Two Dancers

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|ADM = 7.6/10{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/1075/Wild-Beasts-Two-Dancers.aspx|title=Two Dancers by Wild Beasts reviews|publisher=AnyDecentMusic?|access-date=8 January 2020}}

|MC = 83/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/two-dancers/wild-beasts|title=Reviews for Two Dancers by Wild Beasts|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=24 October 2016}}

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/two-dancers-mw0000824112|title=Two Dancers – Wild Beasts|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=25 January 2014|last=Phares|first=Heather}}

|rev2 = The Guardian

|rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jul/31/wild-beasts-two-dancers-review|title=Wild Beasts: Two Dancers|work=The Guardian|date=31 July 2009|access-date=25 January 2014|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|author-link=Alexis Petridis}}

|rev3 = The Irish Times

|rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/rock-pop-1.710638|title=Wild Beasts: Two Dancers (Domino)|work=The Irish Times|date=31 July 2009|access-date=25 January 2014|last=Gleeson|first=Sinéad}}

|rev4 = Mojo

|rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal|title=Wild Beasts: Two Dancers|journal=Mojo|issue=191|date=September 2009|page=90}}

|rev5 = NME

|rev5score = 9/10{{cite journal|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/10728|title=Album review: Wild Beasts – 'Two Dancers'|journal=NME|date=31 July 2009|access-date=25 January 2014|last=Mackay|first=Emily|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064759/http://www.nme.com/reviews/10728|archive-date=4 March 2016}}

|rev6 = The Observer

|rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jul/12/wild-beasts-two-dancers-reviewed|title=Pop review: Wild Beasts, Two Dancers|work=The Observer|date=12 July 2009|access-date=25 January 2014|last=Thomson|first=Graeme}}

|rev7 = Pitchfork

|rev7score = 8.4/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13382-two-dancers|title=Wild Beasts: Two Dancers|work=Pitchfork|date=31 August 2009|access-date=25 January 2014|last=Berman|first=Stuart}}

|rev8 = Q

|rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal|title=Wild Beasts: Two Dancers|journal=Q|date=2009|page=106}}

|rev9 = The Sunday Times

|rev9score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/music/article179638.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202002823/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/music/article179638.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 2, 2017|title=Wild Beasts: Two Dancers|work=The Sunday Times|date=2 August 2009|access-date=25 January 2014|last=Cairns|first=Dan|url-access=subscription}}

|rev10 = Uncut

|rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal|url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/wild-beasts-two-dancers|title=Wild Beasts – Two Dancers|journal=Uncut|date=28 July 2009|access-date=25 January 2014|last=Mulvey|first=John|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202001609/http://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/wild-beasts-two-dancers|archive-date=2 February 2017}}

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Aggregating website Metacritic reports a "universal acclaim" rating of 83% from notable critics. Pitchfork Media said, "Wild Beasts certainly aren't the first rock band to stand up society's dregs and outcasts, but few others immortalize them on such a wondrous, mythic scale." Drowned in Sound stated, "Two Dancers, then, doesn't so much follow up their debut as announce Wild Beasts as one of our genuinely special bands, one that can compete—in terms of both musical and lyrical ingenuity as well as sheer pop nous—with any US act you've seen talked up in the music press this year."

In 2010, Two Dancers was nominated for the Mercury Prize,{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-16|title=Wild Beasts, band who brought sensuality to British indie, split up|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/25/wild-beasts-split-up|date=25 September 2017|website=The Guardian}} which was subsequently won by the xx.

The album was also included in the 2011 revision of the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.{{cite book|author1=Robert Dimery|author2=Michael Lydon|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition|date=2014 |publisher=Universe|isbn=978-0-7893-2074-2}}

1. "The Fun Powder Plot" – 5:35
2. "Hooting & Howling" – 4:35
3. "All the King's Men" – 3:59
4. "When I'm Sleepy" – 2:09
5. "We Still Got the Taste Dancin' on Our Tongues" – 4:35
6. "Two Dancers (i)" – 4:06
7. "Two Dancers (ii)" – 2:37
8. "This Is Our Lot" – 4:32
9. "Underbelly" – 1:54
10. "Empty Nest" – 3:24
11. "Through the Iron Gate" (iTunes bonus track) – 5:37

• Hayden Thorpe – lead vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11), backing vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, production
• Tom Fleming – lead vocals (tracks 3, 6, 7, 10), backing vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, guitar, production
• Ben Little – lead guitar, production
• Chris Talbot – drums, backing vocals, production
• Richard Formby – production, engineering
• David Pye – engineering
• Lexxx – mixing
• Russell Fawcus – assistance

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