On (Imperial Teen album)
On is the third studio album by indie rock band Imperial Teen. It is the follow-up to their second full-length record What is Not to Love (1998), and was released in the U.S. on April 9, 2002 from Merge Records. On March 30, 2009, Amazon.com selected it as the 43rd greatest indie rock album of all time.[5]
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| Released | April 9, 2002 (United States) | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, indie pop | |||
| Length | 38:26 | |||
| Label | Merge Records | |||
| Producer | Anna Waronker, Steve McDonald, Imperial Teen | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Rolling Stone |  |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.7/10[3] |
| Robert Christgau | A−[4] |
Track listing
- "Ivanka" – 3:15
- "Baby" – 2:44
- "Sugar" – 3:25
- "Million $ Man" – 4:22
- "Captain" – 2:39
- "Our Time" – 2:17
- "Undone" – 4:07
- "Mr. & Mrs." – 3:06
- "Teacher's Pet" – 2:16
- "City Song" – 2:28
- "My Spy" – 3:26
- "The First" – 4:21
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gollark: I fear that some sort of computer troubleshooting class may just end up teaching people to blindly try one specific thing they learned instead of... actually problem-solving. Which would admittedly be better than now.
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References
- Draper, Jimmy. "allmusic ((( On > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- Brackett, Nathan. "Imperial Teen". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 403, cited March 18, 2010
- Pecoraro, David M.. "On". pitchfork.com. June 2002, Retrieved on March 17, 2010.
- Christgau, Robert. "Imperial Teen". robertchristgau.com, Retrieved on March 18, 2010.
- Stosuy, Brandon (March 30, 2009). "Amazon's 100 Greatest Indie Rock Albums Of All Time". Stereogum. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
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