Nonsense in the Dark

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{{Infobox album

| name = Nonsense in the Dark

| type = Studio

| artist = Filthy Dukes

| cover = Nonsense_in_the_Dark.jpg

| alt =

| released = 24 March 2009 {{cite web | url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1533335|pure_url=yes}} | title=allMusic album information | publisher=AllMusic| accessdate=16 May 2011 }}

| recorded = 2009

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Electronic rock, electropop, synthpop

| length = 57:15

| label = Polydor, Fiction, UMe

| producer =

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = FabricLive.48

| next_year = 2009

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Nonsense in the Dark

| type = studio

| single1 = This Rhythm

| single1date = 2 February 2008

| single2 = Tupac Robot Club Rock

| single2date = 3 November 2008

| single3 = Messages

| single3date = 13 July 2009

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = BBC

| rev1Score = Positive {{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/br8c | title=BBC review | work=BBC | first=Chris | last=Jones | date=19 March 2009 | accessdate=16 May 2011 }}

| rev2 = Contact Music

| rev2Score = {{Rating|8|10}} {{cite web | url=http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/albumreview/filthy-dukes-nonsense-in-the-darkx09x03x09 | title=Contact Music review | work=Contact Music | first=Robyn | last=Burrows | date=30 March 2009 | accessdate=17 May 2011 }}

| rev3 = The Fly

| rev3Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} {{cite web | url=http://www.the-fly.co.uk/words/reviews/album-reviews/4189/album-review:-filthy-dukes | title=The Fly review | work=The Fly | publisher=MAMA Group | first=Molly | last=Jones | date=26 February 2009 | accessdate=17 May 2011 }}

| rev4 = The Independent

| rev4Score = Positive {{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-filthy-dukes-nonsense-in-the-dark-fiction-1645205.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-filthy-dukes-nonsense-in-the-dark-fiction-1645205.html |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=The Independent review | work=The Independent | first=Simon | last=Price | date=15 March 2009 | accessdate=17 May 2011 }}

| rev5 = musicOMH

| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}} {{cite web | url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/filthy-dukes_0309.htm | title=musicOMH review | work=musicOMH | first=Michael | last=Hubbard | date=March 2009 | accessdate=17 May 2011 }}

| rev6 = NME

| rev6Score = {{Rating|4|10}} {{cite web | url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/filthy-dukes/10230 | title=NME review | work=NME | first=Sam | last=Richards | date=20 March 2009 | accessdate=17 May 2011 }}

| rev7 = Subba-Cultcha

| rev7Score = {{Rating|8|10}} {{cite web | url=http://www.subba-cultcha.com/album-reviews/article.php?contentID=7438 | title=Subba-Cultcha review | work=Subba-Cultcha | first=Helen | last=Andreou | date=26 March 2009 | accessdate=17 May 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326103857/http://www.subba-cultcha.com/album-reviews/article.php?contentID=7438 | archive-date=26 March 2012 | url-status=dead }}

| rev8 = The Times

| rev8Score = {{Rating|3|5}} {{cite web | url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article5882246.ece | title=The Times review | work=The Times | first=Pete | last=Paphides | date=14 March 2009 | accessdate=17 May 2011 }}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

}}

Nonsense in the Dark is the debut studio album by English band Filthy Dukes. The album was released on 24 March 2009 through Polydor / Fiction Records.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| total_length = 57:15

| title1 = This Rhythm

| writer1 = Olly Dixon, Dust, Tim Lawton, Mark Ralph

| length1 = 05:15

| extra1 =

| note1 = feat. Samuel Dust

| title2 = Elevator

| writer2 = Dixon, Lawton, Ralph, Snape

| length2 = 03:26

| extra2 =

| note2 = feat. To My Boy

| title3 = What Happens Next

| writer3 = Baltulonis, Dixon, Lawton, Ralph

| length3 = 03:45

| extra3 =

| note3 = feat. Foreign Islands

| title4 = You Better Stop

| writer4 = Dixon, Lawton, Ralph

| length4 = 03:36

| extra4 =

| note4 =

| title5 = Messages

| writer5 = Dixon, Lawton, Ralph, Sparks

| length5 = 03:16

| extra5 =

| note5 = feat. Tommy Sparks

| title6 = Tupac Robot Club Rock

| writer6 = Dixon, Jayson Musson, Jon Folmar, Kurt Hunte, Si Young Lee, Ralph

| length6 = 04:28

| extra6 =

| note6 = feat. Plastic Little

| title7 = Nonsense in the Dark

| writer7 = Dixon, Lawton, Ralph, Orlando Weeks

| length7 = 06:32

| extra7 =

| note7 = feat. Orlando Weeks

| title8 = Cul-De-Sac

| writer8 = Dixon, Lawton, Ralph

| length8 = 04:00

| extra8 =

| note8 =

| title9 = Light Skips Cross Heart

| writer9 = Curtis, Dixon, Lawton, Ralph

| length9 = 04:32

| extra9 =

| note9 =

| title10 = Don't Fall Softly

| writer10 = Brandon Curtis, Dixon, Lawton, Ralph

| length10 = 04:18

| extra10 =

| note10 = feat. Brandon Curtis

| title11 = Twenty Six Hundred

| writer11 = Dixon, Lawton, Ralph

| length11 = 04:10

| extra11 =

| note11 =

| title12 = Poison The Ivy

| writer12 = Dixon, Garrett, Lawton, Ralph

| length12 = 05:08

| extra12 =

| note12 = feat. frYars

| title13 = Somewhere at Sea

| writer13 = Dixon, Lawton, Ralph, Remiddi

| length13 = 04:49

| extra13 =

| note13 = feat. Mauro Remiddi

}}

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