Interpol – Our Love To Admire LP *VG* USED

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Our Love to Admireis the third studio album by AmericanrockbandInterpol, released on July 10, 2007, throughCapitol RecordsandParlophone. Recorded atElectric Lady StudiosinGreenwich Villageand The Magic Shop inNew York City,[1]the album is the group’s first to be released on a major label as they departed fromMatador Recordsbeforehand. On April 25, 2007, the band officially announced the album title asOur Love to Admireas well as the track listing.[2]The first single off the new album, “The Heinrich Maneuver”, was released on May 7, 2007.[3]

Our Love to Admirewas largely well-received; however, the album’s elaborate musical arrangement polarized some critics, since it was such a departure from the relatively simple sound the band had been known for on previous albums. The album was re-released with a bonus DVD in the UK and Mexico on November 19, 2007, featuring music videos for “The Heinrich Maneuver” and “No I in Threesome” as well as live performances from the Astoria.[4]

In a 2018 interview withVice, lead singerPaul BankslistedOur Love to Admireas his least favorite of the band’s albums. Banks had just gotten sober and the pressure of working with a major label ultimately resulted in a “stressful” and “unpleasant” experience that was also “way too much work”. The group had similar issues with the production of their fourth albumInterpol, but said that the group was “proud of the music” on both, with Banks saying: “some of my favorite songs we ever wrote are on these two records, so it’s not like the situation was bad and the record is bad.”[5]DrummerSam Fogarinoalso cited issues with the new label during the album’s production, claiming that the band felt welcome at first, but once the label was sold, that changed: “We’re a number now, we’re a number on a data print out.”[6]Following the album’s release, Interpol returned to Matador.

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