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VAMPIRE WEEKEND - MODERN VAMPIRES OF THE CITY (ALBUM)
Label:XL/INE
Entry:26/05/2013 (Position 7)
Last week in charts:16/06/2013 (Position 42)
Peak:7 (1 weeks)
Weeks:4
Place on best of all time:3461 (120 points)
Year:2013
World wide:
ch  Peak: 18 / weeks: 3
de  Peak: 21 / weeks: 3
at  Peak: 24 / weeks: 4
fr  Peak: 18 / weeks: 7
nl  Peak: 20 / weeks: 10
be  Peak: 5 / weeks: 40 (Vl)
  Peak: 29 / weeks: 17 (Wa)
se  Peak: 17 / weeks: 4
fi  Peak: 34 / weeks: 2
no  Peak: 2 / weeks: 4
dk  Peak: 31 / weeks: 2
it  Peak: 55 / weeks: 2
es  Peak: 13 / weeks: 18
pt  Peak: 4 / weeks: 8
au  Peak: 7 / weeks: 4
nz  Peak: 19 / weeks: 4

CD
XL XLCD556


TRACKS
10/05/2013
CD XL XLCD556 / EAN 0634904055622
10/05/2013
Digital XL 4582214509358 / EAN 4582214509358
1. Obvious Bicycle
4:11
2. Unbelievers
3:22
3. Step
4:11
4. Diane Young
2:40
5. Don't Lie
3:33
6. Hannah Hunt
3:57
7. Everlasting Arms
3:03
8. Finger Back
3:25
9. Worship You
3:21
10. Ya Hey
5:12
11. Hudson
4:14
12. Young Lion
1:45
   
10/05/2013
LP XL XLLP556 / EAN 0634904055615
   
10/05/2013
LP XL XLLP556X / EAN 0634904055608
   

MUSIC DIRECTORY
Vampire WeekendVampire Weekend: Discography / Become a fan
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VAMPIRE WEEKEND IN AUSTRALIAN CHARTS
Albums

TitleEntryPeakweeks
Vampire Weekend24/08/2008372
Contra24/01/2010212
Modern Vampires Of The City26/05/201374
Father Of The Bride19/05/201983
SONGS BY VAMPIRE WEEKEND
2021
All Summer (Kid Cudi, Vampire Weekend & Best Coast)
A-Punk
Bambina
Big Blue
Boston
Broken Washing Machine
Bryn
California English
Campus
Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
Capricorn
Classical
Connect
Cousins
Diane Young
Diplomat's Son
Don't Lie
Everlasting Arms
Exit Music (For A Film)
Finger Back
Flower Moon (Vampire Weekend feat. Steve Lacy)
Gen-X Cops
Giant
Giving Up The Gun
Hannah Hunt
Harmony Hall
Hold You Now (Vampire Weekend feat. Danielle Haim)
Holiday
Hope
Horchata
Houston Dubai
How Long?
Hudson
I Stand Corrected
I Think Ur A Contra
Ice Cream Piano
I'm Going Down
Jerusalem, New York, Berlin
Jonathan Low
Ladies Of Cambridge
M79
Mansard Roof
Married In A Gold Rush (Vampire Weekend feat. Danielle Haim)
Mary Boone
My Mistake
Obvious Bicycle
One (Blake's Got A New Face)
Ottoman
Oxford Comma
Pravda
Prep-School Gangsters
Rich Man
Run
Spring Snow
Step
Stranger
Sunflower (Vampire Weekend feat. Steve Lacy)
Sympathy
Taxi Cab
The Kids Don't Stand A Chance
The Surfer
This Life
Time To Say Goodbye (Con te partirň)
Unbearably White
Unbelievers
Walcott
We Belong Together (Vampire Weekend feat. Danielle Haim)
White Sky
Worship You
Ya Hey
Young Lion
ALBUMS BY VAMPIRE WEEKEND
Contra
Father Of The Bride
Modern Vampires Of The City
Only God Was Above Us
Vampire Weekend
 
