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Where the Wild Things Are
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Spike Jonze
Produced by
Tom Hanks
Gary Goetzman
Maurice Sendak
John Carls
Vincent Landay
Screenplay by
Spike Jonze
Dave Eggers
Based on
Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak
Starring
Max Records
Catherine Keener
Mark Ruffalo
Lauren Ambrose
Chris Cooper
James Gandolfini
Catherine O'Hara
Forest Whitaker
Music by
Karen O
Carter Burwell
Cinematography
Lance Acord
Edited by
Eric Zumbrunnen
James Haygood
Production
company
Legendary Pictures
Village Roadshow Pictures
Wild Things Productions
Playtone
Distributed by
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
October 13, 2009 (2009-10-13) (New York City)
October 16, 2009 (2009-10-16) (United States)
December 3, 2009 (2009-12-03) (Australia)
December 17, 2009 (2009-12-17) (Germany)
Running time
104 minutes
Country
Australia
Germany
United States[1]
Language
English
Budget
$100 million[2]
Box office
$100.1 million[2]
Where the Wild Things Are is a 2009 fantasy drama film directed by Spike Jonze. Written by Jonze and Dave Eggers, it is adapted from Maurice Sendak's 1963 children's book of the same name. It combines live-action, performers in costumes, animatronics, and computer-generated imagery (CGI). The film stars Max Records and features the voices of James Gandolfini, Paul Dano, Lauren Ambrose, Forest Whitaker, Catherine O'Hara, and Chris Cooper. The film centers on a lonely eight-year-old boy named Max who sails away to an island inhabited by creatures known as the "Wild Things," who declare Max their king.
In the early 1980s, Disney considered adapting the film as a blend of traditionally animated characters and computer-generated environments, but development did not go past a test film to see how the animation hybridizing would result.[3] In 2001, Universal Studios acquired rights to the book's adaptation and initially attempted to develop a computer-animated adaptation with Disney animator Eric Goldberg, but the CGI concept was replaced with a live-action one in 2003, and Goldberg was dropped for Spike Jonze. The film was co-produced by actor Tom Hanks through his production company Playtone and made with an estimated budget of $100 million.[4] Where the Wild Things Are was a joint production between Australia, Germany, and the United States, and was filmed principally in Melbourne.[5]
The film was released on October 16, 2009, in the United States, on December 3 in Australia, and on December 17 in Germany. The film was met with mostly positive reviews and appeared on many year-end top ten lists. However the film flopped commercially at the box office, making $100.1 million from a budget of $100 million. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 2, 2010.
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Cast
2.1 Voices
2.2 Suit performers
3 Production
3.1 Development
3.2 Filming
3.3 Music
4 Release and reception
4.1 Box office
4.2 Critical response
4.3 Awards and recognition
4.4 Suitability for children
4.5 Home media
5 Merchandise
5.1 Video game
5.2 Skateboards and limited edition shoes
5.3 Toys
5.4 Novelization
6 References
7 External links
Plot[edit]
The film begins with Max, a lonely eight-year-old boy[6] with an active imagination whose parents are divorced, wearing a wolf costume and chasing his dog. His older sister, Claire, does nothing when her friends crush Max's snow fort (with him inside) during a snowball fight. Out of frustration, Max messes up her bedroom and destroys a frame that he had made for her. At school, Max's teacher teaches him and his classmates about the eventual death of the sun. Later on, his mother, Connie, invites her boyfriend Adrian to dinner. Max becomes upset with his mother for not coming to the fort he made in his room. He wears his wolf costume, acts like an animal, and demands to be fed. When his mother gets upset, he throws a tantrum and bites her on the shoulder. She yells at him and he runs away, scared by what has transpired. At the edge of a pond, Max finds a small boat that he boards.
The pond soon becomes an ocean. Max, still in his wolf suit, eventually reaches an island. There, he stumbles upon a group of seven large, monstrous creatures. One of them, Carol, is in the middle of a destructive tantrum (caused by the departure of a female Wild Thing named K.W.) while the others attempt to stop him. As Carol wreaks havoc Max tries to join in on the mayhem, but soon finds himself facing the suspicious anger of the Wild Things. When they contemplate eating him, Max convinces them that he is a king with magical powers capable of bringing harmony to the group. They crown him as their new king. Shortly after, K.W. returns and Max declares a wild rumpus, in which the Wild Things smash trees and tackle each other.
The Wild Things introduce themselves as Carol, Ira, Judith, Alexander, Douglas, the Bull, and K.W. Soon, they all end up piling on one another before going to sleep, with Max at the center. Carol takes Max on a tour of the island, showing him a model he built depicting what he wishes the island looked like. Inspired by this, Max orders the construction of an enormous fort, with Carol in charge of construction. When K.W. brings her two owl friends Bob and Terry to the fort, a disagreement ensues, as Carol feels they are outsiders (Max had said earlier that if any outsiders entered the fort, they would "have their brains automatically cut out"). To release their frustrations, Max divides the tribe into "good guys" and "bad guys" for a dirt clod fight, but Alexander is hurt during the game. After an argument between K.W. and Carol, K.W. leaves once again.
