Through the Iron Gate" (iTunes bonus track) – 5:37

Personnel

  • Hayden Thorpe – lead vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11), backing vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, production
  • Tom Fleming – lead vocals (tracks 3, 6, 7, 10), backing vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, guitar, production
  • Ben Little – lead guitar, production
  • Chris Talbot – drums, backing vocals, production
  • Richard Formby – production, engineering
  • David Pye – engineering
  • Lexxx – mixing
  • Russell Fawcus – assistance

    • Songs

    1The Fun Powder Plot5:35
    2Hooting & Howling4:35
    3All the King's Men4:00

    References

    Two Dancers Wikipedia
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