Radlands (album)

Radlands is the fourth studio album by the Mystery Jets. On 3 April 2012, shortly before the release of Radlands, Kai Fish announced he would be leaving the band, with bassist Pete Cochrane taking his place for the band's UK tour.[9]

Radlands
Studio album by
Mystery Jets
Released30 April 2012 (2012-04-30)
RecordedWestlake, Austin, Texas, US
GenreIndie rock
Length52:05
LabelRough Trade
ProducerDan Carey
Mystery Jets chronology
Serotonin
(2010)		 Radlands
(2012)		 Curve of the Earth
(2016)
Singles from Radlands
  1. "Someone Purer"
    Released: 16 April 2012
  2. "Greatest Hits"
    Released: 18 June 2012
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic67/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
BBC(positive)[3]
Drowned in Sound6/10[4]
The Guardian[5]
The Independent[6]
NME[7]
Pitchfork Media5.4/10[8]

The album was recorded in a home recording studio set up in a country house by the Colorado river in the Westlake area in Austin, Texas.

The album peaked at number 40 on the UK Albums Chart.[10]

The name 'Radlands' is an amalgamation of Keith Richards' 1960s apartment Redlands and the Terrence Malick film Badlands.[11]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Radlands"5:28
2."You Had Me at Hello"4:22
3."Someone Purer"5:18
4."The Ballad of Emmerson Lonestar"4:58
5."Greatest Hits"3:35
6."The Hale Bop"3:02
7."The Nothing"4:55
8."Take Me Where the Roses Grow"4:31
9."Sister Everett"4:49
10."Lost in Austin"6:19
11."Luminescense"4:48
Total length:52:05

References
  1. "Radlands by Mystery Jets". Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. Deming, Mark. Radlands > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  3. "BBC Music review".
  4. "Drowned in Sound review".
  5. Carnwath, Ally (29 April 2012). "Mystery Jets: Radlands – review - Music - The Guardian". The Guardian.
  6. Price, Simon (29 April 2012). "Album: Album: Mystery Jets, Radlands (Rough Trade) - Reviews - Music - The Independent". The Independent.
  7. Denney, Alex (30 April 2012). "NME Album Reviews - Mystery Jets - 'Radlands'". Nme.Com.
  8. "Pitchfork review".
  9. Chris Bright. "Music - Review of Mystery Jets - Radlands". BBC. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  10. "Mystery Jets", Official Charts Company, retrieved 12 September 2012
  11. Toh, Christopher. "Culture & Lifestyle | Music | Being rad". TODAYonline. Retrieved 14 September 2012.



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