Max finds Alexander alone in the fort and has a conversation with him. Alexander reveals that he always suspected that Max is not a king with magical powers, but warns him to never let Carol know. Soon enough, at pre-dawn, Carol throws another tantrum — this time, about the fort, K.W.'s absence, and the eventual death of the sun (which Max had talked to Carol about earlier in the film). When Carol gets angry with Max for not doing a good job as a king, Douglas tries to explain to him that he's "just a boy, pretending to be a wolf, pretending to be a king", thus exposing the truth to the rest of the Wild Things. Carol becomes enraged and ends up ripping off Douglas's right arm (though only sand pours out of the wound). Then he chases Max into the forest and attempts to eat him. Max is saved by K.W., who hides him in her stomach. Max listens as Carol and K.W. have an argument over Carol's misbehavior. Max finds the crushed remains of Carol's model island (presumably destroyed by Carol himself in a rage) and leaves a token of affection for him to find (a letter C inside a love heart made of twigs). He finds Carol and tells him he is going home because he is not a king. The other Wild Things escort Max to his boat. Carol runs to join them after finding Max's token and arrives in time to see him off. He starts to howl and Max howls back, then all the other Wild Things join in. Carol looks at K.W. and she smiles kindly at him. Returning home, Max is embraced by his distraught mother, who gives him a bowl of hot soup, a piece of cake and a glass of milk and sits with him as he eats. He watches as she falls asleep.
Cast[edit]
Max Records as Max, a lonely eight-year-old boy with a wild imagination.
Catherine Keener as Connie, Max's mother.
Mark Ruffalo as Adrian, Connie's boyfriend.
Pepita Emmerichs as Claire, Max's sister.
Steve Mouzakis as Max's teacher.
Max Pfeifer, Madeleine Greaves, Joshua Jay, and Ryan Corr as Claire's friends.
Voices[edit]
James Gandolfini as Carol, an impulsive Wild Thing.
Lauren Ambrose as K.W., the loner of the group.
Chris Cooper as Douglas, a cockatoo-like peace-keeper who is Carol's best friend.
Forest Whitaker as Ira, a gentle, soft-spoken Wild Thing.
Catherine O'Hara as Judith, a Triceratops-like horned Wild Thing, who is Ira's loud, aggressive girlfriend.
Paul Dano as Alexander, a goat-like Wild Thing who is constantly ignored, belittled and mistreated.
Michael Berry Jr. as Bernard the Bull, a quiet, intimidating bull-headed Wild Thing who keeps to himself and rarely speaks.
Spike Jonze as Bob and Terry, two owls, and K.W's friends.
Suit performers[edit]
Vincent Crowley as Carol
Alice Parkinson as K.W.
John Leary as Douglas
Sam Longley as Ira
Nick Farnell as Judith
Sonny Gerasimowicz as Alexander
Angus Sampson as Bernard the Bull
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
Where the Wild Things Are started its development life in the early 1980s, originally to be an animated feature by Disney that would have blended traditionally animated characters with computer-generated settings. Animators Glen Keane and John Lasseter (who later moved on to Pixar) had completed a test film to see how the animation hybridizing would work out, but the project proceeded no further.[3] Universal Studios acquired rights to the book's adaptation in 2001 and initially attempted to develop a computer-animated adaptation with Disney animator Eric Goldberg, but in 2003 the CGI concept was replaced with a live-action one, and Goldberg was replaced with Spike Jonze.[citation needed][7]
After years of interest from various producers, Sendak favored Spike Jonze as director, noting he was "young, interesting and had a spark that none of the others had".[8] The film was originally set for release from Universal, and a teaser of the film was attached to the studio's 2000 adaptation of How the Grinch Stole Christmas.[9] Disagreements between Universal and Sendak over Jonze's approach to the story led to a turnaround arrangement where the film's production was transferred to Warner Bros.[10]
"Spike Jonze: Check. Dave Eggers: Check. Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Check. Where the Wild Things Are has all the ingredients to become the hipster equivalent of Star Wars."
—NPR, All Things Considered [11]
In 2005, Jonze and Dave Eggers completed a 111-page screenplay, expanding the original ten-sentence story. On July 8, 2006, production began open auditions for the role of Max.[12] The process took months, but, eventually, Max Records was cast. Academy Award-winning make-up effects supervisor Howard Berger (The Chronicles of Narnia) turned down offers to work on the film four times. Although the book inspired him as a child to work in special effects, he felt filming it was a "horrible idea."[13] Jim Henson's Creature Shop provided the animatronic suits for the Wild Things.
