262:"In the end, he was more like a conductor – we’d rehearse, he’d suggest things and then we’d record it in one take". "He saw the recording process exactly as we saw it", Jasper elaborates. "There was very little overdubbing and guitar trickery. We recorded it all live with Charles concentrating on song arrangement rather than on specific sounds. He let the whole thing run very naturally. As we were playing it all live we got a chance to try and capture some of the energy from the stage show, which for us is very important. I can't imagine recording each part individually now. It seems a little contrived. He was everything we could have expected and more." As a result, the album was completed very quickly. "We recorded the album in a punk-as-fuck two weeks. With Black Francis conducting us, we pressed record, jumped around and played our songs. This is how I always thought albums were made and it’s definitely how we’re doing it from now on".
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1572:Categories
1489:Direct Hit
1468:Emily Kane
1132:Metacritic
915:References
698:Crawdaddy!
655:normalized
651:Metacritic
541:The Skinny
434:Crawdaddy!
127:chronology
76:Indie rock
1243:4 January
1220:4 January
1194:4 January
1168:4 January
1163:Pitchfork
1094:"Review:
992:4 January
742:DC Comics
669:gets the
663:Pitchfork
454:(7.7/10)
266:Reception
1304:Art Brut
1142:22 April
1136:Archived
1066:Archived
959:Archived
933:Archived
687:WH Smith
671:Art Brut
290:Allmusic
222:Art Brut
125:Art Brut
113:Producer
107:(Europe)
100:Downtown
80:art punk
62:Released
55:Art Brut
52: by
1446:Singles
1114:15 June
1072:12 June
1046:12 June
1024:12 June
875:Credits
659:average
330:The Fly
174:Singles
160:(2011)
151:(2009)
142:(2007)
897:Guitar
891:Guitar
885:vocals
869:B-side
721:Length
675:Weezer
284:Rating
281:Source
909:drums
856:40:50
718:Title
531:(A-)
176:from
95:Label
71:Genre
1245:2012
1222:2012
1215:Spin
1196:2012
1170:2012
1144:2009
1116:2009
1074:2011
1048:2011
1026:2011
994:2012
967:2009
941:2009
846:7:24
835:2:56
824:3:11
813:4:10
802:3:13
791:3:41
780:3:33
769:2:44
758:2:59
747:3:28
732:3:36
692:Spin
638:link
574:link
533:link
520:link
456:link
441:link
426:link
322:link
102:(US)
1188:NME
840:11.
829:10.
714:No.
683:NME
368:NME
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