Return to Cookie Mountain is the second studio album by American art rock

Art rock

Art rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, with influences from art, avant-garde, and classical music. The first usage of the term, according to Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, was in 1968. Influenced by the work of The Beatles, most notably their Sgt...

 group TV on the Radio

TV on the Radio

TV on the Radio is an American art rock band formed in 2001 in Brooklyn, New York, whose music spans numerous diverse genres, from post-punk to electro and free jazz to soul music....

. It was released July 6, 2006 worldwide by 4AD

4AD

4AD is a British independent record label that was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, funded by Beggars Banquet Records, and is still active today...

, and issued in the U.S.

United States

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 and Canada

Canada

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 on September 12, 2006 by Interscope Records

Interscope Records

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 and Touch and Go Recordings

Touch and Go Records

Touch and Go Records is an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois, USA.After its genesis as a hand-made fanzine in 1979, it grew into one of the key record labels in the American 1980s alternative and underground rock scenes, Touch & Go carved out a reputation for releasing adventurous...

. However, an unmastered version of the album surfaced on the internet in early 2006. The North American release features three bonus tracks, two of which are B-sides

B-Sides

B-Sides is an iTunes-exclusive album from the Coventry Trio The Enemy, consisting of ten songs that were B-sides to the single releases from their debut album We'll Live and Die in These Towns.-Track list:#Fear Killed the Youth of Our Nation...

 from the single "Wolf Like Me

Wolf Like Me

"Wolf Like Me" is the first single from the TV on the Radio album Return to Cookie Mountain, released in the United Kingdom on July 25, 2006 on 4AD Records. The single's B-side was the song "Things You Can Do", which was also available as a bonus track on the U.S. release of Return to Cookie...

"; the other is a remix of "Hours" by El-P. Videos

Music video

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 were made for the singles "Wolf Like Me" and "Province".

The album featured several notable guest vocalists: "Province" features backing vocals from David Bowie

David Bowie

David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...

, who championed the band's full-length debut, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes is a 2004 album by the American art rock band, TV on the Radio. The album, recorded at Headgear Studio in Brooklyn, was awarded the Shortlist Music Prize for 2004. It was released on CD, 12" vinyl and MP3 download formats. The CD is enhanced with two different...

. Katrina Ford of the band Celebration

Celebration (band)

Celebration is a psychedelic soul band based out of Baltimore, Maryland.-History:Celebration is composed of singer Katrina Ford, multi-instrumentalist Sean Antanaitis and drummer David Bergander, with a number of additional rotating members: Walker Teret plays bass, sometimes guitar, percussion and...

 guests on "Wolf Like Me", "Let the Devil In" and "Blues from Down Here". Kazu Makino of Blonde Redhead

Blonde Redhead

Blonde Redhead is an American alternative rock band composed of vocalist/rhythm guitarist Kazu Makino and twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace , which formed in New York City in 1993....

 sings on "Hours".

Return to Cookie Mountain earned overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics, and was named the album of the year by Spin

Spin (magazine)

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for 2006, leading to the band's appearance on the magazine's cover. The album was ranked #2 on Pitchfork Media

Pitchfork Media

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's list of Top 50 Albums of 2006. Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

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, Slant Magazine

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, and Stylus Magazine

Stylus Magazine

Stylus Magazine was an online music and film magazine launched in 2002. It featured long-form music journalism, four daily music reviews, movie reviews, a number of different podcasts, an MP3 blog, and a text blog....

 each named the album as the 4th best of 2006, and the album is ranked fifth on Metacritic

Metacritic

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's year-end list. In 2009, Rhapsody

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 ranked the album at #8 on its "100 Best Albums of the Decade" list.

Track listing

1. "I Was a Lover" (Kyp Malone, David Andrew Sitek) – 4:21
2. "Hours" (Tunde Adebimpe) – 3:55
3. "Province
   Province (song)
   "Province" is the second single from TV on the Radio's album Return to Cookie Mountain.-Track listing :A1. Province *guitar, synthesizer, sampler, bass: David Andrew Sitek...
   
   " (Malone, Sitek) – 4:37
4. "Playhouses" (Malone) – 5:11
5. "Wolf Like Me
   Wolf Like Me
   "Wolf Like Me" is the first single from the TV on the Radio album Return to Cookie Mountain, released in the United Kingdom on July 25, 2006 on 4AD Records. The single's B-side was the song "Things You Can Do", which was also available as a bonus track on the U.S. release of Return to Cookie...
   