Filming began in April 2006 at Docklands Studios Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia.[14] Jonze kept in close consultation with Sendak throughout the process, and the author approved creature designs created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. To make the set a more comfortable environment for Max Records, Jonze encouraged the crew members to bring their children to the set. Some of them can be seen in the film's classroom scene.[15]
Michelle Williams was originally cast as the female Wild Thing K.W. only to leave the project after her voice "didn't match the original vision of how the Wild Thing should sound".[16] She was replaced by Lauren Ambrose, and filming continued.
Filming[edit]
In 2008, test footage was leaked onto the internet leading to mixed reactions. Jonze responded, "That was a very early test with the sole purpose of just getting some footage to Ben, our VFX supervisor, to see if our VFX plan for the faces would work." Following early fan outcry over the leaked video and rumored "scared children" in test audiences, Warner Bros. announced a year-long delay. On February 20, 2008, speculation emerged that Warner Bros. was considering reshooting the entire film.[17] then-WB president Alan F. Horn responded, "We've given him more money and, even more importantly, more time for him to work on the film. We'd like to find a common ground that represents Spike's vision but still offers a film that really delivers for a broad-based audience. No one wants to turn this into a bland, sanitized studio movie. This is a very special piece of material and we're just trying to get it right." Producer Gary Goetzman followed, "We support Spike's vision. We're helping him make the vision he wants to make."[18] At the end of 2008, Spike got together with Framestore in London to complete his movie and work with them to bring to life the performances through their animation and visual effects team. Over the course of the next six months, Spike spent time with the animators on the floor of the studio as they worked together to realise his intention for the performances that had started many years before with the voices, continued with the suit performances in Australia, and were completed in London's Soho.
Music[edit]
Main article: Where the Wild Things Are: Motion Picture Soundtrack
For the film's trailer, Arcade Fire provided a re-recorded version of the track "Wake Up" from their album Funeral.[19] The new version is not featured in the actual film or the soundtrack and has never been made available to the public.
During the film, various songs can be heard such as "Hideaway", "Rumpus", "Worried Shoes" and "All is Love" by Karen O, Zahida K, Anisa R K and the Kids.
Release and reception[edit]
"Jonze unleashes his considerable creativity. The beasts are recognizable from Sendak's pages, but Jonze gives them names and distinct personalities that connect to aspects of Max's psyche and to the people he loves. Freud would adore this movie. They are vast, feathered, horned, clawed, beaked and definitely wild — irrational and dangerous, even when showing affection — and Jonze uses their threatening bulk as well as their capacity for cruelty to remind us that Max's taming of them is only temporary. For any child, it is near impossible to stay king of anything, even in fantasy."
—Mary Pols, Time magazine[20]
Box office[edit]
The studio decided not to position the film as a children's movie and spent 70% of the advertising on broad-based and adult-driven promotion.[21] The film was released in North America in both conventional and IMAX theaters on October 16, 2009.[22] Early Friday box office estimates show the film earned about $32.7 million on its opening weekend in theaters.[23] It grossed $77.2 million during its theatrical run in the U.S. and Canada, plus $22.8 million internationally.[24]
Internationally, the film was released in Australia on December 4, 2009;[25] in Ireland and the UK on December 11, 2009;[26] and in Germany on December 17, 2009.[27] It was released in Russia on February 4, 2010.[28]
Critical response[edit]
Reception to the film has been generally positive. The film holds a 73% "Fresh" rating on review website Rotten Tomatoes from 253 reviews with an average score of 6.9/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Some may find its dark tone and slender narrative off-putting, but Spike Jonze's heartfelt adaptation of the classic children's book is as beautiful as it is uncompromising."[29] Review aggregation website Metacritic gave the film an average score of 71 out of 100 based on 37 reviews.[30]
Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film an A declaring "This is one of the year's best."[31] Manohla Dargis of the New York Times wrote that Spike Jonze's "filmmaking exceeds anything he’s done" before, while also noting the imaginative visuals and otherworldly feel, along with the fantastic creature effects on the "Wild Things".[32] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film four stars saying, "For all the money spent, the film's success is best measured by its simplicity and the purity of its innovation."[33] Roger Ebert awarded the film three stars out of four.[34]
