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Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV on the RadioAudio CD
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (61 customer reviews)

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EIGHT THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE TEN SONGS ON THE NEW TV ON THE RADIO ALBUM, NINE TYPES OF LIGHT (THIRTEEN SONGS IF YOU BUY THE DELUXE EDITION)

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This TV On The Radio album, Nine Types of Light (Interscope), is a lush and beautiful album that stands apart from the group's previous work. If their other albums had shades of dystopia and distress, this album, sung by Tunde ... Read more in Amazon's TV on the Radio Store

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Product Details

  • Audio CD (March 9, 2004)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Touch & Go Records
  • ASIN: B0001BVI86
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (61 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,550 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. The Wrong Way
2. Staring At The Sun
3. Dreams
4. King Eternal
5. Ambulance
6. Poppy
7. Don't Love You
8. Bomb Yourself
9. Wear You Out

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TVOTR is a highly original group from Brooklyn, NY characterized by vocals that range from crazily high-pitched to group chanting and a pop-based sound that’s rampantly experimental but always melodic. Unlike their school-of-’78-in-’04 peers such as the Rapture and Interpol, TVOTR’s music is as rooted in blues, free jazz and gospel as it is the post-punk canon or contemporary electronic music. This makes Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes far more interesting, naturally; the purely vocal "Ambulance" is novel and exciting as anything by Björk, Spongehead Experience or Pere Ubu. With lyrics that impressively, and un-preachingly, tackle issues of race and war, this finalist for 2004’s Shortlist Competition easily ranks among the best albums of that year. --Mike McGonigal

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Pop, rock, and art songs about discordant living, misrepresentation, life, afterlife, love, and love "after hours". Scandalous. Undeniably catchy songs with incredible production, arrangements, champion crooning, and a host of extras. "They sound like Pere Ubu meets Belfegore meets The Tar Babies meets a way less chilly Notwist with a smidge of Metric thrown in"--Jane.

Customer Reviews

Don't really care for Ambulance or Poppy....they are not bad songs but they are long and drag on. "icameasarat"  |  4 reviewers made a similar statement
This band has drawn together disparate elements and sounds into an incredibly complex living structure. Nicole H. Katano  |  1 reviewer made a similar statement
I'm still not sure why these guys are popular. J. Cacciola  |  1 reviewer made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
17 of 20 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice, but ultimately disappointing August 1, 2004
By Colin
Format:Audio CD
I've had this album since the day it was released, and it's taken me this long to come to a conclusion regarding my feelings toward it. At first, I wanted to like it, all of it. The first song showed some hope for the album's reaching my high expectations, which were set in reference to the band's absolutely brilliant EP, "Young Liars." From track 2 onward, however, I was, for the most part, let down. The band showed true potential for greatness in their EP, but the album as a whole essentially falls short. "Wrong Way," "Staring at the Sun" (why did they cut out the vocal intro?!? it's so beautiful!), "Ambulance," and "Poppy" are the album's only truly strong tracks. The rest of the record is nice enough, but this band is capable of so much better. I originally had this rated as 3 stars, but I decided that a band with so much potential for so much better (as proven on "Young Liars") deserved at least 4.

P.S.- I haven't had the opportunity to see them perform these songs live, and I hear they put on a hell of a show. Seeing these songs played live could easily change my impression of the mediocre tracks on the album, and that fact should be taken into account.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
What does "hipster" even mean?? and is the fact that this band is composed of "hipsters" that significant to the album? I will venture a guess and say no. I'm not particularly enamoured of the self-righteous wierdness of musicians who defiantly call themselves "Indie", i don't wear Rivers Cuomo brand square-rim glasses, and I never considered myself a "hipster" but I still love this CD. I just had to get that hipster rant off my chest cuz it seems like a lot of people (everywhere, not just in these reviews) have taken this band as some sort of indie rock experiment, only worth considering it in the context of all those other wierd indy guys.

i was introduced to the band by MTV2 in Italy, which was playing one of their videos at about 3am. As an avid electronic music fan and practitioner, my ears are somewhat attuned to the twisty sounds of synthesizers and unmistakable precision of drum machines, much like hippies are attracted to didgeridoos, bar chords, and Grateful Dead covers. TVOTR initially struck me as another generally enjoyable though not terribly interesting synthpop band, like Zero7 or Air or any of those other unobtrusive sorts of electro-lounge outfits. But I kept waiting for what i figured was the inevitable beat drop into a chorus or something, and the more it didn't happen, the more interested I got, cuz i couldn't quite figure out what the hell they were up to. When the song finally wound down and ended, more of a 4 minute swell than a build to an ultimate climax, i thought "that was interesting" and bought the album shortly thereafter.

