Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cool It Down
Label: | Secretly Canadian – SC470, Dress Up – SC470, Secretly Canadian – SC470LP-C1 |
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Format: | |
Country: | USA & Europe |
Released: | |
Genre: | Rock |
Style: | Indie Rock, Punk |
Tracklist
| A1 | Spitting Off The Edge Of The World | |
| A2 | Lovebomb | |
| A3 | Wolf | |
| A4 | Fleez | |
| B5 | Burning | |
| B6 | Blacktop | |
| B7 | Different Today | |
| B8 | Mars |
Companies, etc.
- Licensed To – Secretly Canadian
- Published By – BMG Blue
- Published By – Big Deal Notes
- Published By – New Clear Winter Music
- Published By – Fire Songs
- Published By – Seasons Four Music Corp.
- Published By – PW Ballads
- Published By – EMI Longitude Music
- Published By – Brought To You By Heavy Duty Music
- Published By – Heavy Duty Music Publishing
- Recorded At – Sonic Ranch Studios
- Recorded At – Nick's Basement
- Recorded At – Federal Prism Studio
- Recorded At – Planet Paulie
- Recorded At – Bonnie Hill Studios, Los Angeles, CA
- Recorded At – The Diamond Mine
- Recorded At – Air Lyndhurst Studios
- Recorded At – RAK Studios
- Mixed At – Subtle McNugget
- Mastered At – Sterling Sound Edgewater, NJ
Credits
- Art Direction, Design – Julian Gross
- Booking [North America Booking] – Creative Artists Agency, Jenna Adler
- Booking [X North America Booking] – Creative Artists Agency, Emma Banks
- Cover [Cover Image] – Alex Prager
- Drums, Percussion – Brian Chase
- Guitar, Bass, Synth – Nick Zinner
- Lacquer Cut By – CM*
- Legal – Dan Jensen (3), King Holmes Paterno & Soriano, LLP*, Laurie Soriano
- Management – Laura Haber, Little Lion Management
- Management [Business Management] – Abby Kruthoffer, Hyun-Joo Park, Phil Sarna, PSBM*, Tara Moore
- Management [Day To Day Management] – Alex Bruno (2), Little Lion Management
- Mastered By – Greg Calbi, Steve Fallone
- Mixed By – Shawn Everett
- Photography By – David Black (7)
- Photography By [Sleeve Photograph] – Ada Brumback
- Vocals, Synth, Percussion – Karen O
Notes
Packaged in a gatefold cover.
Includes a printed inner sleeve, an 8-page booklet, and a download card.
Tracks numbered sequentially across both sides.
The hype and barcode stickers identify the colour as Opaque Yellow.
A limited number of copies were available from Sound of Vinyl with an exclusive Art Poster.
There are 100 copies of this limited Rough Trade edition that also include 3 signed photos in a black envelope (LP++++).
SC470 2022 Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Under Exclusive License to Secretly Canadian
A1. Published by: BMG Blue (BMI), Big Deal Notes / New Clear Winter Music (ASCAP)
Recorded at: Sonic Ranch, Tornillo, TX, Nick's Basement, and Federal Prism, Los Angeles, CA
Perfume Genius appears courtesy of Matador Records
A2. Published by: BMG Blue (BMI), Big Deal Notes / New Clear Winter Music (ASCAP)
Recorded at: Sonic Ranch, Tornillo, TX, Nick's Basement, and Federal Prism, Los Angeles, CA
A3. Published by: BMG Blue (BMI), Big Deal Notes / New Clear Winter Music (ASCAP)
Recorded at: Sonic Ranch, Tornillo, TX, Nick's Basement, and Federal Prism, Los Angeles, CA
A4. Published by: BMG Blue (BMI), Fire Songs (PRS)
Recorded at: Planet Paulie (The Tree of Life) Los Angeles, CA and Nick's Basement
B5. Published by: BMG Blue (BMI), Seasons Four Music Corp/PW Ballads (BMI) & EMI Longitude Music (BMI)
Recorded at: Bonnie Hill Studios, Los Angeles, Nick's Basement, Diamond Mine Studios, New York; Air Studios, Lyndhurst London; RAK Studios, London
Incorporates elements of "Beggin'" written by Bob Glaudio & Peggy Farina. Published by Seasons Four Music Corp//PW Ballads (BMI) & EMI Longitude Music (BMI)
B6. Published by: BMG Blue (BMI), Big Deal Notes / New Clear Winter Music (ASCAP)
Recorded at: Sonic Ranch, Tornillo, TX, Nick's Basement, and Federal Prism, Los Angeles, CA
Incorporates an excerpt from "Fern Hill" written by Dylan Thomas. Used courtesy of the Dylan Thomas Estate.
