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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
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Guardian Unlimited[3]
Pitchfork Media(7.3/10)[4]
Stylus MagazineB+[5]

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".[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Eirik Glambek Bøe and Erlend Øye, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Homesick" 3:13
2."Misread" 3:08
3."Cayman Islands" 3:02
4."Stay out of Trouble" 5:04
5."Know-How"
3:58
6."Sorry or Please" 3:47
7."Love Is No Big Truth" 3:48
8."I'd Rather Dance with You" 3:29
9."Live Long"
  • Are Glambek Bøe
2:57
10."Surprise Ice" 4:23
11."Gold in the Air of Summer" 3:33
12."The Build-Up"
4:05
Total length:44:26

Personnel

Kings of Convenience
  • Erlend Øye - Lead (6, 12), co-lead (1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11) and harmony (5, 9, 10) vocals, guitar (7, 11, 12), steel string guitar (3, 4, 5, 10), electric guitar (1), bass (8), drums (5, 6, 8, 12), piano (8), banjo (6), trumpet (6), arrangement (4, 6)
  • Eirik Glambek Bøe - Lead (2, 5, 9, 10), co-lead (1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11) and harmony (6) vocals, guitar (2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), nylon string guitar (1, 3, 4, 10), bass (8), 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)
  • Petter Alexander Olsen - Creative consultant (9)

References

  1. ^ "Critic Reviews for Riot on an Empty Street by Kings of Convenience". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  2. ^ Riot on an Empty Street at AllMusic
  3. ^ Guardian review
  4. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  5. ^ Stylus Magazine review
  6. ^ "Riot on an Empty Street – Kings of Convenience". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
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