''Riot on an Empty Street'' is the second album from
Norwegian
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*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
* Demographics of Norway
*The Norwegian language, including ...
duo
Kings of Convenience
Kings of Convenience is an indie folk-pop duo from Bergen, Norway, consisting of Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe.
History
Øye and Bøe were both born in 1975 (Øye on 21 November and Bøe on 25 October) and have known each other since they ...
. It features two song collaborations with
Canadian
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musician
Feist. It peaked at #2 in Norway, #3 in Italy (staying in the chart for a year) and #49 in the UK.
Critical reception
''Riot on an Empty Street'' received largely positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At
Metacritic
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, which assigns a
normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an
average
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score of 71, based on 18 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
Track listing
Personnel
;Kings of Convenience
*
Erlend Øye
Erlend Øye (born 21 November 1975) is a Norwegian composer, musician, producer, singer and songwriter from Bergen, best known for being one half of the indie folk duo Kings of Convenience, along with Eirik Glambek Bøe. Among other musical pro ...
- lead
(6, 12), co-lead
(1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11) and harmony
(5, 9, 10) vocals, guitar
(7, 11, 12), steel string guitar
(3, 4, 5, 10), electric guitar
(1), bass
(8), drums
(5, 6, 8, 12), piano
(8), banjo
(6), trumpet
(6), arrangement
(4, 6)
*
Eirik Glambek Bøe
Eirik Glambek Bøe (born 25 October 1975) is a Norwegian musician, writer and vocalist, best known for being part of the indie folk duo Kings of Convenience together with Erlend Øye. He has a degree in psychology from the University of Berge ...
- lead
(2, 5, 9, 10), co-lead
(1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11) and harmony
(6) vocals, guitar
(2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), nylon string guitar
(1, 3, 4, 10), bass
(8), piano
(2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11), drums
(7), arpeggios
(11), percussion
(8), banjo
(7), arrangement
(4, 6)
;Additional personnel
*
Feist - lead vocals
utro(5, 12)
*Davide Bertolini - bass
(7), upright bass
(2, 4, 5, 6), bowed bass
(11), arrangement
(4, 6)
*Tobias Hett - viola
(2, 4, 6, 8), arrangement
(4, 6)
*Gary Peterson - trumpet
(6), arrangement
(6)
*Siri Hilmen - cello
(2, 3), cello
utro(4), arrangement
(3, 4)
*Peter Kates - additional cymbals
(8), hi-hat
(8)
*John-Arild Suther - trombone
(9, 11)
*Petter Alexander Olsen - creative consultant
(9)
Certifications
References
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Kings of Convenience albums
2004 albums
Albums produced by Ken Nelson (British record producer)
Astralwerks albums