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. It was released on 5 February 2007 in the

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(supported by an extensive UK tour) and on 17 April 2007 in the

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. Five singles have been released from the album: "IWE", "Scratch Your Name", " Don't Give Up" and "Sister Rosetta (Capture The Spirit)" and their final single, "The Count of Monte Christo". The album was recorded over a period of two years, in various studios in

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and in

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and

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. It peaked at #75 on the UK Albums Chart.

Track listing

Critical response

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'' called the album "a smart, relentlessly exuberant thirty-eight-minute demonstration of chutzpah and musicianship, despite the band's affinity with the fizzy amateur energy of punk."Frere-Jones, Sasha (16 April 2007), "THE SHONIWA SHOW". ''New Yorker''. 83 (8):24 Rolling Stone called the band on this album "three bad-news London kids who came to knock you out, take your money and blow your mind," and gave the album three-and-a-half stars. Entertainment Weekly said that Shoniwa's "show-offy noodling derails the last few cuts, but when the Noisettes connect, they're a euphoric mix of

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and the

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."Endelman, Michael (20 April 2007), "What's the Time Mr. Wolf?". ''Entertainment Weekly''. (930):63

References

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