- indie rock, rock, alternative rock, post-punk revival
- 69 min
- 17 tracks
- Speak N Spell
The Back Room is the debut studio album of British rock band Editors; it was released on 25 July 2005 through Kitchenware Records. The Editors formed while attending university and later moved to Birmingham, where they played club shows and made demos.
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Character
Spare, grave, character-led and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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Metacritic 76/100
- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB−
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- The Irish Times4/5 ★
- Mojo4/5 ★
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork6/10
- Q3/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- The Village VoiceC+
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Tracks
- 1Lights2:31
- 2Munich3:46
- 3Blood3:29
- 4Fall5:06
- 5All Sparks3:34
- 6Camera5:03
- 7Fingers in the Factories4:14
- 8Bullets3:09
- 9Someone Says3:14
- 10Open Your Arms6:00
- 11Distance3:38
- 1Let Your Good Heart Lead You Home4:38
- 2You Are Fading4:31
- 3Crawl Down the Wall3:34
- 4Colours3:52
- 5Release5:44
- 6Forest Fire3:01
17 tracks, 69 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Editors
- Label
- Speak N Spell
- Released
- 2005
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- AU
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