:Fever to Tell
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{{Infobox album
| name = Fever to Tell
| type = studio
| artist = Yeah Yeah Yeahs
| cover = Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell.png
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2003|4|29}}
| recorded =
| studio = Headgear (Brooklyn, New York)
| genre =
| length = {{duration|m=37|s=25}}
| label = Interscope
| producer =
- David Andrew Sitek
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
| prev_title = Machine
| prev_year = 2002
| next_title = Show Your Bones
| next_year = 2006
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Fever to Tell
| type = studio
| single1 = Date with the Night
| single1date = April 14, 2003
| single2 = Pin
| single2date = 2003
| single3 = Maps
| single3date = September 22, 2003
| single4 = Y Control
| single4date = June 1, 2004
}}
}}
Fever to Tell is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs, released on April 29, 2003, by Interscope Records. It was produced by David Andrew Sitek and mixed by Alan Moulder. Four singles were issued, the first being "Date with the Night" followed by "Pin", "Maps" and "Y Control".
Fever to Tell was both a critical and commercial success; it has sold one million copies worldwide.
Recording and production
By 2002, Yeah Yeah Yeahs had achieved a respected reputation for their live performances and critical acclaim for their debut EP, leading to several overtures from major record labels. The band wanted to finance their debut album themselves and chose to record at the low-budget Headgear Studio in Brooklyn. "It was really important for us to do it on our turf, on our terms", lead singer Karen O later told Spin. "We were all living together, and all the money we used to fund it came out of our pocket."
Fever to Tell was produced by Yeah Yeah Yeahs with David Andrew Sitek, a multi-instrumentalist and producer from the band TV on the Radio. Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner first met Sitek while working together at a Brooklyn clothing store, and he went on to drive and manage them for their first concert tour. In 2002, the band asked Sitek to produce their debut album. Karen O recalls the decision in an interview with Lizzy Goodman for her 2017 book Meet Me in the Bathroom. "I remember him giving me a few burned CDs of stuff that he had worked on", Karen O said. "I guess he was just a buddy, and we felt immediately like we were family with him. And we didn't know anyone else. That was probably one of the biggest reasons we worked with him, because we didn't know anyone else. Then, of course, he ended up being really fucking masterful."
Once the recording was finished, the album was mixed in London by Zinner and sound engineer Alan Moulder.
Musical style
According to Paste, Fever to Tell was representative of the early-2000s' garage rock revival,{{Cite web |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/01/the-50-best-garage-rock-albums-of-all-time.html?p=2 |title=The 50 Best Garage Rock Albums of All Time |date=January 29, 2018 |website=Paste |author=Jackson, Josh |display-authors=etal |access-date=February 17, 2018 |archive-date=February 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217202741/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/01/the-50-best-garage-rock-albums-of-all-time.html?p=2 |url-status=live }} while Dan Epstein from Rolling Stone called the record an "NYC art-punk landmark".{{cite magazine|last=Epstein|first=Dan|date=April 29, 2018|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/yeah-yeah-yeahs-fever-to-tell-10-things-you-didnt-know-630652/|title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs' 'Fever to Tell': 10 Things You Didn't Know|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=November 22, 2018|archive-date=July 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725060446/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/yeah-yeah-yeahs-fever-to-tell-10-things-you-didnt-know-630652/|url-status=live}} Its music was also described as "ecstatic dance punk", by Alex Denney of The Guardian.{{cite web |last=Denney |first=Alex |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/mar/15/yeah-yeah-yeahs-its-blitz |title=Rock review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It's Blitz! |work=The Guardian |date=March 15, 2009 |access-date=November 12, 2016 |archive-date=November 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113045007/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/mar/15/yeah-yeah-yeahs-its-blitz |url-status=live }} Journalist Jon Pareles of The New York Times said that the band "are closer to Siouxsie and the Banshees (but with a grin) and Led Zeppelin (but with estrogen) than to the blues". The slow closing track "Modern Romance" was compared to a Velvet Underground drone. Music historian Nick Kent compared Karen O's singing style to Lydia Lunch and PJ Harvey. Kent also described the record as musically "Siouxsie Sioux jamming with Led Zeppelin".{{cite news |url=http://next.liberation.fr/guide/2003/04/25/yeah-yeah-yeahs_462700 |author=Kent, Nick |author-link=Nick Kent |title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs |newspaper=Libération |date=25 April 2003 |access-date=10 September 2015 |archive-date=13 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913033045/http://next.liberation.fr/guide/2003/04/25/yeah-yeah-yeahs_462700 |url-status=dead }} Journalist Alexis Petridis remarked that "Y Control" was based on a riff from art-rockers Big Black, then transformed into spacey new-wave pop.
