Dead Club City
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{{Use British English|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Dead Club City
| type = studio
| artist = Nothing but Thieves
| cover = Nothing but Thieves - Dead Club City.png
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2023|06|30|df=y}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 42:18
| label = Sony UK
| producer =
- Dominic Craik
- Jonathan Gilmore
| prev_title = Moral Panic
| prev_year = 2020
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Dead Club City
| type = studio
| single1 = Welcome to the DCC
| single1date = 16 March 2023{{cite web|url=https://www.totalntertainment.com/music/nothing-but-thieves-release-new-single-3/|title=Nothing But Thieves release new single|website=TotalNtertainment|last=Forrest|first=Jo|date=17 March 2023|access-date=18 May 2023}}
| single2 = Overcome
| single2date = 13 May 2023{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-to-nothing-but-thieves-share-soaring-new-track-overcome-3442960|title=Listen to Nothing But Thieves' soaring new track 'Overcome'|website=NME|last=Aubrey|first=Elizabeth|date=13 May 2023|access-date=18 May 2023}}
| single3 = Keeping You Around
| single3date = 23 June 2023
| single4 = Tomorrow Is Closed
| single4date = 3 July 2023{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnA9jMaoPVU|title=Nothing But Thieves - Tomorrow Is Closed (Official Video)|website=YouTube |date=3 July 2023|access-date=9 March 2024}}
}}
{{Extra album cover
| header = Deluxe edition cover
| type = studio
| cover = Album artwork for Dead Club City Deluxe.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = Deluxe cover. A blue colour scheme is used instead of red in the original.
}}
{{Singles
| name = Dead Club City (Deluxe)
| type = studio
| single5 = Oh No :: He Said What?
| single5date = 29 January 2024
}}
}}
Dead Club City is the fourth studio album by English alternative rock band Nothing but Thieves, released on 30 June 2023 through Sony Music UK. It was preceded by the singles "Welcome to the DCC", "Overcome", "Keeping You Around" and "Tomorrow is Closed". It is the band's first album to chart at number one on the OCC's UK Albums Chart.
Background
The band stated that the album's "overall narrative is formed by different characters and story arcs from in and around the city", and questioned "Is it a shared consciousness? Another planet? The next corporate wasteland? Heaven? Or somewhere else?" The album will also "introduce fresh elements in their rock-edged sound",{{cite magazine|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/nothing-but-thieves-launch-new-album-dead-club-city/|title=Nothing But Thieves Launch New Album Dead Club City|magazine=Clash|last=Murray|first=Robin|date=16 March 2023|access-date=18 May 2023}} with lead single "Welcome to the DCC" called "dance-enthused".{{cite web|url=https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/nothing-but-thieves/dead-club-city-album-single-release-date-tracklist/|title=Nothing But Thieves announce Dead Club City album & share Welcome to the DCC single|website=Radio X|last=Mensah|first=Jenny|date=16 March 2023|access-date=18 May 2023}}
To work on the album in a different way, the band rented a country house in Essex for most of the recording process. They started working on the album on 28 August 2022.{{cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DfFDldmq5_Q|title=Nothing But Thieves: Dead Club City sessions, ep 1. |website=YouTube|date=6 July 2023|access-date=14 July 2023}} The album was finished in April 2023.
The release date was announced on 16 March through the band's social media accounts as 7 July. On 19 May, the release date was moved forward to 30 June.{{cite tweet|user=nbthieves|number=1659227630904782850|title=:: The official tracklist for Dead Club City. Plus, guess what? The doors are opening early. Out 30.6.23.|date=19 May 2023|access-date=20 May 2023}}
On 29 January 2024, the band released "Oh No :: He Said What?", as well as announcing that a deluxe version of the album containing the song plus four others would be released on 15 March 2024.{{cite tweet|user=nbthieves|number=1752032861182448084|title=:: :: I guess the future was a bad idea... Oh No :: He Said What? is out now. Taken from Dead Club City Deluxe, out 15th March. Digital pre-orders open now, vinyl pre-orders open tomorrow 10am GMT. ::|date=29 January 2024|access-date=29 January 2024}}
On 17 July 2024, it was announced that an extended version of the deluxe edition of the album would be released exclusively on streaming services on 19 July 2024. It features live recordings of three tracks performed at Wembley Arena, London and Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam.{{Cite web |date=17 July 2024 |title= |url=https://x.com/NBThieves/status/1813608626541703225#m}}
Cover art
The album's cover art was designed by artist Luke Brickett taking inspiration from world fairs such as Expo 70 and Epcot. A physical 3D model of the structure was printed and lit before being photographed on film for the cover.{{Cite web |last=Wilson-Taylor |first=James |date=7 July 2023 |title=Nothing But Thieves, 'Dead Club City' {{!}} The Album Story |url=https://rocksound.tv/features/nothing-but-thieves-dead-club-city-the-album-story |website=Rock Sound}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Clash
| rev1score = 8/10{{cite magazine|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/nothing-but-thieves-dead-club-city/|title=Nothing But Thieves – Dead Club City {{!}} Reviews|magazine=Clash|last=Noyce|first=Eleanor|date=30 June 2023|access-date=7 July 2023}}
| rev2 = The Eastern Echo
| rev3 = The AU Review
}}
Eleanor Noyce, reviewing the album for Clash, described it as "distinctly Nothing But Thieves, but with a fresher, funkier twist and a concept album foundation". Noyce also called it "cleaner cut, with more layers" as well as "inundated with huge, floor-filling bangers, stunning falsetto and thunderous guitar riffs".
