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• 'PDA' Released: August 22, 2002 • ' Released: September 20, 2002 • ' Released: November 11, 2002 • ' / 'NYC' Released: April 14, 2003 Turn On the Bright Lights is the debut by American band, released on August 20, 2002. The album was recorded in November 2001 at Tarquin Studios in Connecticut, and was co-, and by and Gareth Jones. It was released on August 19, 2002 in the United Kingdom and August 20 in the United States, through. Upon release, the record peaked at number 101 on the. It reached number 158 on the in the United States, as well as spending 73 weeks on the chart, peaking at number five. The songs 'PDA', ', ', ' were released as singles, with music videos being shot for all except 'Say Hello to the Angels'.

The song 'PDA' is featured as a playable track in. A remastered version of the album was released in 2012 to commemorate its tenth anniversary. It featured additional material including demo recordings of several tracks, the bonus songs previously available on international releases and a DVD of live performances and music videos. Interpol embarked on a tour in 2017 celebrating the album's 15th anniversary, playing the album front to back. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • Promotion and release [ ] The release of Turn On the Bright Lights was preceded by the marketing of the band's self-titled in June 2002, their first release for Matador.

The EP contained three tracks: 'PDA', future single ', and 'Specialist'. All three tracks later appeared on the album, with 'Specialist' included as a bonus track in Australian and Japanese editions. Further promotion continued at the beginning of the following year, when the band played the 2003 alongside,.

Critical reception [ ] Professional ratings Aggregate scores Source Rating 81/100 Review scores Source Rating A− 8/10 9.5/10 C+ Turn On the Bright Lights was released to critical acclaim from music critics. The album holds a score of 81 out of 100 from the aggregate site based on 21 reviews, indicating 'universal acclaim'.

Contemporary reviews of the album often noted Interpol's influences and drew comparisons to several other acts. Michael Chamy of cited 'melodic -like basslines; the divine textures of and; a peppy, -like bounce; and a singer who's a dead ringer for.' 'It's almost as if Ian Curtis never hanged himself,' began 's review, with critic Jonah Weiner adding that Paul Banks' vocals channeled Curtis' 'gloomy moan.' 's Victoria Segal called comparisons 'obvious and unmistakable, airbourne in the ashen atmospherics,' while praising Interpol's take on the 'grey-skinned British past'. Wrote that Interpol had created an 'homage to their particular vision of the '80s that stands proudly alongside the best of its idols.'

Scott Seward, writing in, remarked: 'If I like them because they remind me of eating bad bathtub mescaline in the woods and listening to singles, well, that'll do. You might like them for completely different reasons.' Noel Murray of opined that Interpol's virtue 'lies in the way its music unfurls from pinched openings to wide-open codas', while of wrote that their 'sleek, melancholy sound is a thing of glacial beauty'. Eric Carr of argued that the band had forged their own distinct sound, 'a grander, more theatrical atmosphere with lush production that counters their frustrated bombast', praising Turn On the Bright Lights as 'one of the most strikingly passionate records I've heard this year.' However, The Village Voice 's, naming it 'Dud of the Month' in his Consumer Guide column, felt that Interpol 'exemplify and counsel disengagement, self-seeking, a luxurious cynicism,' downplaying Joy Division comparisons as 'too kind'. 's lukewarm assessment of the album described it as 'predictably claustrophobic listening'. Hotel giant 2 free download.