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2013 studio album by Sleigh Bells From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bitter Rivals is the third studio album by American noise pop duo Sleigh Bells. It was released on October 4, 2013 by Mom + Pop Music. The title track was released as the album's lead single on September 3, 2013,[2] with a music video released the day before.[3] The album was made exclusively available for streaming on Rolling Stone's website on October 1, 2013.[4] It was partially inspired by Janet Jackson, with the song "Tiger Kit" referencing Jackson's "Rhythm Nation".[5][6]
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| Released | October 4, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | Treefort Studios (Brooklyn, New York City)[1] | |||
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| Length | 29:26 | |||
| Label | Mom + Pop | |||
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| Singles from Bitter Rivals | ||||
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Philip Cosores of Consequence of Sound described Alexis Kraus' vocals on the record as leaning "heavily" on the "hip-hop cadence" of Sleigh Bells' previous albums "to go along with [Kraus'] inked-up bubblegum melodies". Cosores also described the album's musical styles as nostalgic, featuring "nu metal serving as a warning for pop punk, and freestyle, and whatever else might next resurface".[7]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 70/100[8] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [9] |
| The A.V. Club | B[10] |
| Consequence of Sound | D−[11] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[12] |
| The Guardian | [13] |
| NME | 7/10[14] |
| Pitchfork | 5.9/10[15] |
| PopMatters | 7/10[16] |
| Rolling Stone | [17] |
| Spin | 8/10[18] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 70 based on 27 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[8]
Philip Cosores of Consequence of Sound compared the album to nu metal bands such as Korn, Limp Bizkit, and Staind, who all had "a similar pattern of three albums into the spotlight, [with] their third being a success in terms of attention, but also a signifier of the end of people caring in quite the same way". Cosores also felt that the album played to Sleigh Bells' strength, but mostly felt "stuck in the weaker aspects of their previous albums, busying up the mercifully brief tracks with unnecessary filler".[7]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Bitter Rivals" | 3:19 |
| 2. | "Sugarcane" | 2:47 |
| 3. | "Minnie" | 3:01 |
| 4. | "Sing Like a Wire" | 2:35 |
| 5. | "Young Legends" | 2:50 |
| 6. | "Tiger Kit" | 2:55 |
| 7. | "You Don't Get Me Twice" | 2:43 |
| 8. | "To Hell With You" | 3:09 |
| 9. | "24" | 2:58 |
| 10. | "Love Sick" | 3:09 |
All lyrics are written by Sleigh Bells
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Bitter Rivals.[19]
Sleigh Bells
Additional musicians
Production and recording
Artwork and design
| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Indie Albums Chart[20] | 36 |
| US Billboard 200[21] | 49 |
| US Alternative Albums[22] | 15 |
| US Independent Albums[23] | 9 |
| US Rock Albums[24] | 16 |
| Region | Date | Format | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany[25] | October 4, 2013 | Digital download | Lucky Number Music |
| Ireland[26] | CD | ||
| France[27] | October 7, 2013 | Digital download | |
| Ireland[28] | |||
| United Kingdom[29] |
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| United States[30] | October 8, 2013 |
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Mom + Pop |
| Australia[31] | October 11, 2013 |
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Liberator |
| United Kingdom[32] | October 14, 2013 | LP | Lucky Number Music |
| Germany[33] | October 18, 2013 |
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| France[34] | October 21, 2013 | CD | |
| Japan[35] | November 27, 2013 | Hostess |
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