- indie rock, rock
- 50 min
- 12 tracks
- 4AD
High Violet is the fifth studio album by the American rock band The National, released on May 10, 2010, through 4AD. The band produced the album themselves, assisted by Peter Katis with whom they worked on their previous albums Alligator and Boxer at their own studio in Brooklyn, New York, and at Katis' Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The sculpture on the album cover was created by artist Mark Fox, and is called The Binding Force.
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Character
Spare, character-led, grave and contemporary.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
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Metacritic 85/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 8.3/10
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubA
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times3.5/4 ★
- MSN Music (Consumer Guide)A−
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork8.7/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Spin8/10
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Tracks
- 1Terrible Love4:39
- 2Sorrow3:25
- 3Anyone's Ghost2:54
- 4Little Faith4:36
- 5Afraid of Everyone4:19
- 6Bloodbuzz Ohio4:35
- 7Lemonworld3:23
- 8Runaway5:33
- 9Conversation 164:18
- 10England5:40
- 11Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks4:12
- 12Walk Off2:40
12 tracks, 50 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The National
- Label
- 4AD
- Released
- May 10, 2010
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- FR
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