Marketing and sales
Fever to Tell was released on May 3, 2003, by Interscope Records.{{cite magazine|editor-last=Paoletta|editor-first=Michael|date=May 3, 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mA0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA44|title=Reviews & Previews|page=44|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 22, 2018}} It debuted at number 67 on the Billboard 200 in the week of May 17.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQ0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA60|title=The Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|volume=115|issue=20|date=May 17, 2003|page=60|issn=0006-2510|via=Google Books}} To promote the album, "Date with the Night" and "Pin" were released as the first two singles. Interscope wanted to release "Maps" earlier but the band's resistance delayed it until February 2004, when the album had sold only 124,000 copies. The single became a hit on MTV and rock radio, charting at number nine on Billboard{{'}}s Hot Modern Rock Tracks, and its success helped triple sales of the album.
In March 2009, the album reached sales of more than one million copies worldwide.{{cite web |last=Forrest |first=Emma |author-link=Emma Forrest |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/mar/30/pop-music-yeah-yeah-yeahs |title=There are too many whiny bands |work=The Guardian |date=March 30, 2009 |access-date=November 12, 2016 |archive-date=March 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309011525/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/mar/30/pop-music-yeah-yeah-yeahs |url-status=live }} As of March 2013, Fever to Tell had sold 640,000 copies in United States.{{cite magazine |last=Haramis |first=Nick |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/2013/2013-03-09-Billboard-Page-0024.pdf |title=On with the Show |magazine=Billboard |volume=125 |issue=9 |date=March 9, 2013 |page=24 |issn=0006-2510 |via=World Radio History |access-date=2022-01-16 |archive-date=2022-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116201941/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/2013/2013-03-09-Billboard-Page-0024.pdf |url-status=live }}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| MC = 85/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/fever-to-tell/yeah-yeah-yeahs/critic-reviews |title=Reviews for Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs |website=Metacritic |access-date=September 19, 2011 |archive-date=March 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323080910/http://www.metacritic.com/music/fever-to-tell/yeah-yeah-yeahs/critic-reviews |url-status=live }}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last=Phares |first=Heather |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fever-to-tell-mw0000028452 |title=Fever to Tell – Yeah Yeah Yeahs |website=AllMusic |access-date=December 1, 2015 |archive-date=December 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151209175654/http://www.allmusic.com/album/fever-to-tell-mw0000028452 |url-status=live }}
| rev2 = Blender
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Tannenbaum |first=Rob |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/new/51171/fever-to-tell.html |title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Fever to Tell |magazine=Blender |issue=16 |date=May 2003 |page=124 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523042837/http://www.blender.com/guide/new/51171/fever-to-tell.html |archive-date=May 23, 2009 |access-date=December 1, 2015 |url-status=dead}}
| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev3Score = B{{cite magazine |last=Tyrangiel |first=Josh |author-link=Josh Tyrangiel |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2003/05/02/fever-tell |title=Fever To Tell |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=May 2, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906005442/http://ew.com/article/2003/05/02/fever-tell/ |archive-date=September 6, 2017 |access-date=December 1, 2015 |url-status=dead}}
| rev4 = The Guardian
| rev5 = NME
| rev5Score = 8/10{{cite web |last=Mulvey |first=John |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-yeah-yeah-yeahs-7085 |title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs : Fever To Tell |work=NME |date=May 1, 2003 |access-date=November 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322151823/http://www.nme.com/reviews/yeah-yeah-yeahs/7085 |archive-date=March 22, 2016 |url-status=dead}}
| rev6 = Pitchfork
