''Miike Snow'' is the debut album by Swedish
indie pop
Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture that combines guitar pop with a DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. It originated from British post-punk in the late 1970s and s ...
band
Miike Snow
Miike Snow ( ) is a Swedish indie pop band formed in 2007. The band consists of producing team Bloodshy & Avant and American singer Andrew Wyatt. The band is often represented by a silhouette image of a jackalope. In their career, the band has re ...
. It was released in the United States on 22 September 2009 by
Downtown Records and in the United Kingdom on 26 October 2009 by
, reaching number ninety-five on the
UK Albums Chart
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. A deluxe edition was released on the
iTunes Store in the US and Australia on 13 April 2010 and in Japan on 26 May 2010, including remixes of past tracks and "The Rabbit".
Singles
The first single to be taken from the album was "
Animal
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", released on 17 February 2009,
which reached as far as number ninety-eight on the
UK Singles Chart.
"
Black & Blue", the album's second single, was released on 15 October 2009
and became the band's most successful single to date when it peaked at number sixty-four on the UK Singles Chart.
Third single "
Silvia" was released on 22 January 2010 in the UK, but failed to break the top 100 and instead peaked at number 154.
Track listing
Personnel
* Miike Snow – vocals, production, mixing
* Niklas Flyckt – mixing (tracks 7, 10)
* Anders Hvenare – mixing (tracks 1–6, 8, 9, 11)
* Ted Jensen – mastering
* Sebastian Mlynarski – inner sleeve, band portraits
* Dirk Vandenberk – cover image photography
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
References
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2009 debut albums
Columbia Records albums
Downtown Records albums
Miike Snow albums
European Border Breakers Award–winning albums