Tragedy Rocks

{{Infobox album

| name = Tragedy Rocks

| type = studio

| artist = The Crimea

| cover =Tragedy Rocks.jpg

| alt =

| released = 2005

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Indie rock

| length = varies by release

| label = Warner Bros.

| producer = The Crimea, Davey MacManus

| prev_title =

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| next_title = Secrets of the Witching Hour

| next_year = 2007

}}

Tragedy Rocks is the debut album by British indie band The Crimea, released on Warner Bros. Records in 2005. A self-released version had been available to order directly from the band the previous year, featuring different recordings.

Critical reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Drowned in Sound

| rev1Score = {{rating|8|10}}

| rev2 = PopMatters

| rev2Score = {{rating|7|10}}

| rev3 = Stylus Magazine

| rev3Score = B

}}

Stylus Magazine's Andrew Iliff said the album "builds on the whimsical early promise of the band, delivering a clutch of bittersweet melodies designed to bury themselves in your subconscious and niggle at your cerebellum."

{{cite web

| last=Iliff

| first=Andrew

| url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/the-crimea/tragedy-rocks.htm

| title=Reviews: The Crimea – 'Tragedy Rocks'

| publisher=Stylus Magazine

| date=8 February 2006

| accessdate=23 June 2014

}}

David Bernard of PopMatters remarked that "the songs are simple on the surface and immediately accessible, but the second and third listens reveal the emotional weight behind the excellent melodies and lyrics."

{{cite web

| last=Bernard

| first=David

| url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/crimea-tragedy/

| title=Review: The Crimea – 'Tragedy Rocks'

| publisher=PopMatters

| date=8 November 2005

| accessdate=23 June 2014

}}

Natasha Tripney of musicOMH compared the album's sound to that of The Flaming Lips, and said that the Crimea's "offbeat lyrics and general quirkiness rarely gets in the way of the music, as it sometimes can with less talented bands".

{{cite web

| last=Tripney

| first=Natasha

| url=http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/the-crimea-tragedy-rocks

| title=Reviews – Albums: The Crimea – 'Tragedy Rocks'

| publisher=musicOMH

| date=17 October 2005

| accessdate=23 June 2014

}}

Julian Ridgway of Drowned in Sound wrote: "Suitably for a band named after the site of a famous conflict, the album is a battle between opposing forces – bleakness and humour, beauty and ugliness, pure pop and musical interest. Sometimes that works, sometimes it implodes, but it never stays still."{{cite web

| last=Ridgway

| first=Julian

| url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/4249/reviews/13310-

| title=Album Review: The Crimea – 'Tragedy Rocks'

| publisher=Drowned in Sound

| date=11 October 2005

| accessdate=23 June 2014

| archive-date=22 September 2013

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922085745/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/4249/reviews/13310-

| url-status=dead

}}