Some critics have noted the movie's dark adaptation for children, such as David Denby from The New Yorker saying, "I have a vision of eight-year-olds leaving the movie in bewilderment. Why are the creatures so unhappy?"[35] Stephanie Zacharek of Salon.com criticized the film's visual aspect, "Even the look of the picture becomes tiresome after a while — it starts to seem depressive and shaggy and tired." She also stated that "The movie is so loaded with adult ideas about childhood — as opposed to things that might delight or engage an actual child."[36] The Globe and Mail's Liam Lacey branded the production a "self-consciously sad film."[37]
Critic A.O. Scott named the film the best of 2009 and placed it at number five on his list of top ten movies of the decade.[38]
Awards and recognition[edit]
Warner Bros. submitted the film for consideration for the 2009 award season.[39]
Suitability for children[edit]
There were fears, expressed by production company Warner Bros., that the film was not family friendly and may frighten children; however these fears were not shared by either Jonze or Sendak,[40] and Jonze refused to compromise.[41] Maurice Sendak said after having seen a completed cut of the film, "I've never seen a movie that looked or felt like this. And it's [Spike Jonze's] personal 'this.' And he's not afraid of himself. He's a real artist that lets it come through in the work. So he's touched me. He's touched me very much."[42] After seeing the finished product, a Warner Bros. executive stated of Jonze, "He's a perfectionist and just kept working on it, but now we know that at the end of the day he nailed it."[21]
Film classification agencies have tended to assign "parental guidance" ratings rather than general or family ratings. MPAA in the United States assessed a PG rating "for mild thematic elements, some adventure action, and brief language".[43] A PG rating was also declared in the United Kingdom by BBFC, citing "mild threat and brief violence".[44] In Canada, the film also received a PG rating in Ontario with an alert for frightening scenes[45] while Quebec awarded a General rating.[46] British Columbia also assessed the film with a G rating with a proviso that it "may frighten young children".[47] In Ireland the film has been classified PG because of what is claimed as having "mild" violence[26] Similarly in South Africa, the film received a PG rating with a consumer content Violence indicator, noting there were "moments of mildish menace and poignant themes."[48] Australia also applied a PG rating to the film and noted "mild violence and scary scenes".[49]
The movie's release generated conflicting views over whether it is harmful to expose children to frightening scenes.[50][51] Jonze indicated that his goal was "to make a movie about childhood" rather than to create a children's movie.[52] Dan Fellman, Warner Brothers' head of movie distribution, noted that the film's promotion was not directed towards children, advising parents to exercise their own discretion.[51] In an interview with Newsweek, Sendak stated that parents who deemed the film's content to be too disturbing for children should "go to hell. That's a question I will not tolerate" and he further noted "I saw the most horrendous movies that were unfit for child's eyes. So what? I managed to survive."[53]
Home media[edit]
The film was released as a Blu-ray/DVD/Digital copy combo pack and on DVD on March 2, 2010.[54] The home media release was accompanied by a Canadian-produced live-action/animated short film adaptation of another Sendak work, Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life, produced especially for the Blu-ray edition.[55][56]
Merchandise[edit]
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Video game[edit]
Main article: Where the Wild Things Are (video game)
A video game based on the film was released on October 13, 2009, for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, and Nintendo DS. The former three were developed by Griptonite Games, and the latter by WayForward. All were published by Warner Bros. Games.
Skateboards and limited edition shoes[edit]
To coincide with the film's release, Girl Skateboards (which Jonze co-owns) came out with seven pro-model skateboards with the Wild Things as the board graphics.[57] Lakai shoes also re-designed most of their pro-model and stock shoes and added in different colors, adding in pictures of the Wild Things on the side and on others with Where the Wild Things Are printed on the side.[58] UGG Australia also designed limited edition Where The Wild Things Are boots.[59]
Toys[edit]
A series of collectible vinyl dolls of the Wild Things and Max was released from the Japanese company MediCom Toys. Other releases include an eight-inch articulated figure of Max in wolf costume and smaller scale sets of the characters released under their Kubrick figure banner.
Novelization[edit]
McSweeney's published The Wild Things by Dave Eggers, a full-length novel based on the film adaptation.
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"We Love You So: The blog of Spike Jonze and the film Where the Wild Things Are". Archived from the original on 2009-05-14.
