- rock
- 40 min
- 11 tracks
- RCA
Comedown Machine is the fifth studio album by American rock band the Strokes. It was released on March 26, 2013, through RCA Records. The band decided to pull a media blackout for the album, with no television appearances, interviews, photoshoots, live shows, or tours. The cover artwork was designed to resemble an old RCA tape reel box.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, grave and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
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Metacritic 68/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 6.2/10
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubB
- Consequence of SoundC+
- Entertainment WeeklyC−
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- The Independent3/5 ★
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork6.1/10
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- Spin6/10
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Tracks
- 1Tap Out3:42
- 2All the Time3:01
- 3One Way Trigger4:02
- 4Welcome to Japan3:51
- 580s Comedown Machine4:59
- 650/502:43
- 7Slow Animals4:21
- 8Partners in Crime3:22
- 9Chances3:37
- 10Happy Ending2:52
- 11Call It Fate, Call It Karma3:25
11 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Strokes
- Label
- RCA
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- AU
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