District Sleeps Alone Tonight [Single]

The Postal Service | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 8, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: Sub Pop
• ASIN: B00009V7RG
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #155,571 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

JOHN TEJADA & DJ DOWNFALL MIXES Postal Service return with their indie/electronic sound, with the huge single The District Sleeps Alone Tonight. Remixes courtesy of dj Downfall and Canadian tech maestro John Tejada

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid single, September 18, 2003

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E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: District Sleeps Alone Tonight (Audio CD)

The Postal Service offers a new single from their album "Give Up," and it's worth every penny. While one of the remixes fails to live up to the original, the cover and other two songs are solid, enjoyable, and thoroughly pleasant to listen to.

"District Sleeps Tonight" is a pleasant, slightly melancholy song, ("You seem so out of context/ in this gaudy apartment complex") and the DJ Downfall Remix of that same song is a faster, poppier, longer, more danceable version, and unfortunately a little less engaging. The John Tejada Remix of "Such Great Heights" is pleasant and upbeat remix; the single is rounded off by a quirky percussion-led cover of the Flaming Lips' "Suddenly Everything Has Changed."

It's a pleasant weaving of rock, pop, electronica and what-have-you, with sweet lyrics and good music, like a bright-eyed cousin of Radiohead. Energetic and fun (with a bonus for Lips fans like myself), a good buy if you have four bucks on you.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good cd single, they are in the right direction., July 11, 2003

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"sdldawn" (Jackson, MS United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: District Sleeps Alone Tonight (Audio CD)

If u like the Postal Service, this single is a must! The remixes are very unique, and they arent the usual cliche type of remix u would find on someone's single. This band has a unique feel to their music, and I hope they are around a long time.

The cover of the flaming lips song, "Suddenly everything has changed" is another gem to add to your collection.

This single is highly reccomended, and I also think their last single "Such Great Heights" was simply beautiful.

keep it goin:)

4.0 out of 5 stars Postal Service, The - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight, February 28, 2011

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This review is from: District Sleeps Alone Tonight (Audio CD)

Indietronica? Sure, why not? Benjamin Gibbard's painfully earnest vocals over Jimmy Tamborello's slightly abstract electronic composition actually works well, although THE DISTRICT SLEEPS TONIGHT veers more towards pop than their collaboration on the Dntel album, even culminating in a near-danceable house beat. DJ Downfall starts his mix with a bass that verges on Euro-disco, but once the beat kicks in and the electronic flashes arrive fast and heavy, there's no question: Euro-disco. John Tejada comes through with a tech-house mix of "Such Great Heights" that, at times, cuts up Gibbard's vocals and, at others, puts them on center stage with electronic harmonizing. The b-side, "Suddenly Everything Has Changed," seems earnest, but is endearing nonetheless.