Return to Cookie Mountain

{{Music ratings

| MC = 88/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/return-to-cookie-mountain/tv-on-the-radio |title=Reviews for Return to Cookie Mountain by TV on the Radio |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=October 17, 2015}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/return-to-cookie-mountain-mw0000575874 |title=Return to Cookie Mountain – TV on the Radio |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=October 17, 2015 |last=Phares |first=Heather}}

| rev2 = The A.V. Club

| rev2score = A{{cite journal |url=https://www.avclub.com/review/tv-on-the-radio-emreturn-to-cookie-mountainem-8169 |title=TV On The Radio: Return To Cookie Mountain |journal=The A.V. Club |date=September 12, 2006 |accessdate=October 17, 2015 |last=Ryan |first=Kyle}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3score = A−{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2006/09/11/return-cookie-mountain |title=Return to Cookie Mountain |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=September 11, 2006 |accessdate=October 17, 2015 |last=Kot |first=Greg |author-link=Greg Kot |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731213149/http://ew.com/article/2006/09/11/return-cookie-mountain/ |archivedate=July 31, 2018}}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jun/30/popandrock.shopping |title=TV on the Radio, Return to Cookie Mountain |work=The Guardian |date=June 30, 2006 |accessdate=October 17, 2015 |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis}}

| rev5 = MSN Music (Consumer Guide)

| rev5score = A−{{cite web |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cg2007-02.php |title=Consumer Guide |work=MSN Music |date=February 2007 |accessdate=October 17, 2015 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}

| rev6 = NME

| rev6score = 9/10{{cite journal |title=TV on the Radio: Return to Cookie Mountain |journal=NME |date=July 8, 2006 |page=41}}

| rev7 = Pitchfork

| rev7score = 9.1/10{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9177-return-to-cookie-mountain/ |title=TV on the Radio: Return to Cookie Mountain |work=Pitchfork |date=July 5, 2006 |accessdate=October 17, 2015 |last=Dahlen |first=Chris}}

| rev8 = Q

| rev8score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |title=TV on the Radio: Return to Cookie Mountain |journal=Q |issue=241 |date=August 2006 |page=115}}

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/return-to-cookie-mountain-20060907 |title=Return To Cookie Mountain |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=September 7, 2006 |accessdate=October 17, 2015 |last=Ringen |first=Jonathan}}

| rev10 = Spin

| rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y89DhABF0tsC&pg=PA81 |title=Space Is the Place |journal=Spin |volume=22 |issue=6 |date=June 2006 |accessdate=October 17, 2015 |last=Lim |first=Dennis |page=81}}

}}

Return to Cookie Mountain earned overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics, and was named the album of the year by Spin for 2006, leading to the band's appearance on the magazine's cover. The album was ranked second on Pitchfork Media's list of Top 50 Albums of 2006.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/6510-top-50-albums-of-2006/|title=Top 50 Albums of 2006|date=2006-12-19|author=Pitchfork staff|work=Pitchfork}} Rolling Stone, Slant Magazine, and Stylus Magazine each named the album as the fourth best of 2006, and the album is ranked fifth on Metacritic's year-end list. In 2009, Rhapsody ranked the album at eighth on its "100 Best Albums of the Decade" list.[http://blog.rhapsody.com/2009/12/100-best-pop-albums-of-the-decade-10-1.html "Rhapsody's 100 Best Albums of the Decade"] Retrieved 12 January 2010. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110195308/http://blog.rhapsody.com/2009/12/100-best-pop-albums-of-the-decade-10-1.html |date=January 10, 2010 }}

In December 2007 the album was ranked number 96 in Blender (magazine)'s 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever.{{cite web |url= https://www.stereogum.com/7175/blenders_100_greatest_indie_rock_albums_ever/franchises/list/ |title=Blender's 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever |date=14 November 2007 |accessdate=July 22, 2018}}

