Riot on an Empty Street

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Riot on an Empty Street is the second album from Norwegian duo Kings of Convenience. It features two song collaborations with Canadian musician Feist. It peaked at #2 in Norway, #3 in Italy (staying in the chart for a year) and #49 in the UK.

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	71/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Guardian Unlimited
Pitchfork Media	(7.3/10)
Stylus Magazine	B+

Riot on an Empty Street received largely positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, based on 18 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".

Track listing

All songs written by Eirik Glambek Bøe and Erlend Øye, except where noted.

1. "Homesick" – 3:13
   • Eirik Glambek Bøe - high vocals
   • Erlend Øye - low vocals
2. "Misread" – 3:08
   • Eirik Glambek Bøe - guitar
3. "Cayman Islands" – 3:02
   • Eirik Glambek Bøe - high vocals
   • Erlend Øye - low vocals
4. "Stay Out of Trouble" – 5:04
   • Eirik Glambek Bøe - low vocals
   • Erlend Øye - high vocals
5. "Know-How" - (Eirik Glambek Bøe, Erlend Øye, Feist) – 3:58
   • Eirik Glambek Bøe - guitar
6. "Sorry or Please" – 3:47
   • Eirik Glambek Bøe - guitar
7. "Love Is No Big Truth" – 3:48
   • Eirik Glambek Bøe - guitar, high vocals
   • Erlend Øye - guitar, low vocals
8. "I'd Rather Dance with You" – 3:29
   • Eirik Glambek Bøe - guitar, bass
   • Erlend Øye - bass
9. "Live Long" - (music: Eirik Glambek Bøe, Erlend Øye/lyrics: Are Glambek Bøe) – 2:57
   • Eirik Glambek Bøe - guitar
10. "Surprise Ice" – 4:23
11. "Gold in the Air of Summer" – 3:33
    • Eirik Glambek Bøe - high vocals
    • Erlend Øye - guitar, low vocals
12. "The Build-Up" (Eirik Glambek Bøe, Erlend Øye, Feist) – 4:05
    • Erlend Øye - guitar

Personnel

Kings of Convenience

• Erlend Øye - Lead (6, 12), co-lead (8) and harmony (5, 9, 10) vocals, steel string guitar (3, 4, 5, 10), electric guitar (1), drums (5, 6, 8, 12), piano (8), banjo (6), trumpet (6), arrangement (4, 6),
• Eirik Glambek Bøe - Lead (2, 5, 9, 10), co-lead (8) and harmony (6) vocals, nylon string guitar (1, 3, 4, 10), piano (2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11), drums (7), arpeggios (11), percussion (8), banjo (7), arrangement (4, 6),

Additional personnel

• Feist - Lead vocals (5, 12) [outro]
• Davide Bertolini - Bass (7), upright bass (2, 4, 5, 6), bowed bass (11), arrangement (4, 6)
• Tobias Hett - Viola (2, 4, 6, 8), arrangement (4, 6)
• Gary Peterson - Trumpet (6), arrangement (6)
• Siri Hilmen - Cello (2, 3), cello [outro] (4), arrangement (3, 4)
• Peter Kates - Additional cymbals (8), hi-hat (8)
• John-Arild Suther - Trombone (9, 11)
• Are Glambek Bøe - Lyrics (9)
• Petter Alexander Olsen - Creative consultant (9)