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- Allmusic4/5
- Clash8/10
- Contactmusic8/10
- NME8/10
- Spin8/10
- Drowned in Sound7/10
- Pitchfork6.8/10
- The Guardian3/5
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- Design
- Alex Kirzhner, Rhydian Dafydd
- Photography
- Danny North, Jeremy Cowart
Tracklist
12 tracks · 50 min
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The Big Roar is the debut album by Welsh indie rock band The Joy Formidable, released in the UK on January 24, 2011 on Atlantic Records, with a US release following on March 15, 2011. The tracks "Austere", "Cradle", "Whirring" and "The Greatest Light Is the Greatest Shade" were originally featured on the band's debut mini album A Balloon Called Moaning. In summer 2010, the band signed with Canvasback Records, a subsidiary of Atlantic. The band worked on writing and tracking the material for The Big Roar when they were not on tour. The album was recorded in London. On the album, bassist Rhydian Dafydd said that "(it) covers a lot of emotional range. It's captured the battle between the eternal optimist and the manic depressive." Their debut was produced by the band, with help from engineer Neak Menter. The band traveled to Los Angeles to mix it with producer Rich Costey, who had worked with bands such as Mew, Muse, Foo Fighters and Glasvegas. The first single from those sessions, "I Don't Want to See You Like This", was released in autumn of 2010.
In brief
- When was The Big Roar released?
- The Big Roar was released in 2011.
- How many tracks are on The Big Roar?
- The Big Roar has 12 tracks, with a runtime of 50 minutes.
- What genre is The Big Roar?
- The Big Roar is catalogued under Alternative Rock.
- What BPM is The Big Roar?
- The Big Roar runs at a median tempo of 142 BPM across its tracks, most often in E major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to The Big Roar?
- Listeners of The Big Roar also rate Get Tragic by Blood Red Shoes, Tenterhooks by Silversun Pickups, Better Nature by Silversun Pickups.
- Who produced The Big Roar?
- The Big Roar was produced by The Joy Formidable, Neak Mentor and Rich Costey. The Joy Formidable produced all of them.
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- Charlie Stavish
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