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Films directed by Spike Jonze
Feature films
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Adaptation (2002)
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Her (2013)
Documentaries
Amarillo by Morning (1998)
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak (2009)
Short films
How They Get There (1997)
Torrance Rises (1999)
We Were Once a Fairytale (2009)
I'm Here (2010)
Skateboarding films
Video Days (1991)
Yeah Right! (2003)
Fully Flared (2007)
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Maurice Sendak
Written works
Kenny's Window (1956)
Very Far Away (1957)
The Sign On Rosie's Door (1960)
The Nutshell Library (Chicken Soup with Rice (A Book of Months)
Alligators All Around (An Alphabet)
One Was Johnny (A Counting Book)
Pierre (A Cautionary Tale) (1962)
Where the Wild Things Are (1963)
Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water: Two Nursery Rhymes (1965)
Higglety Pigglety Pop!, Or: There Must be More to Life (1967)
In the Night Kitchen (1970)
Ten Little Rabbits: A Counting Book With Mino The Magician (1970)
Some Swell Pup or Are You Sure You Want a Dog? (with Matthew Margolis) (1976)
Seven Little Monsters (1977)
Fantasy Sketches (1981)
Outside Over There (1981)
Caldecott and Co: Notes on Books and Pictures (1990)
The Big Book for Peace (1990)
We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy: Two Nursery Rhymes with Pictures (1993)
Maurice Sendak's Christmas Mystery (1995)
Notable
illustrated works
Atomics for the Millions (by Dr. Maxwell Leigh Eidinoff) (1947)
Singing Family of the Cumberlands (written by Jean Ritchie) (1955)
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm (written by Betty MacDonald) (1954)
The Wheel on the School (written by Meindert DeJong) (1954)
Little Bear (written by Else Holmelund Minarik) (1957)
Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories (written by Isaac Bashevis Singer) (1966)
See also
Really Rosie (musical)
Seven Little Monsters (TV series)
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The Devil Went Down to Georgia
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"The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
Single by Charlie Daniels
from the album Million Mile Reflections
B-side
"Rainbow Ride"
Released
May 21, 1979
Genre
Bluegrass, country, country rock
Length
3:34
Label
Epic
Songwriter(s)
Charlie Daniels
Tom Crain
"Taz" DiGregorio
Fred Edwards
Charles Hayward
James W. Marshall
Producer(s)
John Boylan
Charlie Daniels singles chronology
"Trudy"
(1978) "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
(1979) "Mississippi"
(1979)
"Trudy"
(1978) "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
(1979) "Mississippi"
(1979)
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" is a song written and performed by the Charlie Daniels Band and released on their 1979[1] album Million Mile Reflections.
The song is written in the key of D minor. Vassar Clements originally wrote the basic melody an octave lower,[citation needed] in a tune called "Lonesome Fiddle Blues" released on Clements' self-titled 1975 album on which Charlie Daniels played guitar. The Charlie Daniels Band moved it up an octave and put words to it. The song's verses are closer to being spoken rather than sung (i.e., recitation), and tell the story of a boy named Johnny, in a variant on the classic deal with the Devil. The performances of Satan and Johnny are played as instrumental bridges. The song was the band's biggest hit, reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] It is featured in the 1980 film Urban Cowboy, whose choreographer, Patsy Swayze, claims that she set the song's tempo. "How fast can you dance it?" Daniels asked. "How fast can you play it?" Swayze replied, but considering that the song was recorded in December 1978 and Urban Cowboy was filmed in 1979, it would have been impossible for Swayze to set the recorded song's tempo.[3]
Contents
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1 Content
2 Musical references
3 Parodies and covers
4 Chart performance
4.1 Weekly charts
4.2 Year-end charts
5 Sequel
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Content[edit]
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The song is an uptempo bluegrass song about the Devil's failed attempt to "steal" a young man's soul through a fiddle-playing contest that involved enticing the young man's participation using a worldly prize. The song begins with a disappointed Devil arriving in Georgia, having stolen far fewer souls than expected, when he comes upon a fiddle-playing young man named Johnny. At that moment, Johnny happens to be playing his fiddle impressively "hot." Out of desperation, the Devil, who as it turns out also plays the fiddle, offers Johnny the wager which involves challenging the young man to a fiddle-playing contest. The Devil offers to give Johnny a golden fiddle if the young man plays better than he does; otherwise, the Devil will gain Johnny's soul. Although Johnny believes taking the Devil's bet might be a sin, he wagers his soul without fear, confidently boasting he is "the best that's ever been."
The Devil plays his fiddle first, to a contemporary, rock music theme with the backing of demon musicians. When the Devil's performance ends, Johnny compliments him and takes his own turn, making reference to four songs. Two are traditional songs of Appalachia -- "Fire on the Mountain" (also the name of Daniels' 1974 album) and "Granny Does Your Dog Bite?" (the latter traditionally known as "Granny Will Your Dog Bite?"). The third is an unnamed square dance melody that includes the patter, "Chicken in the bread pan pickin' out dough." (The country music standard "Ida Red," as most famously recorded by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, includes the lyric "Chicken in the bread pan pickin' out dough / Granny will your dog bite, no child no."[4]) The last is a traditional American southern folk song "The House of the Rising Sun." The four songs are not performed but are only mentioned by reference. The Devil is impressed, admits defeat, and lays a golden fiddle at Johnny's feet. Johnny repeats his claim to be the best player ever and dares the Devil to a rematch in the future.
Johnny's final boast, as originally recorded for the Million Mile Reflections album, goes "I done told you once, you son of a bitch, I'm the best that's ever been." To accommodate radio airplay (both Country and Top 40 formats), the 45 RPM single release overdubbed that portion of the lyric as "'Cause I told you once, you son of a gun, I'm the best that's ever been." (The uncensored album version appears on the soundtrack of the movie Urban Cowboy,[5] and it is this version that has been used on numerous music compilations since then.) Thus, Johnny maintains his virtue, keeping his soul from the Devil by displaying his musical virtuosity in performing traditional songs of America's South.
