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Mosquito
A computer-animated image of a nude, screaming infant being grabbed by a giant mosquito
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 12, 2013 (2013-04-12)
Studio
Genre
Length47:31
Label
Producer
Yeah Yeah Yeahs chronology
iTunes Originals: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
(2009)
Mosquito
(2013)
Cool It Down
(2022)
Singles from Mosquito
  1. " Sacrilege"
    Released: February 26, 2013
  2. "Despair"
    Released: July 19, 2013

Mosquito is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs, released on April 12, 2013, by Interscope Records. The lead single " Sacrilege" was released on February 26, 2013. [3] "Despair" was released as the second single on July 19, 2013. [4]

Karen O described the album as "extremely lo-fi", explaining: "We had a shitty drum machine, a shitty sampled keyboard, tons of delay on the vocals. There's a real tone, character, and style to it." [5]

Promotion

The full album was posted on Noisey's YouTube page featuring a track-by-track interview with the band on April 2, 2013. [6] On April 5, the band appeared on Late Show with David Letterman to perform "Sacrilege" accompanied by the gospel choir Broadway Inspirational Voices. [7] Yeah Yeah Yeahs performed the songs "Mosquito" and "Sacrilege" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on April 15. [8]

A music video for the title track, directed by B. Shimbe Shim, debuted on May 8, 2013. [9] The video for the second single "Despair" was directed by Patrick Daughters and premiered on June 21. [10] [11]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100 [12]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [13]
The A.V. ClubB+ [14]
Entertainment WeeklyB− [15]
The Guardian [16]
The Independent on Sunday [17]
NME7/10 [18]
Pitchfork6.0/10 [19]
Rolling Stone [20]
Slant Magazine [21]
Spin8/10 [22]

Critical response

Mosquito received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 75, based on 39 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". [12]

Commercial performance

Mosquito entered the Billboard 200 at number five with 38,000 copies sold in its first week, earning the band their first top-10 album on the chart. [23] The album debuted at number nine on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 9,150 copies, becoming the band's third consecutive top-10 album. [24]

Accolades

Mosquito was ranked number 30 on NME's "50 Best Albums of 2013" list and number 40 on Vice's "Top 50 Albums of 2013" list. [25] [26]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1." Sacrilege"3:50
2."Subway"
  • Sitek
  • Launay
5:16
3."Mosquito"
  • Launay
  • Sitek
2:59
4."Under the Earth"Launay4:18
5."Slave"
  • Launay
  • Sitek
4:06
6."These Paths"
  • Sitek
  • Launay
5:03
7."Area 52"
  • Launay
  • Sitek
2:54
8."Buried Alive" (featuring Dr. Octagon)5:16
9."Always"
  • Sitek
  • Launay
4:06
10."Despair"
  • Sitek
  • Launay
4:49
11."Wedding Song"Sitek4:54
Total length:47:31
Deluxe edition and Japanese edition bonus tracks [27] [28]
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
12."Subway" (NOLA demo)Yeah Yeah Yeahs3:54
13."Wedding Song" (acoustic)Yeah Yeah Yeahs2:53
14."Despair" (acoustic)Yeah Yeah Yeahs5:00
15."Mosquito" (live from Area 52)Yeah Yeah Yeahs3:24
Total length:62:42

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of the deluxe edition of Mosquito. [29]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Additional musicians

