Английская Википедия:Crystal Castles II

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Crystal Castles II is the second studio album by Canadian electronic music duo Crystal Castles, released on May 24, 2010 by Fiction Records and Last Gang Records. The album was initially scheduled for release on June 7, 2010; however, the release dates were moved forward after the album leaked online, thus a digital version of the album was released on April 23, 2010.

On April 25, 2011, the album was reissued digitally under the title (II), which replaced the original version of "Not in Love" with the version featuring Robert Smith (of the Cure).

Background

Crystal Castles II was recorded by Ethan Kath in a variety of locations including an abandoned church in Iceland, a self-built cabin in northern Ontario, a garage behind an abandoned drug store in Detroit, as well as Paul Epworth's London studio. Of the experience, Kath said, "I recorded most of the record in the coldest winter in decades in a church without heat in Iceland. It was so cold that when I listen back I can hear myself shivering. I chose it because it felt right". In December 2009, Kath gave vocalist Alice Glass a CD-R containing 70 instrumental tracks, for which she then recorded vocals on 35 tracks.

In order to promote the album, the band released the first single "Celestica" in April followed by an EP titled Doe Deer that was released only a few days later. In May the band physically released the album. The album reached number 48 on the UK Albums Chart and number 188 on the US Billboard 200. Later on in December, the duo's cover of the Platinum Blonde song "Not in Love", featuring guest vocals from Robert Smith of the Cure, was released as the album's third single. The single became Crystal Castles' highest-charting single to date.

Critical reception

Шаблон:Music ratings Crystal Castles II received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77, based on 24 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Daniel Brockman of The Boston Phoenix praised the band for creating "a dense-yet-airy thicket of pure pop transcendence." MusicOMH also gave an extremely positive review, describing the album as "bold, dramatic, more than a little screwed-up and stunningly exciting statement." Pitchfork rated the album 8.5 out of 10, and awarded it their "Best New Music" accolade.

Commercial performance

As of July 2012, Crystal Castles and Crystal Castles II had sold a combined 174,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Accolades

The album was a longlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize.

Publication	List	Rank
Drowned in Sound	Albums of the Year 2010	18
MusicOMH	Top 50 Albums of 2010	33
NME	75 Best Albums of 2010	31
Pitchfork	The Top 50 Albums of 2010	34
	The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far (2010–2014)	65
PopMatters	The 70 Best Albums of 2010	51
Rough Trade	Albums of the Year (2010)	35
Slant Magazine	The 25 Best Albums of 2010	6
Spin	The 40 Best Albums of 2010	21
Stereogum	Top 50 Albums of 2010	12

Track listing

Notes

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• ^{Шаблон:Note} signifies an additional vocal producer.

Sample credits

• "Year of Silence" contains a sample of "Inní mér syngur vitleysingur" by Sigur Rós.
• "Vietnam" and "Violent Dreams" contain a sample of "A Walk in the Park" by Stina Nordenstam.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Crystal Castles II.

Crystal Castles

• Ethan Kath – production Шаблон:Small; mixing Шаблон:Small
• Alice Glass – vocals

Additional personnel Шаблон:Div col

• Lexxx – vocal recording Шаблон:Small; mixing Шаблон:Small
• Paul Epworth – additional production, vocal recording Шаблон:Small; guitar solo recording Шаблон:Small; additional vocal production Шаблон:Small
• Matthew Wagner – vocal recording Шаблон:Small
• Jacknife Lee – production Шаблон:Small
• Alex Bonenfant – vocal recording Шаблон:Small; production Шаблон:Small; mixing Шаблон:Small; guitar recording Шаблон:Small; drum recording Шаблон:Small
• Christopher Chartrand – drum solo Шаблон:Small; live drums
• X Tecumseh Clark – cover model
• Todd Tamanend Clark – photograph
• Marc Pannozzo – band photo
• Nilesh Patel – mastering

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart	25
Irish Albums Chart	56
Scottish Albums Chart	54
UK Albums Chart	48
UK Dance Albums Chart	8
US Billboard 200	188
US Dance/Electronic Albums	6