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Dead Club City track listing
| all_writing = Dominic Craik, Joseph Langridge-Brown and Conor Mason; "Welcome to the DCC" and "Members Only" co-written with Julian Emery and Jim Irvin
| title1 = Welcome to the DCC
| length1 = 3:17
| title2 = Overcome
| length2 = 3:34
| title3 = Tomorrow Is Closed
| length3 = 3:58
| title4 = Keeping You Around
| length4 = 3:35
| title5 = City Haunts
| length5 = 3:11
| title6 = Do You Love Me Yet?
| length6 = 5:26
| title7 = Members Only
| length7 = 2:49
| title8 = Green Eyes :: Siena
| length8 = 3:48
| title9 = Foreign Language
| length9 = 3:54
| title10 = Talking to Myself
| length10 = 4:15
| title11 = Pop the Balloon
| length11 = 4:31
| total_length = 42:18
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Deluxe edition bonus tracks
| title12 = Oh No :: He Said What?
| length12 = 3:48
| title13 = Time :: Fate :: Karma :: God
| length13 = 3:03
| title14 = Pure You
| length14 = 3:31
| title15 = Overcome (Stripped)
| length15 = 3:19
| title16 = Tomorrow Is Closed (Stripped)
| length16 = 4:15
| total_length =
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Extended deluxe edition bonus tracks
| title17 = Welcome to the DCC – Live from Wembley Arena, London
| length17 = 4:00
| title18 = Tomorrow Is Closed – Live from Wembley Arena, London
| length18 = 4:04
| title19 = Oh No :: He Said What? – Live from Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
| length19 = 4:06
| total_length =
}}
Personnel
Nothing but Thieves
- Philip Blake – bass guitar
- Dominic Craik – guitar, programming, synthesizer
- Joe Langridge-Brown – guitar (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 6, 11)
- Conor Mason – vocals
- James Price – drums
Additional musicians
- Jonathan Gilmore – programming
- Torre Florim – background vocals, programming, synthesizer (3)
- Matt Johnson – programming, synthesizer (5)
Technical
- Jonathan Gilmore – production
- Robin Schmidt – mastering
- Mike Crossey – mixing
- Freddy Williams – engineering
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for Dead Club City ! scope="col"| Chart (2023) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/albums-chart/2023-07-10|title=ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=10 July 2023|access-date=7 July 2023}}
| 10 |
|---|
| {{album chart|Austria|53|artist=Nothing but Thieves|album=Dead Club City|rowheader=true|access-date=12 July 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Flanders|8|artist=Nothing but Thieves|album=Dead Club City|rowheader=true|access-date=9 July 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Wallonia|34|artist=Nothing but Thieves|album=Dead Club City|rowheader=true|access-date=9 July 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Netherlands|1|artist=Nothing but Thieves|album=Dead Club City|rowheader=true|access-date=8 July 2023}} |
| scope="row"| Finnish Physical Albums (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.fi/lista/artistit/nothing+but+thieves/dead+club+city/|title=Nothing But Thieves – Suomen virallinen lista – Musiikkituottajat|publisher=Musiikkituottajat|access-date=14 September 2023}}
| 10 |
| {{album chart|France|89|M|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-la-semaine/top-albums/?semaine=27?&annee=2023&categorie=Top%20Albums|title=Top Albums (Week 27, 2023)|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|artist=Nothing but Thieves|album=Dead Club City|rowheader=true|access-date=10 July 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|31|id=520258|artist=Nothing but Thieves|album=Dead Club City|rowheader=true|access-date=7 July 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Ireland|67|M|url=http://www.irma.ie/index.cfm?page=irish-charts&chart=Albums|title=Irish Albums Chart: 7 July 2023|publisher=Irish Recorded Music Association|rowheader=true|access-date=8 July 2023}} |
| scope="row"| Italian Albums (FIMI){{cite web|url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/1/2023/27|title=Album – Classifica settimanale WK 27 (dal 30.06.2023 al 06.07.2023)|publisher=Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|language=it|access-date=8 July 2023}}
| 91 |
| scope="row"| Lithuanian Albums (AGATA){{cite web|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s27/|title=2023 27-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)|publisher=AGATA|language=lt|date=7 July 2023|access-date=7 July 2023}}
| 37 |
| scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2023-07-07|title=NZ Top 40 Albums Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=10 July 2023|access-date=8 July 2023}}
| 25 |
| {{album chart|Poland2|25|date=30.06.2023–06.07.2023|rowheader=true|access-date=13 July 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Scotland|4|date=20230707|rowheader=true|access-date=8 July 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Spain|73|M|url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-albums/2023/27|title=Top 100 Albums Weekly|publisher=Promusicae|work=El portal de Música|rowheader=true|access-date=10 July 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|12|artist=Nothing but Thieves|album=Dead Club City|rowheader=true|access-date=9 July 2023}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|1|date=20230707|rowheader=true|access-date=7 July 2023}} |
| scope="row"| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard){{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/nothing-but-thieves/chart-history/tln/|title=Nothing But Thieves Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=21 January 2024}}
| 12 |
| scope="row"| US Top Album Sales (Billboard){{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/nothing-but-thieves/chart-history/tsl/|title=Nothing But Thieves Chart History (Top Album Sales)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=21 January 2024}}
| 81 |
| scope="row"| US Top Current Album Sales (Billboard){{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/nothing-but-thieves/chart-history/tcl/|title=Nothing But Thieves Chart History (Top Current Album Sales)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=21 January 2024}}
| 46 |
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Nothing But Thieves|title=Dead Club City|award=Silver|relyear=2023|certyear=2025|id=20753-4539-2|access-date=7 February 2025}}
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