  • David Andrew Sitek – bass (tracks 1, 3, 5)
  • Money Mark – keyboards (track 1)
  • Dr. Octagon – vocals (track 8)
  • Debra Barsha – choir vocal arrangement (tracks 1, 4)
  • Michael McElroy – choir leader (tracks 1, 4)
  • Danielle Chambers – choir (track 1)
  • Shayna Cook – choir (track 1)
  • Bradley Dean – choir (tracks 1, 4)
  • Laura Dean – choir (tracks 1, 4)
  • Tanesha Gray – choir (track 1)
  • Lucia Giannetta – choir (track 1)
  • Renee Goldsberry – choir (tracks 1, 4)
  • Danielle L. Greaves – choir (tracks 1, 4)
  • Marva Hicks – choir (track 1)
  • Zonya Johnson – choir (tracks 1, 4)
  • Chelsea Krombach – choir (tracks 1, 4)
  • Adriane Lenox – choir (track 1)
  • Lisa Lynne Mathis – choir (track 1)
  • Travis Morin – choir (track 1)
  • Jesse Nager – choir (tracks 1, 4)
  • John Eric Parker – choir (track 1)
  • Desiree Rodriguez – choir (tracks 1, 4)
  • Eliseo Roman – choir (tracks 1, 4)
  • Michael Seelbach – choir (track 1)
  • Virginia Woodruff – choir (track 1)

Technical

  • Nick Launay – production (tracks 1–7, 9, 10); recording, engineering
  • David Andrew Sitek – production (tracks 1–3, 5–7, 9–11); recording, engineering
  • James Murphy – production (track 8); recording, engineering
  • Sam Spiegel – production (track 8); recording, engineering
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs – production (tracks 12–15)
  • Nick Zinner – mixing (tracks 12, 14, 15)
  • Wes Fontenot – mixing, engineering (track 12)
  • Manuel Calderon – engineering (track 13); engineering assistance
  • Abby Echiverri – mixing (track 14); engineering (track 14, 15)
  • Zeph Sowers – recording, engineering
  • Atom – engineering assistance
  • Rudyard Lee Cullers – engineering assistance
  • Nathan Eldridge – engineering assistance
  • Matt Foster – engineering assistance
  • Charles Godfrey – engineering assistance
  • Matt Thornley – engineering assistance
  • Craig Silvey – mixing
  • Eduardo de la Paz – mixing assistance
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Artwork

  • Beomsik Shimbe Shim – art
  • Julian Gross – design, layout
  • Karen O – concept
  • Dan Martensen – back cover photo

Charts

Chart performance for Mosquito
Chart (2013) Peak
position
Australian Albums ( ARIA) [30] 17
Austrian Albums ( Ö3 Austria) [31] 44
Belgian Albums ( Ultratop Flanders) [32] 57
Belgian Albums ( Ultratop Wallonia) [33] 120
Canadian Albums ( Billboard) [34] 10
Croatian Albums ( HDU) [35] 23
French Albums ( SNEP) [36] 128
German Albums ( Offizielle Top 100) [37] 63
Greek Albums ( IFPI) [38] 27
Irish Albums ( IRMA) [39] 8
Japanese Albums ( Oricon) [40] 54
Mexican Albums ( Top 100 Mexico) [41] 66
Norwegian Albums ( VG-lista) [42] 24
Scottish Albums ( OCC) [43] 8
South Korean Albums ( Gaon) [44] 88
Swiss Albums ( Schweizer Hitparade) [45] 76
UK Albums ( OCC) [46] 9
US Billboard 200 [47] 5
US Top Alternative Albums ( Billboard) [48] 2
US Top Rock Albums ( Billboard) [49] 2

Release history

Release dates and formats for Mosquito
Region Date Format Edition Label Ref(s)
Australia April 12, 2013
  • Standard
  • deluxe
Modular [50] [51] [52] [53]
Germany Universal [54] [55] [56] [57]
LP Standard [58]
United Kingdom April 15, 2013
  • CD
  • digital download
  • Standard
  • deluxe
Polydor [59] [60] [61] [62]
LP Standard [63]
United States April 16, 2013
  • CD
  • digital download
  • Standard
  • deluxe
[64] [65] [66] [67]
LP Standard [68]
Canada
  • CD
  • digital download
Deluxe Universal [69] [70]
  • LP
  • digital download
Standard [71] [72]
Japan April 17, 2013 CD [28]
Digital download
  • Standard
  • deluxe
[73] [74]

