Streets in the Sky

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This is an article about the third studio album by UK rock band The Enemy. For the building structure, see Tower block#Streets in the sky.
Streets In The Sky
File:StreetsInTheSky.jpg
Studio album by The Enemy
Released 21 May 2012
Genre Indie rock, punk rock[1]
Length 40:38
Label Cooking Vinyl, eOne Music
Producer Joby J Ford
The Enemy chronology
Music for the People
(2009)Music for the People2009		 Streets In The Sky
(2012)		 It's Automatic
(2015)
Singles from Streets in the Sky
  1. "Saturday"
    Released: May 15, 2012
  2. "Like a Dancer"
    Released: July 16, 2012

It's Automatic2015

Streets In The Sky is the third studio album by Coventry-based indie rock band The Enemy, released on 21 May 2012 through Cooking Vinyl and eOne Music. It entered the UK Albums Chart at no. 9,[2] and met with largely negative reviews.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 2/5 stars[3]
Coventry Telegraph (favourable)[4]
Drowned In Sound (0/10)[5]
The Fly 1/5 stars[6]
musicOMH 1.5/5 stars[7]
NME (6/10)[8]
PopMatters (2/10)[9]
sputnikmusic (2.0/5)[10]
The Quietus (unfavourable)[11]
York Vision (unfavourable)[12]

Aside from a smattering of reviews that tended toward the positive, the record was released to a strongly negative reception, scoring a low of 2.9/10 at aggregator website AnyDecentMusic? (the joint-second lowest-rated album of all time).[13] On another aggregator, Album of the Year, it holds the position of being the worst album of 2012 reviewed by critics.[14] Drowned In Sound were particularly critical, labelling it as a "reoccurring nightmare" and awarding it 0/10 while urging lead singer Tom Clarke to retire from music "for the sake of future generations".[5]

There was also strong disapproval from The Fly at the content of Clarke's lyrics, suggesting he had over-emphasised his working class roots, and describing the record as "dull, simplistic and in no way relevant to actual life" while awarding it one star out of five.[6] The most scathing criticism came from Neil Kulkarni in The Quietus, who called the album "shite, in the noonday sun, attracting flies", and "fervently" hoped it would be The Enemy's last.[11] There was, however, some praise from the NME, who wrote: "Odd misstep aside... The Enemy have never sounded more fully themselves than they do here."[8]

Track listing

No. Title Length
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

References

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External links

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