| rev6Score = 7.4/10{{cite web |last=Carr |first=Eric |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8888-fever-to-tell/ |title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Fever to Tell |work=Pitchfork |date=April 28, 2003 |access-date=September 19, 2011 |archive-date=August 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812032644/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8888-fever-to-tell/ |url-status=live }}
| rev7 = Q
| rev7Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Fever to Tell |magazine=Q |issue=202 |page=111 |date=May 2003 |issn=0955-4955}}
| rev8 = Rolling Stone
| rev9 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev9score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite book|last=Cross|first=Charles R.|author-link=Charles R. Cross|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=Simon & Schuster|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|chapter=Yeah Yeah Yeahs|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/894 894]}}
| rev10 = Uncut
| rev10Score = {{rating|5|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Fever to Tell |magazine=Uncut |issue=72 |page=92 |date=May 2003 |issn=1368-0722}}
| rev11 = The Village Voice
| rev11Score = B+{{cite web |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv603-03.php |title=Consumer Guide: Eating Again |work=The Village Voice |date=June 10, 2003 |access-date=December 1, 2015 |archive-date=September 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914125500/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv603-03.php |url-status=live }}
}}
Fever to Tell was met with widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 85, based on 27 reviews. In a four star review, Andrew Perry of Rolling Stone wrote: "There are half a dozen songs under three minutes on Fever to Tell, and they sound absolutely complete". Andrew Perry from The Daily Telegraph called it an "exhilarating dose of lo-fi garage-rock".{{cite news|last=Perry|first=Andrew|date=April 26, 2003|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3593358/CD-of-the-week-more-lo-fi-garage-rock.html|title=CD of the week: more lo-fi garage rock|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=November 22, 2018|archive-date=November 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122215352/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3593358/CD-of-the-week-more-lo-fi-garage-rock.html|url-status=live}} In The Village Voice, Robert Christgau observed "a striking sound" that is "both big and punk, never a natural combo", and highlighted by Zinner's "dangerous riffs". He had reservations about the subject matter, however; while noting "two human-scale songs toward the end", Christgau said "to care about this band you have to find Karen O's fuck-me persona provocative if not seductive, and since I've never been one for the sex-is-combat thing, I find it silly or obnoxious depending on who's taking it seriously."
Fever to Tell was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album and was certified gold in both the United States and the United Kingdom. The video for "Maps" received nominations for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and the MTV2 Award at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards. The New York Times chose Fever to Tell as the best album of 2003.{{cite web |last=Pareles |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/28/arts/music-the-highs-the-albums-and-songs-of-the-year-686930.html |title=Music: The Highs; The Albums and Songs of the Year |work=The New York Times |date=December 28, 2003 |access-date=November 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422221903/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/28/arts/music-the-highs-the-albums-and-songs-of-the-year-686930.html |archive-date=April 22, 2017}}
In June 2005, the album was ranked number 89 on Spin magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005.{{cite web |url=https://www.spin.com/2005/06/100-greatest-albums-1985-2005/ |title=100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005 |work=Spin |date=June 20, 2005 |access-date=November 12, 2016 |archive-date=August 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804123605/https://www.spin.com/2005/06/100-greatest-albums-1985-2005/ |url-status=live }} Featuring in the 2010 book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, Fever to Tell was hailed as "the coolest and cleverest record of 2003".{{cite book |last1=Dimery |first1=Robert |last2=Lydon |first2=Michael |date=March 23, 2010 |title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition |title-link=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die |publisher=Universe Publishing |isbn=978-0-7893-2074-2}} In 2009, the album was named by NME, Pitchfork, and Rolling Stone the fifth, 24th, and 28th best album of the 2000s decade, respectively.