Tourist History

The band recorded the album at Eastcote Studios in London with Eliot James in July 2009, and was based in a studio adjacent to Duran Duran. The album was mixed at Phillipe Zdar's newly built studio, Motorbass, in Paris. Two Door Cinema Club were the second band to use Zdar's studio, the first being Phoenix, who recorded the Grammy Award-winning album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. During the mixing process, Zdar reportedly found it hard to understand the band's Irish accents over the first couple of days. Of working with Two Door Cinema Club, Zdar said to NME, "Their stuff was already tight—I was just able to give big bass, big highs and something a bit large! They are completely crazy about music—there is not one hour when they don't listen or download something from a blog. They remind me of me when I was a teenager."{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/the-debut-albums-you-need-to-hear-in-2010-42639 |title=The Debut Albums You Need To Hear In 2010 |work=NME |date=11 January 2010 |access-date=24 December 2021}} The album was mastered by Mike Marsh at the Exchange in London.

{{Album ratings

| MC = 67/100

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Phares |first=Heather |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tourist-history-mw0001972267 |title=Tourist History – Two Door Cinema Club |website=AllMusic}}

| rev2 = Drowned in Sound

| rev2score = 7/10

| rev3 = NME

| rev3score = 7/10{{cite web |last=McFee |first=Edwin |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/two-door-cinema-club/11089 |title=Album review: Two Door Cinema Club – 'Tourist History' (Kitsune) |work=NME |date=28 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113171531/https://www.nme.com/reviews/two-door-cinema-club/11089 |archive-date=13 January 2014}}

| rev4 = Q

| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url=http://news.qthemusic.com/2010/12/qs_50_best_albums_of_2010_-_47.html |title=Q's 50 Best Albums of 2010 – 47: Two Door Cinema Club – Tourist History |work=Q |date=15 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225172631/http://news.qthemusic.com/2010/12/qs_50_best_albums_of_2010_-_47.html |archive-date=25 December 2010}}

| rev5 = RTÉ

| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last=Guerin |first=Harry |url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2010/0304/twodoorcinemaclub.html |title=Two Door Cinema Club – Tourist History |publisher=RTÉ |date=4 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329133506/http://www.rte.ie/arts/2010/0304/twodoorcinemaclub.html |archive-date=29 March 2010}}

| rev6 = State Magazine

| rev6score = 3/5{{cite web |last=Conboy |first=Patrick |url=http://www.state.ie/2010/02/album-reviews/two-door-cinema-club-tourist-history/ |title=Two Door Cinema Club – Tourist History |website=State Magazine |date=26 February 2010 |access-date=12 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005023724/http://www.state.ie/2010/02/album-reviews/two-door-cinema-club-tourist-history/ |archive-date=5 October 2010}}

| rev7 = The Times

| rev7score = {{Rating|3|5}}

}}

Tourist History received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 67, based on 12 reviews.{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/tourist-history/two-door-cinema-club |title=Tourist History by Two Door Cinema Club Reviews and Tracks |website=Metacritic |access-date=28 October 2012}} Lou Thomas of BBC Music described the album as showing "sporadic flashes of greatness", comparing the album to the works of Editors, Foals, and the Futureheads,{{cite web |last=Thomas |first=Lou |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/xzb6 |title=Review of Two Door Cinema Club – Tourist History |publisher=BBC Music |date=19 February 2010 |access-date=12 March 2012}} whilst Laura Silverman of The Times described the album as "an excited burst of short, simple indie pop songs driven by jangly guitars and punk rhythms".{{cite web |last=Silverman |first=Laura |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article7037949.ece |title=Two-Door Cinema Club: Tourist History |work=The Times |date=27 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615053243/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article7037949.ece |archive-date=15 June 2011}} Dom Gourlay of Drowned in Sound described the album as "mixing Bloc Party's guile and wisdom with a pop sensibility not normally associated with modern-day guitar oriented bands" and as a "more accessible and less po-faced Antidotes".{{cite web |last=Gourlay |first=Dom |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15117/reviews/4139192 |title=Two Door Cinema Club – Tourist History |website=Drowned in Sound |date=24 February 2010 |access-date=12 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006181058/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15117/reviews/4139192 |archive-date=6 October 2012 |url-status=live}}

