Bitter Rivals

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Bitter Rivals
File:Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals.png
Studio album by
Sleigh Bells
ReleasedOctober 4, 2013 (2013-10-04)
RecordedTreefort Studios
(Brooklyn, New York City)[1]
Genre
Length29:26
LabelMom + Pop
Producer
  • Will Hubbard
  • Derek Miller
  • Shane Stoneback
Sleigh Bells chronology
Reign of Terror
(2012) 		Bitter Rivals
(2013) 		Jessica Rabbit
(2016)
Singles from Bitter Rivals
  1. "Bitter Rivals"
    Released: September 3, 2013

Bitter Rivals is the third studio album by American noise pop duo Sleigh Bells. It was released on October 4, 2013 by Mom + Pop Music. The title track was released as the album's lead single on September 3, 2013,[2] with a music video released the day before.[3] The album was made exclusively available for streaming on Rolling Stone's website on October 1, 2013.[4] It was partially inspired by Janet Jackson, with the song "Tiger Kit" referencing Jackson's "Rhythm Nation".[5][6]

Composition

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Music and lyrics

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Philip Cosores of Consequence of Sound described Alexis Kraus' vocals on the record as leaning "heavily" on the "hip-hop cadence" of Sleigh Bells' previous albums "to go along with [Kraus'] inked-up bubblegum melodies". Cosores also described the album's musical styles as nostalgic, featuring "nu metal serving as a warning for pop punk, and freestyle, and whatever else might next resurface".[7]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[8]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svg[9]
The A.V. ClubB[10]
Consequence of SoundD−[11]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[12]
The GuardianStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[13]
NME7/10[14]
Pitchfork5.9/10[15]
PopMatters7/10[16]
Rolling StoneStarStarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svg[17]
Spin8/10[18]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 70 based on 27 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[8]

Philip Cosores of Consequence of Sound compared the album to nu metal bands such as Korn, Limp Bizkit, and Staind, who all had "a similar pattern of three albums into the spotlight, [with] their third being a success in terms of attention, but also a signifier of the end of people caring in quite the same way". Cosores also felt that the album played to Sleigh Bells' strength, but mostly felt "stuck in the weaker aspects of their previous albums, busying up the mercifully brief tracks with unnecessary filler".[7]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Sleigh Bells.

No.TitleLength
1."Bitter Rivals"3:19
2."Sugarcane"2:47
3."Minnie"3:01
4."Sing Like a Wire"2:35
5."Young Legends"2:50
6."Tiger Kit"2:55
7."You Don't Get Me Twice"2:43
8."To Hell With You"3:09
9."24"2:58
10."Love Sick"3:09

Personnel

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Credits adapted from the liner notes of Bitter Rivals.[19]

Sleigh Bells

Additional musicians

  • Kevin Osborne – whistling on "To Hell With You"

Production and recording

  • Chris Athens – mastering
  • Andrew Dawson – mixing, additional production on "Young Legends"
  • Will Hubbard – executive producer
  • Derek E. Miller – production
  • Shane Stoneback – engineering, recording, additional production

Artwork and design

  • Steve Attardo – design, layout
  • Derek Miller – art direction, original photography

Charts

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Chart (2013) Peak
position
UK Indie Albums Chart[20] 36
US Billboard 200[21] 49
US Alternative Albums[22] 15
US Independent Albums[23] 9
US Rock Albums[24] 16

Release history

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Region Date Format Label
Germany[25] October 4, 2013 Digital download Lucky Number Music
Ireland[26] CD
France[27] October 7, 2013 Digital download
Ireland[28]
United Kingdom[29]
  • CD
  • digital download
United States[30] October 8, 2013
  • CD
  • LP
  • digital download
 Mom + Pop
Australia[31] October 11, 2013
  • CD
  • digital download
 Liberator
United Kingdom[32] October 14, 2013 LP Lucky Number Music
Germany[33] October 18, 2013
  • CD
  • LP
France[34] October 21, 2013 CD
Japan[35] November 27, 2013 Hostess

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