American Twilight
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{{Infobox album
| name = American Twilight
| type = album
| artist = Crime & the City Solution
| cover = Crime and the City Solution - American Twilight.jpg
| alt =
| released = March 26, 2013
| recorded = Classix, West Footscray, Victoria
The Tempermill, Ferndale, MI
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Post-punk
| length = 41:03
| label = Mute
| producer = Crime & the City Solution, David Feeny
| prev_title = A History of Crime
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
{{Album ratings
|MC = (77/100){{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/american-twilight/crime-the-city-solution/critic-reviews |title=American Twilight – Crime & the City Solution |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=June 19, 2013}}
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |first=Thom |last=Jurek |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r2703271|pure_url=yes}}|title=American Twilight |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=June 19, 2013}}
|rev2 = Drowned in Sound
|rev2Score = (7/10){{cite web |first=Alex |last=Snax |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17555/reviews/4146233 |title=Crime & the City Solution: American Twilight |publisher=Drowned in Sound |date=April 2, 2013 |access-date=June 19, 2013 |archive-date=September 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922231909/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17555/reviews/4146233 |url-status=dead }}
|rev3 = Mojo
|rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite journal |last=columnist |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/american-twilight/crime-the-city-solution/critic-reviews |title=Crime & the City Solution: American Twilight |journal=Mojo |date=May 2013 |page=95 |access-date=June 19, 2013}}
|rev4 = PopMatters
|rev4Score = (7/10){{cite web |first=Zach |last=Schonfeld |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/169598-crime-the-city-solution-american-twilight/ |title=Crime & the City Solution: American Twilight |publisher=PopMatters |date=March 26, 2013 |access-date=June 19, 2013}}
|rev5 = Q
|rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |last=columnist |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/american-twilight/crime-the-city-solution/critic-reviews |title=Crime & the City Solution: American Twilight |journal=Q |date=April 2013 |page=98 |access-date=June 19, 2013}}
|rev6 = Uncut
|rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |last=columnist |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/american-twilight/crime-the-city-solution/critic-reviews |title=Crime & the City Solution: American Twilight |journal=Uncut |date=April 2013 |page=78 |access-date=June 19, 2013}}
}}
American Twilight is the fifth studio album by Crime & the City Solution, released on March 26, 2013 through Mute Records. The album was recorded after a 23-year hiatus that found the band relocating from Berlin to Detroit.
Track listing
{{tracklist
| all_writing = Crime & the City Solution
| title1 = Goddess
| length1 = 3:49
| title2 = My Love Takes Me There
| length2 = 4:09
| title3 = Riven Man
| length3 = 4:33
| title4 = Domina
| length4 = 6:48
| title5 = The Colonel (Doesn't Call Anymore)
| length5 = 6:30
| title6 = Beyond Good and Evil
| length6 = 4:08
| title7 = American Twilight
| length7 = 5:18
| title8 = Streets of West Memphis
| length8 = 5:48
}}
Personnel
;Crime & the City Solution
- Bronwyn Adams – violin, backing vocals
- Simon Bonney – vocals
- Danielle de Picciotto – autoharp, backing vocals
- David Eugene Edwards – guitar, backing vocals
- Troy Gregory – bass guitar, cello, backing vocals
- Alexander Hacke – guitar, backing vocals
- Matthew Smith – keyboards, backing vocals
- Jim White – drums
;Production and additional personnel
- Churibina – backing vocals
- Brandon Cooper – trumpet
- Crime & the City Solution – production
- David Feeny – production, engineering, mixing, mastering, pedal steel guitar
- Tony Hamera – engineering
- Casey Rice – engineering
- Bradley Stern – tenor saxophone
- Olga Volchkova – cover model
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master |master=540685 |name=American Twilight}}
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