B7. Published by: BMG Blue (BMI)
Recorded at: Bonnie Hill Studios, Los Angeles, Nick's Basement, Diamond Mine Studios, New York; Air Studios, Lyndhurst London; RAK Studios, London
B8. Published by: BMG Blue (BMI), Brought To You By Heavy Duty Music (ASCAP)/Heavy Duty Music Publishing
Recorded at: Planet Paulie (The Tree of Life) Los Angeles, CA
Mixed at: Subtle McNugget, Los Angeles
Mastered at: Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ
Cover image © Alex Prager 10:58 AM, Bunker Hill, 2012
Courtesy Alex Prager Studio
Includes a printed inner sleeve, an 8-page booklet, and a download card.
Tracks numbered sequentially across both sides.
The hype and barcode stickers identify the colour as Opaque Yellow.
A limited number of copies were available from Sound of Vinyl with an exclusive Art Poster.
There are 100 copies of this limited Rough Trade edition that also include 3 signed photos in a black envelope (LP++++).
SC470 2022 Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Under Exclusive License to Secretly Canadian
A1. Published by: BMG Blue (BMI), Big Deal Notes / New Clear Winter Music (ASCAP)
Recorded at: Sonic Ranch, Tornillo, TX, Nick's Basement, and Federal Prism, Los Angeles, CA
Perfume Genius appears courtesy of Matador Records
A2. Published by: BMG Blue (BMI), Big Deal Notes / New Clear Winter Music (ASCAP)
Recorded at: Sonic Ranch, Tornillo, TX, Nick's Basement, and Federal Prism, Los Angeles, CA
A3. Published by: BMG Blue (BMI), Big Deal Notes / New Clear Winter Music (ASCAP)
Recorded at: Sonic Ranch, Tornillo, TX, Nick's Basement, and Federal Prism, Los Angeles, CA
A4. Published by: BMG Blue (BMI), Fire Songs (PRS)
Recorded at: Planet Paulie (The Tree of Life) Los Angeles, CA and Nick's Basement
B5. Published by: BMG Blue (BMI), Seasons Four Music Corp/PW Ballads (BMI) & EMI Longitude Music (BMI)
Recorded at: Bonnie Hill Studios, Los Angeles, Nick's Basement, Diamond Mine Studios, New York; Air Studios, Lyndhurst London; RAK Studios, London
Incorporates elements of "Beggin'" written by Bob Glaudio & Peggy Farina. Published by Seasons Four Music Corp//PW Ballads (BMI) & EMI Longitude Music (BMI)
B6. Published by: BMG Blue (BMI), Big Deal Notes / New Clear Winter Music (ASCAP)
Recorded at: Sonic Ranch, Tornillo, TX, Nick's Basement, and Federal Prism, Los Angeles, CA
Incorporates an excerpt from "Fern Hill" written by Dylan Thomas. Used courtesy of the Dylan Thomas Estate.
