So Much for the City

So Much for the City is the debut album of the Irish indie/pop band The Thrills. It was released in May 2003 and quickly became the number one in the Republic of Ireland where it spent 61 weeks in the top 75,[12] and also won 'Album of the Year' at the national music awards. It was also very successful in UK, debuting at #3, remaining in the charts for 25 weeks,[13] and gave them some attention in Europe, with the single "Big Sur" reaching #17 in the UK,[13] which remains as their highest charted position in that country to date.

So Much for the City
Studio album by
The Thrills
ReleasedMay 27, 2003 (2003-05-27)
RecordedOctober 2002 – March 2003
GenreIndie rock, post-punk revival
Length46:24
LabelVirgin
ProducerTony Hoffer
The Thrills chronology
So Much for the City
(2003)		 Let's Bottle Bohemia
(2004)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[3]
The Guardian[4]
The Independent[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
Pitchfork6.9/10[7]
Q[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
SpinB+[10]
The Village VoiceC[11]

In an interview, lead singer Conor Deasy explained the band's inspiration for the song material:

Those songs are our ways of picking us up because we were kind of miserable. We were dropped by our label. And the towns are put [in the songs] as a way of escapism, as opposed to documenting little tales about what happened when we went there. When we put in a title like "Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)," it would literally pick us up a bit.[14]

The album was nominated for the 2003 Mercury Prize but lost to Dizzee Rascal's Boy in da Corner.[15]

Legacy

The album was included in the book, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[16]

The song "Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)" was named by Q Magazine at number 550 on their list of the 1001 best songs ever made.[17]

The song "Say It Ain't So" appeared on US President George W. Bush's iPod in 2005.[18]

Track listing
  1. "Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)" – 4:13
  2. "Big Sur" – 3:07
  3. "Don't Steal Our Sun" – 2:50
  4. "Deckchairs and Cigarettes" – 4:58
  5. "One Horse Town" – 3:15
  6. "Old Friends, New Lovers" (feat. string arrangements by David Campbell) – 4:01
  7. "Say It Ain't So" – 2:44
  8. "Hollywood Kids" – 5:33
  9. "Just Travelling Through" – 3:21
  10. "Your Love Is Like Las Vegas" – 2:23
  11. "'Til the Tide Creeps In" / "Plans" (hidden track) – 10:06

Singles

References
  1. "Reviews for So Much For The City by The Thrills". Metacritic. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  2. Lhote, Morgane. "So Much for the City – The Thrills". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  3. Brunner, Rob (15 August 2003). "Rating the contenders for Britain's top music prize". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  4. Peschek, David (27 June 2003). "The Thrills: So Much for the City". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  5. "Album: The Thrills". The Independent. 27 June 2003. Archived from the original on 30 June 2003. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  6. Hilburn, Robert (26 October 2003). "When Irish eyes are California dreamin'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  7. Petrusich, Amanda (21 July 2003). "The Thrills: So Much for the City". Pitchfork. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  8. "The Thrills: So Much for the City". Q (204): 112. July 2003.
  9. Hoard, Christian (27 November 2003). "The Thrills: So Much For The City". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 1 March 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  10. Wood, Mikael (December 2003). "The Thrills: So Much for the City". Spin. 19 (12): 131–33. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  11. Christgau, Robert (25 May 2004). "Consumer Guide: Anti-Gravitational Boots". The Village Voice. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  12. The Thrills - So Much For The City - Music Charts
  13. "The Thrills". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
  14. "Interview: Conor Deasy of The Thrills". Livedaily.com. 2004-05-19. Archived from the original on 2008-10-25. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
  15. "Rocklist.net...Mercury/Nationwide Music Prize Nominations And Winners". Rocklistmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
  16. Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
  17. "Rocklist.net... Q - 1001 Best Ever Songs". Q Magazine.
  18. Bumiller, Elisabeth (2005-04-11). "White House Letter:President Bush's iPod". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
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