The Experiment (Art vs. Science album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Experiment
| type = studio
| artist = Art vs. Science
| cover = The experiment art vs. science.jpg
| alt =
| released = 25 February 2011
| recorded = 2010
| venue =
| studio =
- Brisbane
- Sydney
| genre =
| length =
| label = Art vs. Science
| producer = Art vs. Science, Magoo, Berkfinger, Eric J. Dubowsky
| prev_title = Magic Fountain
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = Create / Destroy
| next_year = 2014
| misc = {{Singles
| name = The Experiment
| type = studio
| single1 = Finally See Our Way
| single1date = November 2010{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/finally-see-our-way-single/402390166|title=Finally See Our Way - single|website=Apple Music|date=November 2010|access-date=29 July 2020}}
| single2 = A.I.M. Fire!
| single2date = April 2011{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCHy2tAKO5k|title="A.I.M. Fire!" by Art vs. Science|via=YouTube|date=April 2011|access-date=29 July 2020}}
| single3 = Higher
| single3date = June 2011{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRwSk4phPLA|title="Higher" by Art vs. Science|via=YouTube|date=June 2011|access-date=29 July 2020}}
| single4 = With Thoughts
| single4date = August 2011{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/with-thoughts-single/452646408|title=With Thoughts - single|website=Apple Music|date=August 2011|access-date=29 July 2020}}
}}}}
The Experiment is the debut studio album by Australian electronic band Art vs. Science. The album was released on 25 February 2011 and debuted at number 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart. At the J Awards of 2011, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.{{cite web|title = The J Award 2011|website = Triple J|url = https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/jawards/11/|publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation|year = 2011|access-date =15 August 2020}} At the ARIA Music Awards of 2011, it won the Best Independent Release.{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/news/8/the-countdown-beginsnominations-announced |title=The Countdown Begins....Nominations Announced |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |date=11 October 2011 |access-date=3 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427154447/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/news/8/the-countdown-beginsnominations-announced |archivedate=27 April 2012 }}
Reception
Rolling Stone awarded the album 4 out of 5 stars, saying that the "debut album from festival favourites perfectly captures their intense, slightly crazy live spirit".{{Cite web |url=http://blog.artvsscience.net/post/3303532284/first-review-of-the-experiment#disqus_thread |title=AVS |access-date=16 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226052831/http://blog.artvsscience.net/post/3303532284/first-review-of-the-experiment#disqus_thread |archive-date=26 February 2011 |url-status=dead}}
The Vine praised the band and the album, saying its "packed from top to toe with fist-pumping, bass-throbbing anthems, the cheek of Art vs. Science might be the only thing saving the kids from utter blandness".{{cite web|url=http://www.thevine.com.au/music/album-reviews/art-vs-science-%27the-experiment%2720110307.aspx |title=Art vs. Science: The Experiment |publisher=The Vine |work=The Vine |access-date=30 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110328031824/http://www.thevine.com.au/music/album-reviews/art-vs-science-%27the-experiment%2720110307.aspx |archivedate=28 March 2011 }}
Mess and Noise gave the record a poor review saying, "The album could be easily dismissed as a one-note act making hay while the sun still shines on their blissfully brainless patch of land".{{cite web |url=http://www.messandnoise.com/releases/2000835 |title=Art vs. Science: The Experiment |publisher=Mess and Noise|access-date=30 March 2011 }}
The Daily Telegraph proclaimed "this is Australian pop music to be proud of".[http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/the-kings-of-zeitgeist/story-fn6b3v4f-1226019305850 The kings of zeitgeist | thetelegraph.com.au]
Australian street press was unified in its praise of the album, with The Brag, Drum Media, Beat and Time Off all awarding the band 4 out of 5 and Album of the Week status.[http://www.thebrag.com/2011/03/07/album-review-art-vs-science-the-experiment/ Album Review: Art vs. Science – The Experiment - The Brag] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006053619/http://www.thebrag.com/2011/03/07/album-review-art-vs-science-the-experiment/ |date=6 October 2011 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.beat.com.au/music/art-vs-science-experiment |title=Art Vs Science : The Experiment {{!}} Beat Magazine |access-date=16 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315224753/http://www.beat.com.au/music/art-vs-science-experiment |archive-date=15 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| headline = The Experiment
| all_writing = Art Vs. Science
| title1 = Finally See Our Way
| length1 = 4:24
| title2 = Take a Look at Your Face
| length2 = 4:07
| title3 = A.I.M. Fire!
| length3 = 3:59
| title4 = Higher
| length4 = 3:52
| title5 = Magic Fountain
| length5 = 4:27
| title6 = With Thoughts
| length6 = 4:25
| title7 = Meteor (I Feel Fine)
| length7 = 4:57
| title8 = Rain Dance
| length8 = 5:01
| title9 = Sledgehammer
| length9 = 3:40
| title10 = New World Order
| length10 = 5:45
| title11 = Bumblebee
| length11 = 3:40
| title12 = Heavy Night
| length12 = 3:40
| title13 = Before You Came to This Place
| length13 = 4:46
| title14 = Finally See Our Way
| note14 = Linus Loves remix [iTunes bonus track]
| length14 = 6:10
}}
Personnel
;Art vs. Science
- Jim Finn: synthesisers, vocals
- Dan McNamee: guitar, vocals, synthesisers
- Dan Williams: drums, vocals
;Recording
- Producer: Art vs. Science, Berkfinger (Simon Berckelman, tracks: 4, 5, 10, 13), Eric J. Dubowsky (track 13), Magoo (Lachlan Goold, tracks: 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 12)
- Mixer: Adrian Bushby
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2011)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Australia|2|artist=Art vs. Science|album=The Experiment|rowheader=true|accessdate=29 July 2020}} |
Release history
| class="wikitable"
! Country ! Date ! Format ! Label ! Catalogue |
| Australia
| 25 February 2011 | Digital download,{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/the-experiment/410426090|title=The Experiment (DD)|website=Apple Music |access-date=29 July 2020}} CD,{{cite web|url=https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/cd-art-vs-science-experiment-the-cd|title=The Experiment CD|publisher=JB Hi-Fi|access-date=29 July 2020}} | Art vs. Science | AVS003 |
References
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