Streets in the Sky

Streets In The Sky is the third studio album by Coventry-based indie rock band The Enemy, released on 21 May 2012 through Cooking Vinyl and eOne Music. It entered the UK Albums Chart at no. 9,[2] and was met with universally negative reviews.

This article is about the third studio album by UK rock band The Enemy. For the building structure, see Tower block § Streets in the sky.

Streets In The Sky
Studio album by
The Enemy
Released21 May 2012
GenreIndie rock, punk rock[1]
Length40:38
LabelCooking Vinyl, eOne Music
ProducerJoby J Ford
The Enemy chronology
Music for the People
(2009)		 Streets In The Sky
(2012)		 It's Automatic
(2015)
Singles from Streets in the Sky
  1. "Saturday"
    Released: May 15, 2012
  2. "Like a Dancer"
    Released: July 16, 2012

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Coventry Telegraph(favourable)[4]
Drowned In Sound[5]
The Fly[6]
musicOMH[7]
NME6/10[8]
PopMatters2/10[9]
Sputnikmusic2.0/5[10]
The Quietus(unfavourable)[11]
York Vision(unfavourable)[12]

Critical reception was extremely negative, with Album of the Year rating it as the worst album of 2012 as reviewed by critics.[13] The album scored 2.9/10 at aggregator website AnyDecentMusic? (the fourth-lowest rated album of all time).[14]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Gimme the Sign"3:09
2."Bigger Cages (Longer Chains)"2:57
3."Saturday"3:12
4."1-2-3-4"2:59
5."Like a Dancer"3:09
6."Come into My World"2:57
7."This Is Real"4:38
8."2 Kids"3:56
9."Turn It On"3:33
10."It's a Race"3:29
11."Get Up and Dance"3:52
12."Make a Man"2:47

Music videos
  • 1,2,3,4 (acoustic)
  • Gimme the Sign
  • Saturday
  • Saturday (acoustic)
  • Like a Dancer

References
  1. "BISOUND.COM - - . mp3 . . FM- ".
  2. "Enemy - Streets In The Sky".
  3. O'Brien, Jon. "The Enemy – Streets in the Sky – review". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  4. Poole, Alan (17 May 2012). "Album Review: The Enemy - Streets in the Sky". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  5. Calvert, John (25 May 2012). "The Enemy – Streets in the Sky". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  6. Ross, Daniel (18 May 2012). "The Enemy Streets In The Sky (COOKING VINYL)". The Fly. MAMA & Company. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. Green, Laurence (21 May 2012). "The Enemy – Streets In The Sky (Cooking Vinyl)". musicOMH. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  8. Denney, Alex (19 May 2012). "The Enemy – Streets In The Sky". NME. IPC Media. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  9. Ezell, Brice (27 June 2012). "The Enemy: Streets in the Sky". PopMatters. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  10. "The Enemy – Streets in the Sky". Sputnikmusic. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  11. Kulkarni, Neil (17 May 2012). "The Enemy – Streets in the Sky – Review". The Quietus. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  12. Lloyd, Jordan (29 May 2012). "Album Review: Streets in the Sky- The Enemy". York Vision. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  13. "The 25 Worst Albums of 2012". Album of the Year. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  14. "AnyDecentMusic? - All Time". WebCite. AnyDecentMusic?. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.



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