B7. Published by: BMG Blue (BMI)
Recorded at: Bonnie Hill Studios, Los Angeles, Nick's Basement, Diamond Mine Studios, New York; Air Studios, Lyndhurst London; RAK Studios, London
B8. Published by: BMG Blue (BMI), Brought To You By Heavy Duty Music (ASCAP)/Heavy Duty Music Publishing
Recorded at: Planet Paulie (The Tree of Life) Los Angeles, CA
Mixed at: Subtle McNugget, Los Angeles
Mastered at: Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ
Cover image © Alex Prager 10:58 AM, Bunker Hill, 2012
Courtesy Alex Prager Studio
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Scanned from jacket): 656605047010
- Barcode (Text on jacket): 6 56605 04701 0
- Barcode (Text on sticker on shrink): 6 56605 04703 4
- Other (Cat# on sticker on shrink): SC470LP-C1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): SC470LP A RE-1 CM
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): SC470LP B RE-1 CM
- Rights Society: BMI
- Rights Society: ASCAP
- Rights Society: PRS
Other Versions (5 of 19)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New Submission | Cool It Down (LP, Album) | Secretly Canadian | SC470 | US | 2022 | ||
New Submission | Cool It Down (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Red) | Secretly Canadian | SC470 | Europe | 2022 | ||
New Submission | Cool It Down (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Blue, Yellow & White Twister) | Secretly Canadian, Secretly Canadian, Dress Up | SC470, SC470LP-C2 | US | 2022 | ||
Recently Edited | Cool It Down (LP, Album, Club Edition, Limited Edition, Stereo, Red, Yellow, Blue [3 Color Stripe]) | Secretly Canadian, Secretly Canadian | SC470, SC470LP-C3 | US | 2022 | ||
Recently Edited | Cool It Down (CD, Album) | Secretly Canadian, Secretly Canadian | SC470, SC470XBND01 | Worldwide | 2022 |
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Reviews
1st Version out, limited in Yellow with Near Orange Finish wax, Limited Photos Booklet
A little hissy but the sonics are good. Also this is the same record variant that Anya Taylor-Joy played in The Gorge, which is the best scene in the film. That’s good enough for me.- Def a bad press :(
It's got the surface noise etc.. 
I don’t have any of the surface noise or pops mentioned by others. Clean, flat and sounds very good.
The sound quality is terrible on the digital version - horribly compressed (DR=5). One reviewer on this thread says that this album sounds "huge" - I think it just sounds loud.
Love this album, hate this pressing. I generally am not too hard to please, but this bad boy has a huge amount of surface noise on Side A...enough to be really distracting. I bought the twister variant and it sounds head and shoulders better. Recommend the album, but not this variant.- Digital or not, this record sounds dynamite! The vinyl is flat and if properly cleaned, dead silent.
- I can't argue with the vinyl pressing vs cd as I don't have the cd, and wouldn't even attempt the argument because there are so many variables that anything less than essay-length wouldn't capture the myriad factors. I will say that the majority of the LPs I have in the digital era that I also own on CD sound better on (properly cleaned and relatively flat) vinyl, with the exception of the early-mid 2000s stuff that was clearly mastered with mp3s in mind.
With that said, this isn't an audiophile pressing but it sounds good. I don't find the vocals muddy, nor do I find it lacks punch, but without another reference point (other than satellite radio, which for sound, yuck!) I can't verify that what I'm hearing is indeed the best reproduction of the studio master. There was moderate noise at the start of side A but it largely dissipated or was drowned out 20 seconds in, and was unobtrusive for the remainder of the recording. 
Edited 2 years agoMusically, this has Dave Sitek written all over it. If you are missing your dose of TVOTR in the style of ,"Seeds" this hits the same spot. It sounds huge, digital, and expensive. If you are looking for chunky, raw, abrasive rock like the Y Y Y's early releases, you will be disappointed . The whole album fits the chilled out esthetic of Maps from their first album, no one is going to play any track here to get people dancing at a party. The first track, the single, is epic, gospel music for a godless world, and the quality is maintained for most of the running time, which is modest and does not overstay it's welcome. You will be waiting till track five for Zinner to get in a guitar solo, mostly it's synths and drum machines.
I picked up both the CD and the yellow vinyl to compare. The vinyl is going back to Amazon. This is a digital recording and to get the full experience you need to listen to the CD. The vinyl pressing has surface noise and sounds way less punchy and immediate than the CD. Karen's vocals are muted and hard to make out, getting buried in the echo and reverb, whilst on the digital version they are clear and in your face.
Like most current recordings, it's digital, the vinyl is an afterthought and not worth the money. It's ironic that the current vinyl revival is based on a largely inferior product and all the hipsters who are treasuring their new vinyl and ingnoring the CD are missing out on the full power and majesty of this music.- Firstly, the music is just great - proper return and something like a return to peak form. Fleez, Spitting, and Burning, in particular, stand up with the best of the YYYs.
This pressing is clean with good dynamics - far better than the streamed version. I can't hear any defects and it plays spotlessly.
Unfortunately, side A of my copy has the edge warp from hell. However, it tracks fine and I can't hear any fluctuations in pitch (and I'm uber sensitive to that). It's a present and so I'm going to keep it.
The presentation for this kind of thing is top notch - and, although I'm ambivalent about coloured vinyl, the yellow looks great. Like a custard cream.
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