release date: Jul. 10, 2007
format: cd
[album rate: 3 / 5] [3,18]
producer: Interpol, Rich Costey
label: Capitol Records - nationality: USA
Track highlights: 1. "Pioneer to the Falls" - 2. "No I in Threesome" - 4. "The Heinrich Maneuver" (4 / 5) - 6. "Pace Is the Trick" - 7. "All Fired Up" - 9. "Who Do You Think"
3rd studio album by Interpol with a new producer and three years in the making. The style is mostly unchanged, though, I find that it's generally a bit slower. The first single "The Heinrich Maneuver" promised another fine album with a strong post-punk outing, but it is turns out as almost the only great track of what appears a somewhat anonymous release.
I found the album a bit of a disappointment. Nonetheless, it received many positive reviews, but I think of it as a lesser album. Expectations were perhaps too high, but I think that too many tracks simply sound much alike. It's not mediocre but neither truly unforgettable and not really recommended.
[ allmusic.com, Rolling Stone 3 / 5 stars ]