REVIEWS
Average points: 4.1 (Reviews: 10)
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*****
Never static, always evolving. The new Vampire Weekend album was only ever going to have minor similarities to its predecessors. What's most interesting is that it, arguably, bears just as much similarity to the debut record as it does with Contra. 'Step' and 'Diane Young' one after the other seems a bit unlike them, but nevertheless it is quite consistent. 'Finger Back', 'Don't Lie' and 'Hannah Hunt' seem like the other highlights but whenever I say this, I'm always wrong so lol to me reading this in the future :P There's plenty of potential in this. In retrospect, that's more important than the initial impression because (as I've implied) that changes so quickly. It's incredible that it's already album #3 (I hate to keep thinking back to this, but come on FF, it only took this band five years!!! :P) Nevertheless, I was anticipating this release and it did not disappoint, although the shift in sound will take some time getting used to. They're certainly one of those bands where you can REALLY tell what songs come from what album just by hearing them (like, where it's obvious :P). Anyway, pointless rant over.
****
With repeated listens I've grown to enjoy this album more and more and become less disappointed than I initially was. There are some wonderful moments here but it does peter out a little weakly; it'd be much better without the last two tracks, or with something better in their place.
****
I admit that I haven't heard much from Vampire Weekend before, so I came into listening to this album not knowing what type of music to expect.<br><br>This album contains a lot of slower stuff, balanced out with the occasional thrills, such as from "Diane Young" and "Finger Back". These were probably the album's best moments as well, but if it were all like that, it would probably be too much to handle in one listening.<br><br>Overall, considering pretty much every song on this album I rated a 3* or 4*, a 4* star rating is fitting for a mostly pleasant listening experience.
*****
It's 2014, that means that "Vampire Weekend" came out NEARLY SIX YEARS AGO! It's quite impressive, the following that this band has quickly amassed. Now on album #3 with two of them going #1 in the US (despite still being yet to manage a Hot 100 charting hit at all). But rather than be a band content with the fanbase they've picked up at one stop, they seem content on growing into something bigger.<br><br>I was rather hesitant in listening to this because I was rather concerned it would be filled with all the 'BAYBA BAYBA BAYBA' that I could ever need in a lifetime and thensome (although perhaps it does anyway), but there is more to this. On one count, it seems that to an extent, they've tossed away the word salad like a pile of leaves which results in something genuinely thought provoking at times. The "Twilight" phase has been and gone and these vampires actually have things to say on life and death.<br><br>It was rather surprising to go through all of the year end lists for 2013 and find that the one album that seemed to crop up more than anything else was not "Random Access Memories", nor "Yeezus", nor "Reflektor", but this! Certainly a respectable feat for a band whose hype had seemingly at the very least peaked. I suppose it would be easier to accept if I weren't a fairweather fan at best. Although in that context it does make a bit more sense. After all, the problem I usually have is that they're far too hit and miss without much to justify the misses. In ways they haven't changed, but they have added an extra dynamic to this to make for a less jagged listening experience (apart from 'that' song). Take "Hannah Hunt" and sing it over the instrumental from "Horchata" and I'd probably find it unbearable, but the way they've done it this time, works well for them.<br><br>They certainly haven't lost their quirkiness naturally. I was rather surprised at how many tracks stood out for me when listening. "Ya Hey"'s hook should be annoying but it isn't, "Unbelievers" is still a catchy gem, "Hudson" fascinates and captivates me, and "Finger Back"'s just too energetic and fun.<br><br>The gloves are off.<br><br>Edit 9 months on: It really is just a rewarding listen, and feels like one of the Modern Classics Of The 2010s. The sonic variation in this album really seals the deal, and that's something I never thought I'd say about a Vampire Weekend album. It's up from non-descript 4* to a 4.8*
Last edited: 19/10/2014 05:51
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