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mosquito
A computer-animated image of a nude, screaming infant being grabbed by a giant mosquito
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 12, 2013 (2013-04-12)
Studio
Genre
Length47:31
Label
Producer
Yeah Yeah Yeahs chronology
iTunes Originals: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
(2009)
Mosquito
(2013)
Cool It Down
(2022)
Singles from Mosquito
  1. " Sacrilege"
    Released: February 26, 2013
  2. "Despair"
    Released: July 19, 2013

Mosquito is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs, released on April 12, 2013, by Interscope Records. The lead single " Sacrilege" was released on February 26, 2013. [3] "Despair" was released as the second single on July 19, 2013. [4]

Karen O described the album as "extremely lo-fi", explaining: "We had a shitty drum machine, a shitty sampled keyboard, tons of delay on the vocals. There's a real tone, character, and style to it." [5]

Promotion

The full album was posted on Noisey's YouTube page featuring a track-by-track interview with the band on April 2, 2013. [6] On April 5, the band appeared on Late Show with David Letterman to perform "Sacrilege" accompanied by the gospel choir Broadway Inspirational Voices. [7] Yeah Yeah Yeahs performed the songs "Mosquito" and "Sacrilege" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on April 15. [8]

A music video for the title track, directed by B. Shimbe Shim, debuted on May 8, 2013. [9] The video for the second single "Despair" was directed by Patrick Daughters and premiered on June 21. [10] [11]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100 [12]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [13]
The A.V. ClubB+ [14]
Entertainment WeeklyB− [15]
The Guardian [16]
The Independent on Sunday [17]
NME7/10 [18]
Pitchfork6.0/10 [19]
Rolling Stone [20]
Slant Magazine [21]
Spin8/10 [22]

Critical response

Mosquito received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 75, based on 39 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". [12]

Commercial performance

Mosquito entered the Billboard 200 at number five with 38,000 copies sold in its first week, earning the band their first top-10 album on the chart. [23] The album debuted at number nine on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 9,150 copies, becoming the band's third consecutive top-10 album. [24]

Accolades

Mosquito was ranked number 30 on NME's "50 Best Albums of 2013" list and number 40 on Vice's "Top 50 Albums of 2013" list. [25] [26]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1." Sacrilege"3:50
2."Subway"
  • Sitek
  • Launay
5:16
3."Mosquito"
  • Launay
  • Sitek
2:59
4."Under the Earth"Launay4:18
5."Slave"
  • Launay
  • Sitek
4:06
6."These Paths"
  • Sitek
  • Launay
5:03
7."Area 52"
  • Launay
  • Sitek
2:54
8."Buried Alive" (featuring Dr. Octagon)5:16
9."Always"
  • Sitek
  • Launay
4:06
10."Despair"
  • Sitek
  • Launay
4:49
11."Wedding Song"Sitek4:54
Total length:47:31
Deluxe edition and Japanese edition bonus tracks [27] [28]
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
12."Subway" (NOLA demo)Yeah Yeah Yeahs3:54
13."Wedding Song" (acoustic)Yeah Yeah Yeahs2:53
14."Despair" (acoustic)Yeah Yeah Yeahs5:00
15."Mosquito" (live from Area 52)Yeah Yeah Yeahs3:24
Total length:62:42

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of the deluxe edition of Mosquito. [29]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Additional musicians

  • David Andrew Sitek – bass (tracks 1, 3, 5)
  • Money Mark – keyboards (track 1)
  • Dr. Octagon – vocals (track 8)
  • Debra Barsha – choir vocal arrangement (tracks 1, 4)
  • Michael McElroy – choir leader (tracks 1, 4)
  • Danielle Chambers – choir (track 1)
  • Shayna Cook – choir (track 1)
  • Bradley Dean – choir (tracks 1, 4)
  • Laura Dean – choir (tracks 1, 4)
  • Tanesha Gray – choir (track 1)
  • Lucia Giannetta – choir (track 1)
  • Renee Goldsberry – choir (tracks 1, 4)
  • Danielle L. Greaves – choir (tracks 1, 4)
  • Marva Hicks – choir (track 1)
  • Zonya Johnson – choir (tracks 1, 4)
  • Chelsea Krombach – choir (tracks 1, 4)
  • Adriane Lenox – choir (track 1)
  • Lisa Lynne Mathis – choir (track 1)
  • Travis Morin – choir (track 1)
  • Jesse Nager – choir (tracks 1, 4)
  • John Eric Parker – choir (track 1)
  • Desiree Rodriguez – choir (tracks 1, 4)
  • Eliseo Roman – choir (tracks 1, 4)
  • Michael Seelbach – choir (track 1)
  • Virginia Woodruff – choir (track 1)