{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/list/the-top-100-greatest-albums-of-the-decade-1381 |title=The Top 100 Greatest Albums Of The Decade |work=NME |date=November 11, 2009 |access-date=December 21, 2009 |archive-date=October 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018174211/https://www.nme.com/list/the-top-100-greatest-albums-of-the-decade-1381 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/7709-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-50-21/?page=3 |title=The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 50–21 |work=Pitchfork |date=October 1, 2009 |access-date=November 12, 2016 |archive-date=November 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113113749/http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/7709-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-50-21/?page=3 |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-albums-of-the-2000s-20110718/yeah-yeah-yeahs-fever-to-tell-20110709 |title=100 Best Albums of the 2000s |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=December 9, 2009 |access-date=November 12, 2016 |archive-date=October 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026063800/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-albums-of-the-2000s-20110718/yeah-yeah-yeahs-fever-to-tell-20110709 |url-status=live }} In 2019, the album was ranked 38th on The Guardian's 100 Best Albums of the 21st Century list.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/13/100-best-albums-of-the-21st-century |title=The 100 best albums of the 21st century |work=The Guardian |date=13 September 2019 |access-date=18 September 2019 |archive-date=13 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913091456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/13/100-best-albums-of-the-21st-century |url-status=live }} In 2020, it was ranked number 377 on Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All-Time.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/ |title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=September 22, 2020 |access-date=December 1, 2020 |archive-date=September 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922163403/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/ |url-status=live }}
=Impact and legacy=
{{Music ratings
| subtitle = Retrospective reviews
| rev1 = Far Out
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/yeah-yeah-yeahs-fever-to-tell-album-review/|last=Golsen|first=Tyler|date=April 30, 2023|title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 'Fever To Tell' album review|work=Far Out|access-date=July 10, 2024}}
| rev2 = The Line of Best Fit
| rev2Score = 10/10{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/yeah-yeah-yeahs-fever-to-tell-deluxe-edition|last=Goggins|first=Joe|date=November 11, 2017|title=The chaotic anxiety of early Yeah Yeah Yeahs renders Fever to Tell more important now than ever|work=The Line of Best Fit|access-date=September 12, 2023|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725045232/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/yeah-yeah-yeahs-fever-to-tell-deluxe-edition|url-status=live}}
| rev3 = Louder Sound
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/yeah-yeah-yeahs-fever-to-tell-deluxe-box-album-review|last=True|first=Everett|author-link=Everett True|date=December 7, 2017|title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell Deluxe Box album review|work=Louder Sound|access-date=September 12, 2023|archive-date=May 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529102603/https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/yeah-yeah-yeahs-fever-to-tell-deluxe-box-album-review|url-status=live}}
|rev4 = Uncut
|rev4Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/yeah-yeah-yeahs-fever-tell-deluxe-edition-102813/|last=Bonner|first=Michael|date=January 8, 2018|title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever To Tell deluxe edition|work=Uncut|access-date=September 12, 2023|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021144337/https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/yeah-yeah-yeahs-fever-tell-deluxe-edition-102813/|url-status=live}}
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Fever{{'}}s 2017 reissue garnered critical acclaim. The Line of Best Fit{{'}}s Joe Goggins wrote that it was "still [the band's] masterpiece" and dubbed it "a chaotic symphony in sex, debauchery and bottomless anxiety," positively comparing it to PJ Harvey's 1993 album Rid of Me. Uncut{{'}}s Michael Bonner praised that it stayed "as visceral, as exciting, [and] as confounding as ever."