As of 2014, sales in the United States have exceeded 242,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-tv-on-the-radio-20141109-story.html|title=Regrouped TV on the Radio hits road, plants new 'Seeds'|date=Nov 7, 2014|website=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=Sep 17, 2020}}

{{track listing

| title_width = 100

| title1 = I Was a Lover

| writer1 = Kyp Malone, Dave Sitek

| length1 = 4:21

| title2 = Hours

| writer2 = Tunde Adebimpe

| length2 = 3:55

| title3 = Province

| writer3 = Malone, Sitek

| length3 = 4:37

| title4 = Playhouses

| writer4 = Malone

| length4 = 5:11

| title5 = Wolf Like Me

| writer5 = Adebimpe

| length5 = 4:39

| title6 = A Method

| writer6 = Adebimpe

| length6 = 4:25

| title7 = Let the Devil In

| writer7 = Malone

| length7 = 4:27

| title8 = Dirtywhirl

| writer8 = Adebimpe

| length8 = 4:15

| title9 = Blues from Down Here

| writer9 = Malone

| length9 = 5:17

| title10 = Tonight

| writer10 = Adebimpe

| length10 = 6:53

| title11 = Wash the Day

| writer11 = Malone, Sitek, Adebimpe

| length11 = 8:08

}}

• "Let the Devil In" includes extended samples from Lou Reed's 1975 noise album Metal Machine Music during the verses.

{{track listing

| headline = US reissue bonus tracks

| title_width = 100

| title26 = Untitled

| length26 = 1:44

| title27 = Snakes and Martyrs

| writer27 = Malone

| length27 = 4:07

| title28 = Hours

| note28 = El-P remix

| writer28 = Adebimpe

| length28 = 4:26

| title29 = Things You Can Do

| writer29 = Adebimpe, Sitek

| length29 = 5:26

}}

• Tracks 12 to 25 are untitled silent tracks. Track 12 runs for 0:16 while tracks 13 to 25 run for 0:17. Track 26 consists of ambient audio.

TV on the Radio

• Tunde Adebimpe – vocals {{small|(all tracks)}}, percussion {{small|(6)}}, choir {{small|(7)}}
• Jaleel Bunton – drums {{small|(1–5, 8, 9, 11)}}, piano {{small|(2)}}, guitar {{small|(2, 5, 10)}}, percussion {{small|(6, 10)}}, choir {{small|(7)}}, Rhodes {{small|(8)}}
• Kyp Malone – vocals {{small|(1, 3–11)}}, bass {{small|(5, 7)}}, guitar {{small|(5, 7, 9)}}
• Dave Sitek – guitars {{small|(1, 3–5, 9, 11)}}, bass {{small|(1, 3, 9)}}, samples {{small|(1, 5–9)}}, flute {{small|(2)}}, sampler {{small|(3, 4)}}, keys {{small|(3, 6)}}, synth {{small|(5, 6, 8, 9, 11)}}, magic {{small|(10)}}
• Gerard Smith – piano {{small|(1, 3)}}, organ {{small|(2)}}, bass {{small|(2, 8)}}, choir {{small|(7)}}, guitar {{small|(8)}}, electric sitar {{small|(11)}}

Additional personnel

• Kazu Makino – vocals {{small|(2)}}
• Jeremy Wilms – cello {{small|(2)}}
• David Bowie – vocals {{small|(3)}}
• Omega "C Taylor" Moon – vocals {{small|(4)}}
• Katrina Ford – vocals {{small|(5, 7, 9)}}
• Martin Perna – baritone saxophone {{small|(5)}}, horns {{small|(9)}}
• Aaron Aites – choir {{small|(7)}}
• Dragons of Zynth: Akwetey & Aku Orraca-Tetteh, Devang Arvind Shah – choir, percussion {{small|(7)}}
• Shanina Robinson – vocals {{small|(9)}}
• Stuart D. Bogie – bass harmonica, bass clarinet {{small|(9)}}
• Chris Taylor – horns {{small|(9)}}, clarinet {{small|(10)}}, horn arrangement {{small|(9)}}

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