Tourist History debuted at number 46 on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 5,071 copies, eventually peaking 62 weeks later at number 24, in May 2011.{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Alan |url=http://www.musicweek.com/index.php/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-vaccines-rack-up-44k-sales-of-2nd-album/051728 |title=Official Charts Analysis: Vaccines rack up 44k sales of 2nd album |work=Music Week |date=10 September 2012 |access-date=29 October 2012 |url-access=subscription}} The album was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 22 July 2013, and had sold 340,542 copies in the United Kingdom as of November 2016.{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Alan |url=http://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/official-charts-analysis-little-mix-topple-james-arthur-from-no-1-spot/066315 |title=Official Charts Analysis: Little Mix topple James Arthur from No.1 spot |work=Music Week |date=21 October 2016 |access-date=28 October 2016 |url-access=subscription}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Alex Trimble, Kevin Baird and Sam Halliday

| title1 = Cigarettes in the Theatre

| length1 = 3:34

| title2 = Come Back Home

| length2 = 3:24

| title3 = Do You Want It All?

| length3 = 3:29

| title4 = This Is the Life

| length4 = 3:30

| title5 = Something Good Can Work

| length5 = 2:44

| title6 = I Can Talk

| length6 = 2:57

| title7 = Undercover Martyn

| length7 = 2:47

| title8 = What You Know

| length8 = 3:11

| title9 = Eat That Up, It's Good for You

| length9 = 3:45

| title10 = You're Not Stubborn

| length10 = 3:10

| total_length = 32:30

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese edition bonus tracks

| title11 = Kids

| length11 = 3:04

| title12 = Costume Party

| length12 = 3:27

| total_length = 39:09

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese deluxe edition bonus DVD

| title1 = Something Good Can Work

| note1 = music video

| length1 =

| title2 = I Can Talk

| note2 = music video

| length2 =

| title3 = What You Know

| note3 = music video

| length3 =

| title4 = Undercover Martyn

| note4 = music video

| length4 =

| title5 = Come Back Home

| note5 = music video

| length5 =

| total_length =

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Deluxe edition bonus disc{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tourist-History-Door-Cinema-Club/dp/B003ZWHBPC |title=Tourist History: Deluxe Edition |website=Amazon |location=United Kingdom |access-date=12 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821001524/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tourist-History-Door-Cinema-Club/dp/B003ZWHBPC |archive-date=21 August 2014}}

| title1 = Kids

| length1 = 3:04

| title2 = Undercover Martyn

| note2 = Whatever/Whatever Remix

| length2 = 8:27

| title3 = I Can Talk

| note3 = French Horn Rebellion Remix

| length3 = 4:22

| title4 = Come Back Home

| note4 = Is Tropical Chilla Black Edit

| length4 = 4:21

| title5 = Undercover Martyn

| note5 = Jupiter Remix

| length5 = 3:43

| title6 = I Can Talk

| note6 = Moulinex Remix

| length6 = 5:02

| title7 = What You Know

| note7 = Cassian Remix

| length7 = 4:54

| title8 = Come Back Home

| note8 = Myd Remix

| length8 = 5:06

| title9 = Something Good Can Work

| note9 = Ted & Francis Remix

| length9 = 3:24

| title10 = Undercover Martyn

| note10 = Softwar Remix

| length10 = 6:38

| title11 = Something Good Can Work

| note11 = The Twelves Remix

| length11 = 4:09

}}

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Tourist History.{{cite AV media notes |title=Tourist History |type=liner notes |others=Two Door Cinema Club |publisher=Kitsuné |year=2010 |id=CDA025}}

• Eliot James – recording, production {{small|(all tracks)}}; mixing {{small|(tracks 1–3, 8–10)}}
• Philippe Zdar – mixing {{small|(tracks 4–7)}}
• Mike Marsh – mastering
• Tal Amiran – additional drumming
• Ben Dawson – trumpet {{small|(track 1)}}
• Heather McCormick – backing vocals {{small|(tracks 3, 5)}}
• Anthea Humphreys – backing vocals {{small|(tracks 3, 5)}}
• Mathieu Meyer – design

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Two Door Cinema Club|title=Tourist History|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=2010|certyear=2013|id=8700-2358-2|date=22 July 2013|access-date=24 December 2021|salesamount=340,542|salesref=|refname="BPI"}}

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