   " (Adebimpe) – 4:39
6. "A Method" (Adebimpe) – 4:25
7. "Let the Devil In" (Malone) – 4:27
8. "Dirtywhirl" (Adebimpe) – 4:15
9. "Blues from Down Here" (Malone) – 5:17
10. "Tonight" (Adebimpe) – 6:53
11. "Wash the Day Away" (Malone, Sitek, Adebimpe) – 8:08
12. [ambient audio]

…

26. "Untitled" - 1:44

U.S. bonus tracks

27. "Snakes and Martyrs" (Malone) – 4:07
28. "Hours (El-P Remix)" (Adebimpe) – 4:26
29. "Things You Can Do" (Adebimpe, Sitek) – 5:26

"I Was a Lover"

• Vocals – Kyp Malone, Tunde Adebimpe
• Samples, guitars, bass – Dave Sitek
• Piano – Gerard Smith
• Drums – Jaleel Bunton
• Samples "Teardrop" by Massive Attack

"Hours"

• Vocals – Tunde Adebimpe, Kazu Makino
• Drums, guitars, piano – Jaleel Bunton
• Bass, organ – Gerard Smith
• Flute – Dave Sitek
• Cello – Jeremy Wilms

"Province"

• Vocals – Kyp Malone, Tunde Adebimpe, David Bowie
  David Bowie
  David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
  
  
• Sampler, guitars, bass, keys – Dave Sitek
• Drums – Jaleel Bunton
• Piano – Gerard Smith

"Playhouses"

• Vocals – Kyp Malone, Tunde Adebimpe, Omega "C Taylor" Moon
• Drums – Jaleel Bunton
• Sampler, guitars – Dave Sitek

"Wolf Like Me"

• Vocals – Tunde Adebimpe, Kyp Malone, Katrina Ford
• Drums – Jaleel Bunton
• Bass, guitar – Kyp Malone
• Guitar, samples, synth – Dave Sitek
• Guitar – Jaleel Bunton
• Baritone saxophone – Martin Perna

"A Method"

• Vocals – Tunde Adebimpe, Kyp Malone
• Samples, keys, synth – Dave Sitek
• Percussion – Jaleel Bunton, Tunde Adebimpe

"Let the Devil In"

This track includes extended samples from Lou Reed

Lou Reed

Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...

's 1975 noise album Metal Machine Music

Metal Machine Music

Metal Machine Music, subtitled *The Amine β Ring, is the fifth solo album by Lou Reed. It was originally released as a double album by RCA Records in 1975...

  during the verses.

• Vocals – Kyp Malone, Katrina Ford, Tunde Adebimpe
• Choir – Jaleel Bunton, Akwetey & Aku Orraca-Tetteh, Devang Shah, Aaron Aites, Tunde Adebimpe, Gerard Smith
• Samples – Dave Sitek
• Drums – Jaleel Bunton
• Percussion – Akwetey, Aku, Devang Shah (Dragons of Zynth)
• Guitar, bass – Kyp Malone

"Dirtywhirl"

• Vocals – Tunde Adebimpe, Kyp Malone
• Guitar, bass – Gerard Smith
• Drums, Rhodes – Jaleel Bunton
• Sample, synth – Dave Sitek

"Blues from Down Here"

• Vocals – Kyp Malone, Tunde Adebimpe, Katrina Ford, Shanina Robinson
• Drums – Jaleel Bunton
• Samples, guitars, synth – Dave Sitek
• Guitar – Kyp Malone
• Horns – Martin Perna, Chris Taylor
  Chris Taylor (Grizzly Bear musician)
  Chris Taylor is a multi-instrumentalist and producer best known for his role of bass player in the Brooklyn based indie folk group, Grizzly Bear.-Biography:...
  
  
• Bass Harmonica, Bass Clarinet – Stuart D. Bogie
  Stuart D. Bogie
  Stuart Bogie is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and producer. Originally from Evanston, IL, Bogie has become a staple in the Brooklyn music scene, as part of Antibalas, as well as TV on the Radio, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and many other acts....
  
  
• Horn arrangement – Chris Taylor

"Tonight"

• Vocals – Tunde Adebimpe, Kyp Malone
• Guitar, percussion – Jaleel Bunton
• Magic – Dave Sitek
• Clarinet – Chris Taylor

"Wash the Day Away"

• Vocals – Kyp Malone, Tunde Adebimpe
• Drums – Jaleel Bunton
• Guitar, bass, synth – Dave Sitek
• Electric sitar – Gerard Smith

External links

• Return to Cookie Mountain Reviews at Metacritic
  Metacritic
  Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...