Musical references[edit]
The ballad's story is a derivative of the traditional deal with the Devil motif. Charlie Daniels has stated in interviews, "I don't know where it came from, but it just did. Well, I think I might know where it came from, it may have come from an old poem called 'The Mountain Whippoorwill' that Stephen Vincent Benét wrote many, many years ago (1925), that I had in high school."[6]
Parodies and covers[edit]
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The Muppets performed a version of the song in The Muppet Show with special guest star Alan Arkin in 1980.
The Levellers released a version of the song in 1991.[7]
Although it is frequently misattributed to David Allan Coe or "Weird Al" Yankovic, musician Travis Meyer performed a parody entitled "The Devil Went Down to Jamaica," in which Johnny is recast as a Jamaican drug dealer who is challenged by the devil to a pot-smoking contest to see whose marijuana is best: his, or Johnny's.[8]
It is parodied by Cledus T. Judd as "Cledus Went Down to Florida," by a Christian parody group called ApologetiX as "The Devil Went Down to Jordan," and as "Devil Went to Jamaica" by Travis Meyer (the song is frequently misattributed to Weird Al Yankovic, and David Allan Coe has also been cited as the performer.)
Mexican country band Caballo Dorado recorded a Spanish version called "El diablo bajó a Georgia" on their album debut "Carretera 54".
The rap group K.M.C. Kru released a hip hop re-imagining of the song entitled "The Devil Came Up to Michigan" in 1991, featuring the devil and a deejay competing for a turntable of gold.[9]
Rock/metal band Primus recorded a version of the song, which was released as a claymation music video on their 1998 Rhinoplasty EP and its companion Videoplasty video album, and also re-released on their 2003 EP Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People.[10] The video was directed by Mike Johnson.
Steve Ouimette (with Ed DeGenaro) performed a cover of the song for the 2007 video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. This version uses electric guitars instead of fiddles, though the original lyrics are still performed. It is played as the conclusion of the game in a simulated guitar battle with the devil. Daniels objected to this version on the grounds that the devil often wins the contest, which he referred to as "violating the very essence of the song".[11]
Boston-based alternative band the Adam Ezra Group released a parody of the song in 2013 called The Devil Came Up To Boston. It depicted the devil as a New Yorker who comes to Boston to have a fiddle-playing battle with a Bostonian youth. This premise itself is a play on the rivalry between Boston and New York. It parodies many other stereotypes and facets of Boston and its culture, such as its distinctive dialect, its Irish heritage, and its notoriously loud subway system, among other things. The song became a bit of a local legend in the Boston area, as many radio stations desired to play it, but couldn't because of its extensive use of profanity, itself another stereotype of Bostonians.
Screenshot of Michelle Lambert's video in 2015
Pop singer and electric violinist Michelle Lambert recorded a version of the song in 2015, and released a music video. In her rendition "Johnny" is replaced by "Michelle".[12]
A cappella group Home Free recorded a version of the song in collaboration with Taylor Davis and Charlie Daniels playing fiddle, released in September 2015. The narration is performed by Home Free bass singer Tim Foust.[13]
The rock band Blues Traveler often performs this song in concert, with John Popper playing the fiddle parts on harmonica.[14] The band released a live version of the song on their 2006 EP ¡Bastardos en Vivo!.
Electric string quartet Stringfever recorded a cover of the song on their 2009 album Stringfever.
Futurama featured a parody of the song in Episode 9 of Season 1.
Robot Chicken featured a composite parody of the song along with the animated series Spawn in Episode 49 of Season 3, where Malebolgia, an infernal lord, is challenged by Spawn to a fiddle duel set to a similar tune.[15]
Chart performance[edit]
The original version of the song spent fourteen weeks on the Hot Country Singles charts in 1979, peaking at number 1 and holding the position for one week. It spent two weeks at a peak of number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.[16] The single was certified Platinum by the RIAA on December 20, 1989 for sales of over one million copies in the United States.[17]
Since it became available as a download in the digital era, it has also sold 2.297 million digital copies in the US as of November 2016.[18]
In June 1998, Epic Records re-released the song to country radio, but accidentally sent out the version in which the line "son of a bitch" was uncensored. This error was quickly corrected, and the song re-entered the country charts at number 62 for the chart dated June 20, 1998.[5] It spent seven weeks on the chart and peaked at number 60.[16]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1979)
Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[19] 12
Canada Country Tracks (RPM) 1
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 5
Ireland (IRMA)[20] 14
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 25
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[21] 13
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 14
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[22] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[23] 3
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[24] 30
US Cash Box Top 100[25] 4
Chart (1998)
Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[22] 60
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1979)
Rank
Australia [26] 100
Canada [27] 56
US Billboard Hot 100[28] 50
US Cash Box [29] 49
Sequel [edit]
In 1993, a sequel to the song, titled "The Devil Comes Back to Georgia", was recorded and released by Daniels and fiddle player Mark O'Connor, featuring guest performances by Travis Tritt (as the devil), Marty Stuart (as Johnny) and Johnny Cash as the narrator. The song can be found on Mark O'Connor's album, Heroes.