Technical

  • Nick Launay – production (tracks 1–7, 9, 10); recording, engineering
  • David Andrew Sitek – production (tracks 1–3, 5–7, 9–11); recording, engineering
  • James Murphy – production (track 8); recording, engineering
  • Sam Spiegel – production (track 8); recording, engineering
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs – production (tracks 12–15)
  • Nick Zinner – mixing (tracks 12, 14, 15)
  • Wes Fontenot – mixing, engineering (track 12)
  • Manuel Calderon – engineering (track 13); engineering assistance
  • Abby Echiverri – mixing (track 14); engineering (track 14, 15)
  • Zeph Sowers – recording, engineering
  • Atom – engineering assistance
  • Rudyard Lee Cullers – engineering assistance
  • Nathan Eldridge – engineering assistance
  • Matt Foster – engineering assistance
  • Charles Godfrey – engineering assistance
  • Matt Thornley – engineering assistance
  • Craig Silvey – mixing
  • Eduardo de la Paz – mixing assistance
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Artwork

  • Beomsik Shimbe Shim – art
  • Julian Gross – design, layout
  • Karen O – concept
  • Dan Martensen – back cover photo

Charts

Chart performance for Mosquito
Chart (2013) Peak
position
Australian Albums ( ARIA) [30] 17
Austrian Albums ( Ö3 Austria) [31] 44
Belgian Albums ( Ultratop Flanders) [32] 57
Belgian Albums ( Ultratop Wallonia) [33] 120
Canadian Albums ( Billboard) [34] 10
Croatian Albums ( HDU) [35] 23
French Albums ( SNEP) [36] 128
German Albums ( Offizielle Top 100) [37] 63
Greek Albums ( IFPI) [38] 27
Irish Albums ( IRMA) [39] 8
Japanese Albums ( Oricon) [40] 54
Mexican Albums ( Top 100 Mexico) [41] 66
Norwegian Albums ( VG-lista) [42] 24
Scottish Albums ( OCC) [43] 8
South Korean Albums ( Gaon) [44] 88
Swiss Albums ( Schweizer Hitparade) [45] 76
UK Albums ( OCC) [46] 9
US Billboard 200 [47] 5
US Top Alternative Albums ( Billboard) [48] 2
US Top Rock Albums ( Billboard) [49] 2

Release history

Release dates and formats for Mosquito
Region Date Format Edition Label Ref(s)
Australia April 12, 2013
  • Standard
  • deluxe
Modular [50] [51] [52] [53]
Germany Universal [54] [55] [56] [57]
LP Standard [58]
United Kingdom April 15, 2013
  • CD
  • digital download
  • Standard
  • deluxe
Polydor [59] [60] [61] [62]
LP Standard [63]
United States April 16, 2013
  • CD
  • digital download
  • Standard
  • deluxe
[64] [65] [66] [67]
LP Standard [68]
Canada
  • CD
  • digital download
Deluxe Universal [69] [70]
  • LP
  • digital download
Standard [71] [72]
Japan April 17, 2013 CD [28]
Digital download
  • Standard
  • deluxe
[73] [74]

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  2. ^ Gill, Andy (April 11, 2013). "Album review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Mosquito (Interscope)". The Independent. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  3. ^ "Sacrilege: Yeah Yeah Yeahs: MP3 Downloads". Amazon. United Kingdom. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
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