''Echoes'' is the debut full-length studio album by American

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band the Rapture. It was released on September 8, 2003, by DFA and

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in the UK, and on October 21, 2003, by DFA,

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, and

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in the U.S. It was co-produced by the DFA and the Rapture and recorded at the DFA's own Plantain Recording House studio in

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Background

The Rapture moved from San Francisco to New York in 1999 and wrote "

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" the following year. They met James Murphy and

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at one of their first performances in New York. Murphy and Goldworthy took a long time to persuade the band to work together because of a concern that making a

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song would alienate their fans. With the help of the DFA production team, the band released "House of Jealous Lovers" in 2002 and eventually released their first full-length album ''Echoes''. The album secured two Top 40 singles in the UK and also was met with critical acclaim, being awarded Album of the Year by pitchforkmedia.com and runner up in NME only to the White Stripes. Multi-instrumentalist Gabriel Andruzzi, who is also Safer's cousin, joined the band full-time after the record was completed to help tour. In the wake of the success of "House of Jealous Lovers", The Rapture opened for

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in a football stadium in England, and underwent a large major bidding war eventually signing with

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out of the UK and Strummer Records (a Gary Gersh Label) both owned by

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. In January 2004, the Rapture toured with

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on the NME Awards Tour. Later that year, the band toured on the main stage of the

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alongside

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, and

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Reception

The album was highly praised by ''

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'', who hailed the album as the best of 2003, as well as placing the songs "I Need Your Love" at number 323 and "House of Jealous Lovers" at number 16 on their best songs of the 2000s countdown. ''

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'' ranked the album at number 35 on their list of the best albums of the decade. The song "House of Jealous Lovers" was also ranked sixth on ''

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''s list of the top 100 tracks of the decade.

Track listing

Personnel

All personnel adapted from album liner notes. The Rapture * Luke Jenner – guitar, percussion, keyboards, vocals * Gabriel Andruzzi – percussion, saxophone * Vito Roccoforte – percussion, drums * Matt Safer – bass guitar, percussion, keyboards, vocals Additional musicians * Tyler Brodie – backing vocals * Pete Cafarella – keyboards * Amber Lasciak – backing vocals * Mandy Stein – backing vocals * Helen Stickler – backing vocals Technical personnel * The DFA – production *

– programming, multi instruments, engineering, mixing * James Murphy – programming, multi instruments, engineering, mixing

Charts

Use of songs in other media

* "Echoes" appeared in the 2007 comedy ''

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'', and is the theme song for the British drama ''

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''. * "Killing" was featured in the 2005 video game '' True Crime: New York City''. * "House of Jealous Lovers" was featured as part of the soundtrack for '' NBA 2K15''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Echoes (The Rapture Album) 2003 debut albums The Rapture (band) albums DFA Records albums Vertigo Records albums Albums produced by James Murphy (electronic musician)