In the sequel, the devil, his anger unabated ten years after his defeat at young Johnny's hands, decides to take up the boy's challenge to "c'mon back if you ever wanna try again". With Johnny now an adult and married with an infant son, the devil is convinced that Johnny's sinful pride will be his undoing, so he takes back the golden fiddle he lost to Johnny, and forces him to practice with his old fiddle before their rematch.
Though the lyrics of the song state that "Johnny's the best that's ever been", reiterating his bold claim in the original song, the sequel's lyrics do not reveal who won the rematch, but the music video persuasively shows that Johnny does not lose.
See also[edit]
Charlie Daniels Band
Cross Road Blues
The Devil and Daniel Webster
Faust
The Devil and Tom Walker
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Million Mile Reflections - Charlie Daniels,The Charlie Daniels Band | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel: "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits", p. 92, ISBN 0-8230-7518-4
Jump up ^ "RolandNote.com: The Ultimate Country Music Database". www.rolandnote.com. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
Jump up ^ "Ida Red lyrics chords | Bob Wills". www.classic-country-song-lyrics.com. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
^ Jump up to: a b Jessen, Wade (20 June 1998). "Country Corner". Billboard. 110 (25): 34.
Jump up ^ "Charlie Daniels : Songwriter Interviews". Songfacts.com. 2007-03-30. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
Jump up ^ "The Levellers - One Way (CD)". Discogs.com. 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
Jump up ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dgQzgNLmpA The Devil Went Down to Jamaica
Jump up ^ "K.M.C. Kru - The Devil Came Up to Michigan (CD)". Discogs.com. 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
Jump up ^ "Discography - Primus". Les Claypool. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
Jump up ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
Jump up ^ "The Devil Went Down to Georgia by Michelle Lambert (Official Video)". 25 July 2015.
Jump up ^ "The Devil Went Down To Georgia". Youtube.com. 19 September 2015.
Jump up ^ "Blues Traveler - Devil Went Down To Georgia". YouTube. 2007-02-24. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
Jump up ^ "Spawn Went Down to Georgia". Youtube.com. 19 December 2011.
^ Jump up to: a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 114. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
Jump up ^ "American single certifications – Charlie Daniel Band – The Devil Went Down to Georgia". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
Jump up ^ Bjorke, Matt (November 8, 2016). "Top 30 Digital Singles Sales Report: November 8, 2016". Roughstock.
Jump up ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
Jump up ^ "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song". Irish Recorded Music Association. Archived from the original on June 3, 2009. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
Jump up ^ "Charts.org.nz – {{{artist}}} – The Devil Went Down to Georgia". Top 40 Singles.
^ Jump up to: a b "Charlie Daniels Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
Jump up ^ "Charlie Daniels Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
Jump up ^ "Charlie Daniels Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
Jump up ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 8, 1979
Jump up ^ "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
Jump up ^ Bac-lac.gc.ca
Jump up ^ Musicoutfitters.com
Jump up ^ Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 29, 1979
External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
Preceded by
"Coca-Cola Cowboy"
by Mel Tillis Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single
August 25, 1979 Succeeded by
"Heartbreak Hotel"
by Willie Nelson and Leon Russell
Preceded by
"Suspicions"
by Eddie Rabbitt RPM Country Tracks
number-one single
September 8-September 15, 1979 Succeeded by
"'Til I Can Make It on My Own"
by Kenny Rogers and Dottie West
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Fred Edwards
Tom Crain
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Charlie Daniels (1971)
Te John, Grease, & Wolfman (1972)
Honey in the Rock (1973)
Way Down Yonder (1974)
Fire on the Mountain (1974)
Nightrider (1975)
Saddle Tramp (1976)
High Lonesome (1976)
Midnight Wind (1977)
Million Mile Reflections (1979)
Full Moon (1980)
Windows (1982)
Me and the Boys (1985)
Powder Keg (1987)
Homesick Heroes (1988)
Simple Man (1989)
Renegade (1991)
The Devil Went Down to Georgia (1993)
America, I Believe in You (1993)
The Door (1994)
Same Ol' Me (1995)
Steel Witness (1996)
Blues Hat (1997)
By the Light of the Moon (1997)
Tailgate Party (1999)
Road Dogs (2000)
How Sweet the Sound: 25 Favorite Hymns and Gospel Greats (2002)
