The Devil, You + Me

The Devil, You + Me is the sixth studio album by German indie rock band The Notwist. It was released in 2008.

The Devil, You + Me
Studio album by
The Notwist
Released17 June 2008 (2008-06-17)
GenreIndie rock
Length43:54
LabelBig Store, City Slang
ProducerThe Notwist, Olaf Opal
The Notwist chronology
Neon Golden
(2002)		 The Devil, You + Me
(2008)		 Close to the Glass
(2014)
Singles from The Devil, You + Me
  1. "Where in This World"
    Released: 2008
  2. "Boneless"
    Released: 2008
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The A.V. ClubB[3]
Drowned in Sound8/10[4]
Pitchfork7.7/10[5]
PopMatters[6]
Slant Magazine[7]
Tiny Mix Tapes[8]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 74% based on 22 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews."[1]

Andy Kellman of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of five and said, "you might want to take it everywhere with you, even when you can only replay it in your mind."[2] Dave Hughes of Slant Magazine gave the album three stars out of five, commenting that "it merely and consistently recalls the band's more emotionally satisfying earlier work, while rarely equaling or surpassing it."[7]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Good Lies"5:23
2."Where in This World"4:38
3."Gloomy Planets"4:49
4."Alphabet"3:02
5."The Devil, You + Me"3:39
6."Gravity"3:56
7."Sleep"3:46
8."On Planet Off"5:06
9."Boneless"2:55
10."Hands on Us"4:28
11."Gone Gone Gone"2:09

Charts
Chart Peak
position
German Albums Charts[9] 10
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[10] 11
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[11] 33

In 2010. It was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 30,000 copies throughout Europe.[12]

References
  1. "The Devil, You + Me by The Notwist". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  2. Kellman, Andy. "The Devil, You + Me - The Notwist". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  3. Rizov, Vadim (23 June 2008). "The Notwist: The Devil, You + Me". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  4. Diver, Mike (16 June 2008). "Album Review: The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  5. Berman, Stuart (19 June 2008). "The Notwist: The Devil, You + Me". Pitchfork. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  6. Keefe, Michael (19 June 2008). "The Notwist: The Devil, You + Me". PopMatters. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  7. Hughes, Dave (17 June 2008). "The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  8. Norton, Chris (8 July 2008). "The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  9. "The Notwist – The Devil, You + Me". Offizielle Deutsche Charts (in German). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  10. "The Notwist - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  11. "The Notwist - Chart history - Independent Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  12. "Color". Archived from the original on 2017-08-14. Retrieved 2017-08-13.

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