Tragedy Rocks is the debut album by British indie band
The Crimea, released on
Warner Bros. Records
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in 2005.
Critical reception
Stylus Magazine
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's Andrew Iliff said the album "builds on the whimsical early promise of the band, delivering a clutch of bittersweet melodies designed to bury themselves in your subconscious and niggle at your cerebellum."
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David Bernard of
PopMatters
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remarked that "the songs are simple on the surface and immediately accessible, but the second and third listens reveal the emotional weight behind the excellent melodies and lyrics."
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Natasha Tripney of
musicOMH
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compared the album's sound to that of
The Flaming Lips
The Flaming Lips are an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1983 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The band currently consists of Wayne Coyne (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Steven Drozd (guitars, keyboards, bass, drums, vocals), Derek Brown (keyb ...
, and said that the Crimea's "offbeat lyrics and general quirkiness rarely gets in the way of the music, as it sometimes can with less talented bands".
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Julian Ridgway of
Drowned in Sound
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wrote: "Suitably for a band named after the site of a famous conflict, the album is a battle between opposing forces – bleakness and humour, beauty and ugliness, pure pop and musical interest. Sometimes that works, sometimes it implodes, but it never stays still."
Track listing
# "White Russian Galaxy" – 3:43
# "Lottery Winners On Acid" – 3:33
# "Opposite Ends" – 4:19
# "Baby Boom" – 3:48
# "Girl Just Died" – 3:48
# "Losing My Hair" – 3:19
# "Bad Vibrations" – 3:54
# "The Miserabilist Tango" – 3:31
# "Gazillions Of Miniature Violins" – 3:59
# "Someone's crying" – 4:59
References
External links
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2005 debut albums
The Crimea (band) albums
Warner Records albums
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