Streets in the Sky
2012 studio album by The Enemy
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Streets in the Sky is the third studio album by English indie rock band The Enemy, released on 21 May 2012 through Cooking Vinyl and eOne Music. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number nine.[2]
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| Released | 21 May 2012 | |||
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| Length | 40:38 | |||
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| Producer | Joby J. Ford | |||
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Release
The song "Saturday" was released in May 2012 as the first single from Streets in the Sky. In the spring there were two versions of the video for the song (one of them is acoustic).[3] The song was also included in FIFA 13, the video game by EA Sports as a soundtrack. The music video[4] shows the members of the band singing on the blue background with words "Streets in the Sky" on the walls.
The second single, "Like a Dancer", was released on 16 July 2012 and reached No. 9 in the UK Albums Chart. A music video for "Like a Dancer" was published to YouTube.[5] "Like a Dancer" was recorded at Kore Studios,[6] and was published by EMI Music Publishing.[6] It is licensed to Cooking Vinyl.[6]
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
| Coventry Telegraph | (favourable)[8] |
| Drowned in Sound | [9] |
| The Fly | [10] |
| musicOMH |  [11] |
| NME | 6/10[12] |
| PopMatters | 2/10[13] |
| Sputnikmusic | 2.0/5[14] |
| The Quietus | (unfavourable)[15] |
| York Vision | (unfavourable)[16] |
Critical reception was generally negative, with Album of the Year rating it as the worst album of 2012 as reviewed by critics.[17] The album scored 2.9/10 at aggregator website AnyDecentMusic? (the fifth-lowest rated album of all time).[18] However, NME gave the album a mixed review.[19]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Gimme the Sign" | 3:09 |
| 2. | "Bigger Cages (Longer Chains)" | 2:57 |
| 3. | "Saturday" | 3:12 |
| 4. | "1-2-3-4" | 2:59 |
| 5. | "Like a Dancer" | 3:09 |
| 6. | "Come into My World" | 2:57 |
| 7. | "This Is Real" | 4:38 |
| 8. | "2 Kids" | 3:56 |
| 9. | "Turn It On" | 3:33 |
| 10. | "It's a Race" | 3:29 |
| 11. | "Get Up and Dance" | 3:52 |
| 12. | "Make a Man" | 2:47 |
Music videos
- "1-2-3-4" (acoustic)
- "Gimme the Sign"
- "Saturday"
- "Saturday" (acoustic)
- "Like a Dancer"
