- indie rock
- 44 min
- 10 tracks
- Interscope Records
Nine Types of Light is the fourth studio album by American rock band TV on the Radio, released on April 11, 2011, through Interscope Records. It is the final TV on the Radio album to feature bassist Gerard Smith, who died of lung cancer nine days after it was released. The album's lead single "Will Do" was released on February 23, 2011. Its closing track, "Caffeinated Consciousness", was made available on the band's website as a free download on March 10, 2011.
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Character
Character-led, spare, grave and contemporary.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
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Metacritic 82/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 7.8/10
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubA
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times3.5/4 ★
- MSN Music (Expert Witness)A−
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork7.7/10
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Spin8/10
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Tracks
- 1Second Song4:22
- 2Keep Your Heart5:43
- 3You4:05
- 4No Future Shock4:03
- 5Killer Crane6:15
- 6Will Do3:46
- 7New Cannonball Blues4:34
- 8Repetition3:46
- 9Forgotten3:40
- 10Caffeinated Consciousness3:21
10 tracks, 44 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- TV on the Radio
- Label
- Interscope Records
- Released
- 2011
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- AU
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