Lost in Alphaville

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Lost in Alphaville
Lostinalphaville.jpg
Studio album by The Rentals
Released August 22, 2014 (digital)
August 25, 2014
Recorded 2013 in Los Angeles, Nashville and New Orleans[1]
Genre Alternative rock
Length 40:19
Label Polyvinyl Records
Producer Matt Sharp, The Rentals[2]
The Rentals chronology
Songs About Time
(2009)Songs About Time2009		 Lost in Alphaville
(2014)		 -String Module Error: Match not foundString Module Error: Match not found
Singles from Lost in Alphaville
  1. "Thought of Sound"
    Released: June 4, 2014
  2. "1000 Seasons"
    Released: July 23, 2014

Lost in Alphaville is the third full-length studio album by The Rentals, released on August 25, 2014, through Polyvinyl Records. The album is available on CD, vinyl, cassette and as a digital download.[3] It marks the band's first full-length album since their 1999 release Seven More Minutes and their first-ever release through Polyvinyl, who they signed with in December 2013.[1]

Background and recording

After The Rentals disbanded following the tour for 1999's Seven More Minutes, the band reunited in 2005 and released The Last Little Life EP as well as four mini-albums as part of their multimedia project Songs About Time throughout 2009.[1]

On December 5, 2013, Matt Sharp announced that The Rentals had signed with Polyvinyl Records for the release of their forthcoming studio album, which would be their first full-length in 15 years.[1][2] The album, recorded in Los Angeles, Nashville and New Orleans, is mostly made up of newly rerecorded songs from Songs About Time and features The Black Keys' drummer Patrick Carney, Lucius' Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig on vocals, Ozma's guitarist Ryen Slegr and Lauren Chipman of The Section Quartet on viola and piano.[1] Sharp and the band are credited with producing the album and it was mixed by Grammy-winning producer Dave Sardy.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 69/100[4]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars[5]
The A.V. Club C+[6]
Consequence of Sound C[7]
DIY 3/5 stars[8]
NME 7/10[9]
Paste 8/10[10]
Pitchfork Media 6.9/10[11]
Popmatters 6/10 discs[12]
Sputnikmusic 4/5 stars[13]
Under the Radar 7.5/10 stars[14]

Lost in Alphaville received mostly positive feedback from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 69 out of 100, which indicates "generally favorable reviews" based on 13 reviews.[4]

Tim Sendra of AllMusic calls the album "a huge-sounding modern indie rock album with a glossy sheen on the surface, but all kinds of heart beating just below."[5] Giving the album an eight out of ten rating, Jeff Milo of Paste writes, "It’s far from the slapped-together shambolic style of ‘90s power-pop; no, this sounds much more arranged, almost like tightened chamber pop if it were clouded by the murk of shoegaze."[10]

Chart performance

Chart Peak position
US Billboard 200[15] 200
US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[16] 7

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Matt Sharp. 

No. Title Length
1. "It's Time to Come Home"   4:00
2. "Traces of Our Tears"   3:25
3. "Stardust"   2:48
4. "1000 Seasons"   3:15
5. "Damaris"   4:54
6. "Irrational Things"   4:14
7. "Thought of Sound"   3:44
8. "Song of Remembering"   3:37
9. "Seven Years"   4:34
10. "The Future"   5:48
Total length:
 40:19
Japanese edition with bonus track
No. Title Length
11. "Thought of Sound" (Outtake) 3:22
Total length:
 43:41

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic:[17]

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label
United States August 25, 2014
Polyvinyl

References

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  15. ↑ "The Rentals – Chart history" Billboard 200 for The Rentals.
  16. ↑ "The Rentals – Chart history" Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums for The Rentals.
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