Tyranny (Julian Casablancas+The Voidz album)

Tyranny
Studio album by Julian Casablancas+The Voidz
Released September 23, 2014
Recorded 2013–14
Genre
Length 62:25
Label Cult
Producer Shawn Everett
Julian Casablancas chronology
Phrazes for the Young
(2009)
Tyranny
(2014)
Singles from Tyranny
  1. "Human Sadness"
    Released: September 2, 2014[1]
  2. "Where No Eagles Fly"
    Released: September 9, 2014[2]

Tyranny is the second studio album by Julian Casablancas and the first studio album accompanied by American band The Voidz, which was released on September 23, 2014 by Casablancas's label, Cult Records.[3] The first single from the album, the 11-minute track "Human Sadness", was released on September 2, 2014. The music video for the second single "Where No Eagles Fly" was directed by guitarist Jeramy "Beardo" Gritter.[2] On September 19, Tyranny was made available to stream on the websites of Rolling Stone and Pitchfork Media.

The album was placed 50th in NME's Top 50 Albums Of 2014 list.[4]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic66/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Drowned in Sound(9.75/10)[6]
Exclaim!(8/10)[7]
Pretty Much AmazingB[8]
Clash(7/10)[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Consequence of SoundFavourable[11]
The Line of Best Fit(6.5/10)[12]
NME(6/10)[13]
AllMusic[14]
Paste(6/10)[15]
Pitchfork Media(4.9/10)[16]

Reception

Rolling Stone gave the album 3.5 stars, calling it "the sound of a man shedding his skin. Not pretty, but more compelling for it."[17] Paste gave it 6.0,[18] while Exclaim! gave it 8 out of 10, calling it "a seriously sad album...compelling."[19] Lucas Villa of AXS awarded four out of five stars, writing, "Casablancas continues to exercise his experimental muscle in the most raucous ways with The Voidz in tow."[20] Benji Taylor of Clash Magazine gave the album 7/10, calling it "a weirdly wonderful mesh of awkward time signatures, unconventional song structures and, in general, unbridled madness".[21]

GQ printed in a 2014 interview with Casablancas entitled, "Julian Casablancas Is Done Trying to Save You",

The record’s called Tyranny, and that’s sort of what it’s about, Casablancas says: rapacious oil companies and a not-so-free press and environmental depredation. Money. Health care. Nightmares. The moon. "It’s not very sexy to talk about these things, especially in a place like America, where things are, like, the best. But it just feels like we’re inside that Versailles bubble, you know?"[22]

Track listing

All tracks written by Julian Casablancas, except where noted[3].

No.TitleLength
1."Take Me in Your Army" (Jake Bercovici, Casablancas)4:20
2."Crunch Punch"  4:50
3."M.utually A.ssured D.estruction"  2:31
4."Human Sadness" (Alex Carapetis, Casablancas)10:56
5."Where No Eagles Fly" (Bercovici, Casablancas)3:44
6."Father Electricity"  7:23
7."Johan Von Bronx"  5:58
8."Business Dog" (Casablancas, Jeramy Gritter)2:35
9."Xerox"  5:01
10."Dare I Care"  6:07
11."Nintendo Blood"  5:53
12."Off to War..."  3:17
Total length:1:02:25

Personnel

The Voidz

Production and others

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[23] 176
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[24] 128
French Albums (SNEP)[25] 90

References

  1. Beauchemin, Molly (September 2, 2014). "Julian Casablancas and The Voidz Share Eleven-Minute "Human Sadness", Tyranny Tracklist". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Camp, Zoe (September 9, 2014). "Julian Casablancas+The Voidz Release "Where No Eagles Fly" Video, Awesome Single Artwork". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Tyranny - Julian Casablancas,Julian Casablancas & the Voidz". AllMusic. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  4. "NME's Top 50 Albums Of 2014". NME. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  5. "Tyranny - Julian Casablancas & the Voidz". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  6. Loucaides, Darren. "Album Review: Julian Casablancas & the Voidz - Tyranny". Drowned in Sound. Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  7. Simpson, Scott. "Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". Exclaim!. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  8. Miller, Matthew. "Review: Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". Pretty Much Amazing. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  9. Taylor, Benji. "Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". Clash Music. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  10. Hermes, Will. "Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  11. Roffman, Michael. "Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  12. Bull, John. "Tyranny by Julian Casablancas+the Voidz". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  13. Perry, Kevin. "NME Reviews - Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". NME. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  14. Phares, Heather. "Tyranny - Julian Casablancas+the Voidz". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  15. Cosores, Philip. "Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". Paste. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  16. Fitzmaurice, Larry. "Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". Pitchfork. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  17. Hermes, Will (2014) "Tyranny Julian Casbalancas+the Voidz", Rolling Stone, September 23, 2014. Retrieved September 23, 2014
  18. Cosores, Philip (2014) "Julian Casablancas+The Voidz: Tyranny Review", Paste, September 23, 2014. Retrieved September 23, 2014
  19. Simpson, Scott (2014) "Julian Casablancas+the Voidz Tyranny", Exclaim!, September 23, 2014. Retrieved September 23, 2014
  20. Villa, Lucas (September 27, 2014). "Album review: Julian Casablancas+The Voidz's 'Tyranny' is a hell of a statement". AXS.
  21. Taylor, Benji (2014) "http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/julian-casablancas-the-voidz-tyranny"
  22. Baron, Zack. "Julian Casablancas Is Done Trying to Save You". GQ. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  23. "Ultratop.be – Julian Casablancas+The Voidz – Tyranny" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  24. "Ultratop.be – Julian Casablancas+The Voidz – Tyranny" (in French). Hung Medien.
  25. "Lescharts.com – Julian Casablancas+The Voidz – Tyranny". Hung Medien.
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