No Wow

No Wow
Studio album by
The Kills
ReleasedFebruary 21, 2005
RecordedMay 20, 2004–June 2, 2004
Length40:01
LabelDomino Records
ProducerThe Kills
The Kills chronology
Keep on Your Mean Side
(2003) 		No Wow
(2005) 		Midnight Boom
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Alternative Press4/5[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB[4]
The Guardian[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
Mojo[7]
Pitchfork8.3/10[8]
Q[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
SpinB[11]

No Wow is the second studio album by indie rock band The Kills. It was released February 21, 2005, on Domino Records. "Love Is a Deserter" was released as a single and obtained limited play on several music channels. "The Good Ones" was later released as a single and peaked at number 23 in the UK charts.

The song "No Wow" was used in the TV series Person of Interest, season 5, episode 1; "B.S.O.D." which aired on May 5, 2016.[12] It was also used in the series The Good Wife, season 4, episode 20; "Rape: A Modern Perspective" which aired on April 14, 2013.[13]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."No Wow/Telephone Radio Germany"4:47
2."Love Is a Deserter"3:48
3."Dead Road 7"3:23
4."The Good Ones"3:29
5."I Hate the Way You Love"3:37
6."I Hate the Way You Love, Pt. 2"1:46
7."At the Back of the Shell"2:27
8."Sweet Cloud"5:06
9."Rodeo Town"4:24
10."Murdermile"4:25
11."Ticket Man"2:49

European Bonus Disc

No.TitleLength
1."The Good Ones (The Jagz Kooner Remix)"8:25
2."The Good Ones (Tiga Remix)"7:12
3."The Good Ones (Backstage Sluts Double Drop Mix)"6:03
4."Love Is a Deserter (Cavemen Remix)"2:52
5."Love Is a Deserter (Simian Mobile Disco Mix)"5:39
6."Love Is a Deserter (Phones 'Cardiac Unrest' Remix)"4:35
7."No Wow (MSTRKRFT Remix)"4:23
8."No Wow (Chicken Lips Remix)"5:43
9."No Wow (Test Icicles Remix)"3:10
10."Run Home Slow"4:11
11."Baby's Eyes"4:08
12."Passion Is Accurate"3:31
13."Magazine"2:03
14."The Void"2:56
15."Half of Us"3:56

Love Is a Deserter single

  1. "Love Is a Deserter" [Single Version]
  2. "Passion Is Accurate"*
  3. "Love Is a Deserter" [Cavemen Remix]
  4. "Love Is a Deserter" [Phones 'Cardiac Unrest' Remix]
  5. "Love Is a Deserter" [Video]

The Good Ones single

  1. "The Good Ones" [Single Version]
  2. "Run Home Slow"*
  3. "The Good Ones" [Jagz Kooner Mix]
  4. "Baby's Eyes"*

* Previously unreleased B-sides.

Chart performance

Charts (2005) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14] 28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[15] 27
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[16] 96
French Albums (SNEP)[17] 22
UK Albums (OCC)[18] 56
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[19] 18

References

  1. ^ "Reviews for No Wow by The Kills". Metacritic. Retrieved September 22, 2011.
  2. ^ Phares, Heather. "No Wow – The Kills". AllMusic. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "The Kills: No Wow". Alternative Press (201): 126. April 2005.
  4. ^ Endelman, Michael (March 7, 2005). "No Wow". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on August 3, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  5. ^ Sullivan, Caroline (February 18, 2005). "The Kills, No Wow". The Guardian. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  6. ^ Hilburn, Robert (March 6, 2005). "The bitter beneath the sweet". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  7. ^ "The Kills: No Wow". Mojo (136): 106. March 2005.
  8. ^ Macia, Peter (March 9, 2005). "The Kills: No Wow". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  9. ^ "The Kills: No Wow". Q (224): 100. March 2005.
  10. ^ Levy, Joe (March 10, 2005). "The Kills: No Wow". Rolling Stone. No. 969. p. 110. Archived from the original on August 21, 2008. Retrieved August 12, 2007.
  11. ^ "Breakdown". Spin. 21 (3): 92. March 2005. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  12. ^ "Person of Interest Soundtrack Season 5E1 · B.S.O.D." Tunefind. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  13. ^ "The Good Wife Soundtrack Season 4E20 · Rape: A Modern Perspective". Tunefind. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Ultratop.be – The Kills – Midnight Boom" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  15. ^ "Ultratop.be – The Kills – Midnight Boom" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  16. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – The Kills – Midnight Boom" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  17. ^ "Lescharts.com – The Kills – No Wow". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  18. ^ "Kills | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  19. ^ "The Kills Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 1, 2014.


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