''Paper Tigers'' is the fourth
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Caesars (band), Caesars, released on 26 April 2005. The album was released on Virgin Records, Virgin in the United Kingdom, Astralwerks in the United States and Toshiba-EMI in Japan.
[Paper Tigers - Caesars]
Allmusic. Retrieved 13 July 2011. The album contains the re-release of the song "Jerk It Out".
Recording
Recording for ''Paper Tigers'' first began in the winter of 2003 at Silence Studio. The sessions then moved to Joakim Åhlund's Decibel Studio, in Stockholm. The album was mixed in New York by Michael Brauer.
[. caesarsweb.com. Retrieved 14 July 2011.]
Track listing
Personnel
The following people contributed to ''Paper Tigers:''
[Paper Tigers - Credits]
Allmusic. Retrieved 23 June 2011
Caesars
* César Vidal – lead vocals, guitar
* Joakim Åhlund – audio Production, guitar, vocals, mixing, producer
* Nino Keller – Drums, vocals
* David Lindquist – bass guitar
Additional personnel
* Hector Araya – strings
* Chris Athens – mastering
* Michael Brauer – mixing
* Lasse Mårtén – engineer
* Kristoffer Nergårdh – piano
* Pontus Olsson – engineer
* Ismail Samie – A&R
* Fredrik Wennerlund – photography
* Björn Yttling – Farfisa organ, phillycorda
Reception
''Paper Tigers'' has received mixed to positive reviews. On the review aggregate site Metacritic, the album has a 63 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
[Critic Reviews for Paper Tiger]
Metacritic. Retrieved 21 June 2011
David Browne of Entertainment Weekly gave the album an A grade, writing that the album was "one meaty, vigorous track after another of modern-Beat music, Mersey-beat pop..." Browne concluded his review with: "All retro rock should sound this good."
[Browne, David]
Paper Tigers Review
Entertainment Weekly. 18 April 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2011 In another positive review, The Guardian's Dave Simpson wrote that ''Paper Tigers'' "is a treasure waiting to be found by the rest of us," and called the album "simultaneously ecstatic and melancholy."
[Simpson, Dave]
The Caesars, Paper Tigers
The Guardian. 9 December 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2011
On the other hand, Allmusic's Heather Phares criticized the album, writing that beyond "Jerk It Out", "It's Not the Fall That Hurts" and "Soulchaser", there were not many other memorable songs on the album.
[Phares, Heather]
Paper Tigers - Caesars
Allmusic. Retrieved 23 June 2011 Stephen Haag of Popmatters also criticized the album's lack of memorable tracks, writing "If folks are purchasing ''Paper Tigers'' expecting a dozen more tunes like 'Jerk It Out'... they'll soon find that Caesars is guilty of bait-and-switch."
[Haag, Stephen]
Caesars: Paper Tigers
Popmatters. 2 May 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2011 In another mixed review, Marc Hogan of Pitchfork Media described the album as "...one or two decent singles surrounded by a bunch of mediocre-or-worse filler."
[Hogan, Marc]
Album Reviews: Caesars: Paper Tigers
Pitchfork Media. 5 May 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2011
Singles
*"We Got To Leave" - released 16 February 2005.
[We Got to Leave - Single]
. iTunes. Retrieved 21 June 2011
*"Jerk It Out" - released 18 April 2005 on Virgin Records in the United Kingdom, UK
:This single has been featured on iPod shuffle advertisements, the British television series "Teachers (British TV series), Teachers" and on the video games "FIFA Football 2004", SSX 3, and as downloadable content for Rock Band 3.
::CD
DINSD274: "Jerk It Out" / "The Longer We Stay Together"
::"7"
DINS274: "Jerk It Out" / "Up All Night"
Charts
Album
Singles
References
External links
Official Myspace page*
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Caesars (band) albums
2005 albums
Virgin Records albums
Astralwerks albums