The Devil, You + Me
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| The Devil, You + Me | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 17 June 2008 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 43:54 | |||
| Label | Big Store, City Slang | |||
| Producer | The Notwist, Olaf Opal | |||
| The Notwist chronology | ||||
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| Singles from The Devil, You + Me | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 74/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| The A.V. Club | B[3] |
| Drowned in Sound | 8/10[4] |
| Pitchfork | 7.7/10[5] |
| PopMatters | [6] |
| Slant Magazine | [7] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | [8] |
The Devil, You + Me is the sixth studio album by German indie rock band The Notwist. It was released in 2008.
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 74% based on 22 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]
Andy Kellman of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of five and said, "you might want to take it everywhere with you, even when you can only replay it in your mind."[2] Dave Hughes of Slant Magazine gave the album three stars out of five, commenting that "it merely and consistently recalls the band's more emotionally satisfying earlier work, while rarely equaling or surpassing it."[7]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Good Lies" | 5:23 |
| 2. | "Where in This World" | 4:38 |
| 3. | "Gloomy Planets" | 4:49 |
| 4. | "Alphabet" | 3:02 |
| 5. | "The Devil, You + Me" | 3:39 |
| 6. | "Gravity" | 3:56 |
| 7. | "Sleep" | 3:46 |
| 8. | "On Planet Off" | 5:06 |
| 9. | "Boneless" | 2:55 |
| 10. | "Hands on Us" | 4:28 |
| 11. | "Gone Gone Gone" | 2:09 |
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
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| German Albums Charts[9] | 10 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[10] | 11 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[11] | 33 |
In 2010. It was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 30,000 copies throughout Europe.[12]
