Forcefield (album)

This article is about the Tokyo Police Club album. For the Atomic Bitchwax album, see Force Field (album).

Forcefield
Studio album by Tokyo Police Club
Released	March 24, 2014
Genre	Indie rock, indie pop, post-punk revival
Length	33:24
Label	Mom + Pop, Memphis Industries, Dine Alone
Producer	Doug Boehm and David Monks
Tokyo Police Club chronology
Ten Songs, Ten Years, Ten Days (2011) Forcefield (2014) Melon Collie and the Infinite Radness: Part One (2016)

Forcefield is the third studio album released by the Canadian band Tokyo Police Club on March 24, 2014 through Mom + Pop in North America and Memphis Industries in the UK/Europe.[1][2][3][4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	69/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Alternative Press	[6]
Consequence of Sound	C−[7]
Pitchfork	(6.4/10)[8]

At Alternative Press, Bree Davies rated the album four stars out of five, writing that the release "makes good on being more than just a referential record" on which it "doesn't feel like enough of a good thing."[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Monks, Wright, Hook, and Alsop

Standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Argentina (Parts I, II, III)"	Greg Alsop Josh Hook Dave Monks Graham Wright	8:32
2.	"Hot Tonight"	Alsop Hook Monks Wright Tim Pagnotta	3:05
3.	"Miserable"	Alsop Hook Monks Wright	2:46
4.	"Gonna Be Ready"	Alsop Hook Monks Wright	2:53
5.	"Beaches"	Alsop Hook Monks Wright	3:20
6.	"Toy Guns"	Alsop Hook Monks Wright Mark Needham	3:11
7.	"Tunnel Vision"	Alsop Hook Monks Wright	3:02
8.	"Through the Wire"	Alsop Hook Monks Wright Needham	2:53
9.	"Feel the Effect"	Alsop Hook Monks Wright	3:42
Total length:			33:24

UK Limited edition bonus EP (from 2011's 10x10x10)

No.	Title	Original Artist	Length
1.	"Southside feat. Morgan Kibby from M83"	Moby feat. Gwen Stefani	3:24
2.	"Long Distance Call"	Phoenix	2:52
3.	"Little Sister feat Orianthi"	Queens of the Stone Age	3:05
4.	"Under Control"	The Strokes	3:57
5.	"Since U Been Gone"	Kelly Clarkson	3:12

Personnel

• Dave Monks – producer, songwriter, musician
• Graham Wright – songwriter, musician
• Josh Hooks – songwriter, musician
• Greg Alsop – songwriter, musician
• Doug Boehm – producer, engineer
• Mark Needham – mixing, additional production, songwriting (tracks: 6, 8)
• Tim Pagnotta – songwriting (track: 2)
• Chris Stringer – additional production
• Blackbear – additional production (tracks: 6,8)
• Jared Hirshland – engineer
• Jason Dufour – engineer
• Jeff Pelletier – engineer
• Will Brierre – assistant mixing

• Luke McCutcheon – artwork
• Oscar Saragossi – artwork
• Stuart Pearce – artwork
• Trevor Wheatley – artwork

References

1. "BWW Newsitem" Music news Desk, 'Tokyo Police Club Forthcoming Album, 'Forcefield' Streaming Now' BWW Music World.com, March 18, 2014.
2. 'NME' Reviews: Tokyo Police Club - 'Forcefield' (NME)
3. Reviews: Tokyo Police Club - 'Forcefield' (Exclaim!)
4. Tokyo Police Club aren’t kids anymore (The A.V. Club)
5. "Forcefield - Tokyo Police Club". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
6. Davies, Bree (2014). "Tokyo Police Club – Force Field". Alternative Press. April 2014 (309). Alternative Press Magazine: 93. ISSN 1065-1667.
7. Flynn, Katherine (27 March 2014). "Album Review: Tokyo Police Club - Forcefield". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
8. Cohen, Ian (2014). "Tokyo Police Club – Force Field". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 15, 2014.