Fever to Tell has impacted several genres, especially within NYC's early-'00s rock resurgence. In 2023, uDiscover Music's Laura Stavropoulos wrote that dance-rock, NYC's next wave, was put "into motion" through the "groove-laden" album. Within the era's "quickly calcifying" garage rock revival, Stavropoulos wrote that it provided "a sense of fun and urgency" to the scene.{{Cite web|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/yeah-yeah-yeahs-fever-to-tell-debut-album/|last=Stavropoulos|first=Laura|date=April 29, 2023|title=
'Fever To Tell': Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Genre-Defying Debut Album|work=uDiscover Music|access-date=February 29, 2024}} In 2018, it was deemed "one of [that scene's] few enduring albums" by Steve Foxe of Paste. The site rated it #15 out of the 50 all-time greatest garage rock albums. Within indie rock, Fever has left "an indelible mark". In 2022, NME{{'}}s Erica Campbell wrote that it paved the way for the genre's future "devil may care frontwom[e]n and an abundance of rule-breaking by those seeking post-punk creativity."{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-features/yeah-yeah-yeahs-best-albums-ranked-in-order-3366932|last=Campbell|first=Erica|date=December 19, 2022|title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs: every album ranked in order of greatness|work=NME|access-date=July 8, 2024}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Yeah Yeah Yeahs. All tracks produced by David Andrew Sitek and Yeah Yeah Yeahs
| title1 = Rich
| length1 = 3:36
| title2 = Date with the Night
| length2 = 2:35
| title3 = Man
| length3 = 1:49
| title4 = Tick
| length4 = 1:49
| title5 = Black Tongue
| length5 = 2:59
| title6 = Pin
| length6 = 2:00
| title7 = Cold Light
| length7 = 2:16
| title8 = No No No
| length8 = 5:14
| title9 = Maps
| length9 = 3:39
| title10 = Y Control
| length10 = 4:00
| title11 = Modern Romance
| length11 = 7:28
| total_length = 37:25
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = UK special edition and Japanese edition bonus tracks{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fever-Tell-Yeah-Yeahs/dp/B00008ZHSG |title=Fever To Tell: Yeah Yeah Yeahs |website=Amazon |location=United Kingdom |access-date=November 13, 2016 |archive-date=August 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809142517/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fever-Tell-Yeah-Yeahs/dp/B00008ZHSG |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000091KVI |script-title=ja:ヤー・ヤー・ヤーズ : フィーヴァー・トゥ・テル |trans-title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs : Fever to Tell |website=Amazon |language=ja |location=Japan |access-date=November 13, 2016}}
| title12 = Yeah! New York
| length12 = 2:06
| title13 = Date with the Night
| note13 = CD-ROM video
| total_length = 39:31
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2017 digital deluxe remastered bonus disc{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/fever-to-tell-deluxe-remastered/1440908375 |title=Fever To Tell (Deluxe Remastered) by Yeah Yeah Yeahs |website=iTunes Store |date=29 April 2003 |location=United States |access-date=July 3, 2018 |archive-date=3 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703075659/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/fever-to-tell-deluxe-remastered/1281733635 |url-status=live }}
| title1 = Date with the Night
| note1 = four track demo
| length1 = 2:05
| title2 = Black Tongue
| note2 = four track demo
| length2 = 3:22
| title3 = Pin
| note3 = four track demo
| length3 = 1:28
| title4 = Maps
| note4 = early four track demo
| length4 = 1:04
| title5 = Poor Song
| note5 = four track demo
| length5 = 2:56
| title6 = Tick
| note6 = four track demo
| length6 = 2:23
| title7 = Shot Down
| note7 = four track demo
| length7 = 1:07
| title8 = Ooh Ooh Ooh
| note8 = four track demo
| length8 = 2:34
| title9 = Maps
| note9 = four track demo
| length9 = 2:20
| title10 = Shake It
| length10 = 2:10
| title11 = Machine
| length11 = 3:17
| title12 = Modern Things
| length12 = 2:57
| title13 = Graveyard
| length13 = 1:31
| title14 = Shot Down
| length14 = 1:30
| title15 = Yeah! New York
| length15 = 2:05
| title16 = Boogers
| length16 = 2:22
| title17 = Countdown
| length17 = 3:41
}}
