Italian Platinum

Italian Platinum is the eighth full-length album released by indie rock band Silkworm. It is the band's third album released on Touch and Go Records. Like their previous album Lifestyle, Steve Albini and his girlfriend Heather Whinna recorded and produced the album respectively. Matt Kadane from Bedhead and The New Year played keyboards on this album.

Italian Platinum
Studio album by
Silkworm
Released2002 (2002)
GenreIndie rock
Length40:28
LabelTouch and Go Records
ProducerSteve Albini, Heather Whinna
Silkworm chronology
Lifestyle
(2000)		 Italian Platinum
(2002)		 It'll Be Cool
(2004)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Now3/5[3]
Pitchfork7.9/10[4]
Spin7/10[5]
The Village VoiceA-[6]

Track listing
  1. (I Hope U) Don't Survive – (3:25)
  2. The Third – (2:09)
  3. The Old You – (3:22)
  4. Is She A Sign – (2:28)
  5. The Brain – (2:59)
  6. Bourbon Beard – (3:13)
  7. LR72 – (4:12)
  8. White Lightning – (3:20)
  9. Dirty Air – (2:41)
  10. Young – (3:27)
  11. Moving – (2:52)
  12. The Ram – (2:43)
  13. A Cockfight of Feelings – (3:37)

Personnel
  • Andy Cohen—Guitar, Vocals
  • Michael Dahlquist—Drums, Vocals
  • Tim Midgett—Bass, Baritone Guitar, Vocals
  • Matt Kadane—Keyboards
  • Steve Albini—Engineer
  • Heather Whinna—Producer
  • Kelly Hogan—Backing Vocals, Lead vocals on "Young"
  • Nick Webb—Mastering

References
  1. "Italian Platinum by Silkworm". Metacritic. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  2. Kellman, Andy. "Silkworm - Italian Platinum". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  3. Liss, Sarah (2002-06-06). "SILKWORM". Now. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  4. Bowers, William (2002-06-13). "Silkworm: Italian Platinum". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  5. Milner, Greg (July 2002). "Silkworm: Italian Platinum (Touch and Go)". Spin. Vol. 18 no. 7. p. 110. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  6. Christgau, Robert (11 June 2002). "Down and Alt". Village Voice. Retrieved 22 February 2017.


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