This really is some very unique and somewhat unpredictable music. Regardless of what some reviewers claim, it is not anything remotely close to a Massive Attack knock-off. The sound of the band is similar to trip-hop acts, dark, brooding, somewhat lo-fi, but their songs are structured purely in terms of melody. The programming and atmosphere are constructed around surprisingly robust vocals and strong, evolving melodies that sort of drive themselves, without needing to rely so explicitly on the verse-chorus pop template. Any similarity to trip-hop is purely in the background rhythms, which as i said are more support for vocals than anything else.

Admittedly they do seem to run out of ideas towards the end of the album, about halfway through I begin to tire of it. I have to stress however, that "Wrong Way", "Staring at the Sun", "Dreams", and "King Eternal" are consistently enjoyable. As another reviewer said, if TVOTR maintains that quality on a future record it will be quite an album. I can't think of much else to say, this is really unusual stuff. it's quite apparent that these guys have a different musical sensibility than most anything else on the market.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievable March 18, 2004
Format:Audio CD
Having recently had the supreme privilege of seeing this group perform at an intimate gig, TV has jumped from great band to full on superstars in my view. Blessed with the incredible vocal power of not one but two artistic savants (Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone), this band defies any attempt and pigeonholing. Hints of classic soul, perhaps even true doo wop might be observable, but in no way should the potential listener believe they know what this band sounds like before they put their own ears through the experience. When first listening to "Young Liars", comparisons to Peter Gabriel seemed natural, but really only stand up in a surface comparison to the vocal textures. The lyrics possess a darkness and intensity rarely seen. There is a sense of protest in their song crafting, a palpable aura of rebellion.. Not becoming anything so simple as a political statement or stance on issues, they seem to radiate an intrinsic feeling of non-acceptance to the cold layers of society. In "Staring at the Sun", which makes its way from their brilliant debut "Young Liars", the singers hang on with concentrated determination ("Oh my own voice can not save me now / It's just one more breath and then down I'll go") in front of their unique wall of sound. Occasionally, Kyp breaks out some guitar chord melodies that accent that wall, but don't expect any self gratifying guitar solo's to appear. This band works in unison to create a sound unlike any other, a sound that is refined and expanded on "Desparate Youth". This band is for real, they are truly going to be one of the greatest bands of this decade if they continue down the path they are laying.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars This band is great
I saw them at Voodoo Fest in New Orleans and I was hooked. I do prefer some of their other CDs a little more but this is certainly worth the cash.
Published 1 month ago by Jill N Lindberg
5.0 out of 5 stars Favourite TV on the Radio album
Classic TV on the Radio sound. I love all the songs on this album, I wish I bought a CD for myself and not only for my boyfriend...
Published 4 months ago by Zabrina Yaremko
5.0 out of 5 stars Great album
TV on the Radio is a great avant-garde rock band out of New York. They have quite the unique sounds, though they tend to tread in Beck's territory. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Istvan Kolnhofer
4.0 out of 5 stars Post post rock
Absorbing feature introduction to one of modern rock's most promising indie upstarts, DY is afforded a more natural fluidity later consciously challenging material can elude.
Published on September 30, 2009 by IRate
5.0 out of 5 stars for better or worse
awesome-every song is sung with so much feeling, saw these guys live and they're far better on the album.
Published on December 17, 2008 by lydia_online
5.0 out of 5 stars Great!
I got this CD after Return to Cookie Mountain. At first I thought I liked Cookie Mountain better, but now I listen to this one more. It's great.
Published on December 18, 2007 by Mashmal
3.0 out of 5 stars Oh! the album this could've been
First off, let me say how much I appreciate the ingenuity in this album. The Wrong Way is almost flawless. An announcing horn section leads you through the intro to this album. Read more
Published on February 2, 2007 by Mud Pyramid
4.0 out of 5 stars as a sophomore release, it's damn good
it's very rare that any band as celebrated as this one survives their own press to make a truly great 2nd album. Read more
Published on December 22, 2006 by risa
2.0 out of 5 stars Lack the skills to pay the bills.
OK, I get it, they're not SUPPOSED to be a straight up rock 'n roll band and as such I should probably ignore the fact that they rock about as hard as... Read more
Published on December 13, 2006 by Cromulus
5.0 out of 5 stars Unique.
Well, being an all-black indie rock band, TV on the Radio are already pretty unique in the genre. However, it doesn't stop there. Read more
Published on October 10, 2006 by The Wickerman
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