Return to Cookie Mountain

Return to Cookie Mountain
Studio album by TV on the Radio
Released July 6, 2006
Genre Alternative rock, indie rock, post-rock
Length 56:10
Label 4AD (worldwide)
Interscope/Touch and Go (US / Canada)
Producer David Andrew Sitek
TV on the Radio chronology
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
(2004)		 Return to Cookie Mountain
(2006)		 Dear Science
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic88/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The A.V. ClubA[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[4]
The Guardian[5]
MSN MusicA−[6]
NME9/10[7]
Pitchfork Media9.1/10[8]
Q[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Spin[11]

Return to Cookie Mountain is the second studio album by American alt-rock group TV on the Radio. It was released July 6, 2006 worldwide by 4AD, and issued in the U.S. and Canada on September 12, 2006 by Interscope Records and Touch and Go Recordings. The North American release features three bonus tracks, two of which are B-sides from the single "Wolf Like Me"; the other is a remix of "Hours" by El-P. Videos were made for the singles "Wolf Like Me" and "Province".

The album featured several notable guest vocalists: "Province" features backing vocals from David Bowie, who championed the band's full-length debut, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes; Katrina Ford of the band Celebration guests on "Wolf Like Me", "Let the Devil In" and "Blues from Down Here"; Kazu Makino of Blonde Redhead sings on "Hours".

Return to Cookie Mountain earned overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics, and was named the album of the year by Spin for 2006, leading to the band's appearance on the magazine's cover. The album was ranked second on Pitchfork Media's list of Top 50 Albums of 2006.[12] Rolling Stone, Slant Magazine, and Stylus Magazine each named the album as the fourth best of 2006, and the album is ranked fifth on Metacritic's year-end list. In 2009, Rhapsody ranked the album at eighth on its "100 Best Albums of the Decade" list.[13]

Track listing

  1. "I Was a Lover" (Kyp Malone, David Andrew Sitek) – 4:21
  2. "Hours" (Tunde Adebimpe) – 3:55
  3. "Province" (Malone, Sitek) – 4:37
  4. "Playhouses" (Malone) – 5:11
  5. "Wolf Like Me" (Adebimpe) – 4:39
  6. "A Method" (Adebimpe) – 4:25
  7. "Let the Devil In" (Malone) – 4:27
  8. "Dirtywhirl" (Adebimpe) – 4:15
  9. "Blues from Down Here" (Malone) – 5:17
  10. "Tonight" (Adebimpe) – 6:53
  11. "Wash the Day" (Malone, Sitek, Adebimpe) – 8:08

U.S. bonus tracks

[silence]

…
  1. "Untitled" - 1:44
  2. "Snakes and Martyrs" (Malone) – 4:07
  3. "Hours (El-P remix)" (Adebimpe) – 4:26
  4. "Things You Can Do" (Adebimpe, Sitek) – 5:26

Personnel

"I Was a Lover"

"Hours"

"Province"

"Playhouses"

"Wolf Like Me"

"A Method"

"Let the Devil In"

This track includes extended samples from Lou Reed's 1975 noise album Metal Machine Music during the verses.

"Dirtywhirl"

"Blues from Down Here"

"Tonight"

"Wash the Day"

References

  1. ↑ "Reviews for Return to Cookie Mountain by TV on the Radio". Metacritic. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  2. ↑ Phares, Heather. "Return to Cookie Mountain – TV on the Radio". AllMusic. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  3. ↑ Ryan, Kyle (September 12, 2006). "TV On The Radio: Return To Cookie Mountain". The A.V. Club. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  4. ↑ Kot, Greg (September 11, 2006). "Return to Cookie Mountain". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  5. ↑ Petridis, Alexis (June 30, 2006). "TV on the Radio, Return to Cookie Mountain". The Guardian. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  6. ↑ Christgau, Robert (February 2007). "Consumer Guide". MSN Music. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  7. ↑ "TV on the Radio: Return to Cookie Mountain". NME: 41. July 8, 2006.
  8. ↑ Dahlen, Chris (July 5, 2006). "TV on the Radio: Return to Cookie Mountain". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  9. ↑ "TV on the Radio: Return to Cookie Mountain". Q (241): 115. August 2006.
  10. ↑ Ringen, Jonathan (September 7, 2006). "Return To Cookie Mountain". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  11. ↑ Lim, Dennis (June 2006). "Space Is the Place". Spin. 22 (6): 81. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  12. ↑ Pitchfork staff (2006-12-19). "Top 50 Albums of 2006". Pitchfork Media.
  13. ↑ "Rhapsody's 100 Best Albums of the Decade" Retrieved 12 January 2010. Archived January 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
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