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'''''Love at Absolute Zero''''' is the debut album by the [[indie pop]] band [[My Favorite]], released on Double Agent in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/my-favorite-mn0000936509/biography|title=My Favorite &#124; Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref> The subject matter included the end of [[New wave music|new wave]], the new millennium, and growing up in suburban [[Long Island, New York]].


==Critical reception==
'''''Love at Absolute Zero''''' was the debut album by [[indie pop]] band [[My Favorite]], released on the Double Agent record label in 1999. The subject matter included the end of [[New wave music|new wave]], the new millennium, and growing up in suburban [[Long Island, New York]].
[[AllMusic]] wrote that the album "translates palpable pre-millennial tension into neon-lit synthesizer drama—recalling the heyday of the new wave with none of the irony which sinks like-minded retro-futurists from Romania to the Rentals."<ref name="auto"/> ''[[Trouser Press]]'' called it "an excellent debut, nostalgic but forward-looking at the same time."<ref>{{cite web |title=My Favorite |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/my-favorite/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=24 August 2021}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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# Working Class Jacket
# Working Class Jacket
# You Belong With Us
# You Belong With Us

==References==
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Latest revision as of 18:55, 9 December 2021

Love at Absolute Zero
Studio album by
Released1999
GenreIndie rock
LabelDouble Agent
My Favorite chronology
Love at Absolute Zero
(1999)
The Happiest Days of Our Lives
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork Media7.2/10[2]

Love at Absolute Zero is the debut album by the indie pop band My Favorite, released on Double Agent in 1999.[3] The subject matter included the end of new wave, the new millennium, and growing up in suburban Long Island, New York.

Critical reception

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AllMusic wrote that the album "translates palpable pre-millennial tension into neon-lit synthesizer drama—recalling the heyday of the new wave with none of the irony which sinks like-minded retro-futurists from Romania to the Rentals."[1] Trouser Press called it "an excellent debut, nostalgic but forward-looking at the same time."[4]

Track listing

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  1. Absolute Zero
  2. Absolute Beginners Again
  3. 17 Berlin
  4. The Truth About Lake Ronkonkama
  5. Let's Stay Alive
  6. Go Kid Go
  7. Modulate
  8. Party Crashers
  9. Between Cafes
  10. The Informers
  11. Working Class Jacket
  12. You Belong With Us

References

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  1. ^ a b "Love at Absolute Zero - My Favorite | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. ^ "My Favorite: Love at Absolute Zero: Pitchfork Review". August 16, 2000. Archived from the original on 2000-08-16.
  3. ^ "My Favorite | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "My Favorite". Trouser Press. Retrieved 24 August 2021.