=2017 limited deluxe edition box set=
{{Track listing
| title1 = Date with the Night
| note1 = four track demo
| length1 = 2:05
| title2 = Black Tongue
| note2 = four track demo
| length2 = 3:22
| title3 = Pin
| note3 = four track demo
| length3 = 1:28
| title4 = Maps
| note4 = early four track demo
| length4 = 1:04
| title5 = Poor Song
| note5 = four track demo
| length5 = 2:56
| title6 = Tick
| note6 = four track demo
| length6 = 2:23
| title7 = Shot Down
| note7 = four track demo
| length7 = 1:07
| title8 = Ooh Ooh Ooh
| note8 = four track demo
| length8 = 2:34
| title9 = Maps
| note9 = four track demo
| length9 = 2:20
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = LP two, side B (B-sides and rarities)
| title1 = Shake It
| length1 = 2:10
| title2 = Machine
| length2 = 3:17
| title3 = Modern Things
| length3 = 2:57
| title4 = Graveyard
| length4 = 1:31
| title5 = Shot Down
| length5 = 1:30
| title6 = Yeah! New York
| length6 = 2:05
| title7 = Boogers
| length7 = 2:22
| title8 = Countdown
| length8 = 3:41
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Champagne cork USB memory stick
| title1 = There Is No Modern Romance
| note1 = tour documentary by Patrick Daughters and Stephen Berger
| title2 = Fukuoka Nagoya Osaka Tokyo
| note2 = Japan tour behind the scenes
| title3 = They Don't Love Like I Love You
| note3 = interviews by Lance Bangs and Spike Jonze
| title4 = Maps
| note4 = official video
| title5 = Date with the Night
| note5 = official video
| title6 = Y Control
| note6 = official video
| title7 = Pin
| note7 = official video
| title8 = Y Control
| note8 = live at The Fillmore, San Francisco
| title9 = Black Tongue
| note9 = live at The Fillmore, San Francisco
| title10 = Maps
| note10 = live at The Fillmore, San Francisco
| title11 = Rich
| note11 = live at The Fillmore, San Francisco
| title12 = Miles Away
| note12 = live at The Fillmore, San Francisco
| title13 = Poor Song
| note13 = live at The Fillmore, San Francisco
}}
{{Track listing
| title1 = Phone Jam
| title2 = Art Star
| note2 = four track demo
| title3 = Bang
| note3 = four track demo
| title4 = Our Time
| note4 = four track demo
}}
Notes
- Track 11 includes the hidden track "Poor Song" at the 4:25 mark, after "Modern Romance" ends at 3:15. "Poor Song" appears as a separate track on the 2017 digital deluxe remastered edition.
Personnel
=Yeah Yeah Yeahs=
- Brian Chase – drums
- Karen O – vocals
- Nick Zinner – guitars, drum machine
=Technical=
- David Andrew Sitek – production {{small|(all tracks)}}; mixing {{small|(tracks 8, 11)}}
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs – production
- Paul Mahajan – engineering
- Alan Moulder – mixing{{efn|name=Mixed|Mixed at Eden Studios (London)}} {{small|(tracks 1–7, 9, 10)}}
- Nick Zinner – mixing{{efn|name=Mixed}} {{small|(tracks 1–7, 9, 10)}}
- Rick Levy – mixing assistance
- Chris Coady – post-production {{small|(tracks 8, 11)}}
- Howie Weinberg – mastering{{efn|Mastered at Masterdisk (New York City)}}
- Roger Lian – track editing
- Cody Critcheloe – artwork
Charts
Certifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for Fever to Tell}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Yeah Yeah Yeahs|title=Fever to Tell|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2003|certyear=2013|id=2264-240-2|date=July 22, 2013|access-date=January 16, 2022|salesamount=205,000|salesref={{cite web |last=Empire |first=Kitty |author-link=Kitty Empire |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jul/21/yeah-yeah-yeahs-islington-academy |title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs – review |work=The Observer |date=July 21, 2013 |access-date=November 28, 2017 |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201045129/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jul/21/yeah-yeah-yeahs-islington-academy |url-status=live }}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Yeah Yeah Yeahs|title=Fever to Tell|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2003|certyear=2007|date=January 10, 2007|access-date=November 12, 2016|salesamount=640,000|salesref=}}
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Notes
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References
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