Redneck Fiddlin' Man (2002)
Songs From the Longleaf Pines (2005)
Deuces (2007)
Hits of the South (2013)
Bootleg albums
Corbitt & Daniels: Live from Carnegie Hall (1970)
Compilation albums
A Decade of Hits (1983)
Super Hits (1994)
The Roots Remain (1996)
Fiddle Fire: 25 Years of the CDB (1998)
Volunteer Jam/Classic Live Performances: Volume One (1999)
Volunteer Jam/Classic Live Performances: Volume two (1999)
Freedom and Justice for All (2003)
Essential Super Hits (2004)
16 Biggest Hits (2006)
Land That I Love (2010)
Country: Charlie Daniels (2013)
Live albums
Volunteer Jam (1976)
Volunteer Jam III and IV (1978)
Volunteer Jam VI (1980)
Volunteer Jam VII (1981)
The Live Record (2001)
Live from Iraq (2007)
Christmas albums
Christmas Time Down South (1990)
A Merry Christmas to All (2002)
Joy To The World: A Bluegrass Christmas (2009)
Hallelujah It's Christmas Time Again (2012)
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"Robot Romp" (1961)
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"Long Haired Country Boy" re-release (1980)
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"Bogged Down in Love With You" (1987)
"Powder Keg" (1987)
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"Uneasy Rider '88" (1988)
"Cowboy Hat in Dallas" (1989)
"Midnight Train" (1989)
"Simple Man" (1989)
"Mister DJ" (1990)
"(What This World Needs is) A Few More Rednecks" (1990)
"Oh Atlanta" (1990)
"Honky Tonk Life" (1991)
"Twang Factor" (1991)
"Little Folks" (1991)
"America I Believe in You" (1993)
"Two Out of Three" (1994)
"Long Haired Country Boy" re-release (1997)
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" re-release (1998)
"Road Dogs" (2000)
"This Ain't No Rag, It's a Flag" (2001)
"Southern Boy" with Travis Tritt (2003)
"My Beautiful America" (2003)
"Let 'Em Win or Bring 'Em Home" (2011)
Guest singles
"Willie Jones" with Bobby Bare (1980)
"The Devil Comes Back to Georgia" Mark O'Connor with Johnny Cash, Marty Stuart, and Travis Tritt (1993)
"All Night Long" with Montgomery Gentry (2000)
"Country Boy" Aaron Lewis with George Jones (2010)
Video releases
The Band (1981)
The Saratoga Concert (1982)
Homefolks and Highways (1993)
Essential Super Hits (2004)
CDB DVD Live (2005)
Volunteer Jam: The Movie (2007)
Live from Iraq (2007)
Charlie Daniels & Friends: Preachin', Prayin', Singin' (2008)
Joy To The World: A Bluegrass Christmas (2009)
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Discography
"It Hurts Me"
Volunteer Jam
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Folk legend
Faust
Johann Georg Faust
Deal with the Devil
in popular culture
Simon Magus
Theophilus of Adana
Erdgeist
Mephistopheles
Pan Twardowski
Stingy Jack
Seminal works
Historia von D. Johann Fausten (1587 chapbook)
Cenodoxus (1602, play)
Doctor Faustus (1604 play)
Goethe's Faust (1808 play)
Faust, Part One
Faust, Part Two
Prose
"Bearskin"
"Daniel and the Devil"
Melmoth the Wanderer (1820)
"The Devil and Tom Walker" (1824)
St. John's Eve (1830)
Auriol (1844)
Chasse-galerie (1892)
The Sorrows of Satan (1896)
Exploits and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, Pataphysician (1898)
The Master and Margarita (1929–40)
Mephisto (1936)
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1937)
None but Lucifer (1939)
Doktor Faustus (1947)
The Devil in Velvet (1951)
The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant (1954)
Gimmicks Three (1956)
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands (1956)
That Hell-Bound Train (1958)
For a Breath I Tarry (1966)
The Damnation Game (1986)
Eric (1990)
The Devil's Own Work (1991)
Jack Faust (1997)
Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (2009)
Plays
Gretchen (1879)
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1955)
The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon (1965)
Temptation (1986)
Operas
Faust (1816, Spohr)
La damnation de Faust (1846, Berlioz)
Faust (1859, Gounod)
Mefistofele (1868, Boito)
Faust and Marguerite (1855, Lutz)
Faust up to Date (1888, Lutz)
Doktor Faust (1916–25, Busoni)
Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights (1938)
The Rake's Progress (1951, Stravinsky)
Reuben, Reuben (1955)
Historia von D. Johann Fausten (1994)
Faustus, the Last Night (2006)
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Gretchen am Spinnrade (1814, Schubert)
Faust Overture (1840, Wagner)
Grande sonate 'Les quatre âges' 2nd movement "Quasi-Faust" (1847, Alkan)
Scenes from Goethe's Faust (1853, Schumann)
Part II of Symphony No. 8 (1906–07, Mahler)
Faust Symphony (1854–57, Liszt)
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Albums
Epica Saga
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"Mephisto Polka" (1859–85)
"Cross Road Blues" (1936)
"Sympathy for the Devil" (1968)
"Friend of the Devil" (1970)
"Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975)
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" (1979)
"Faustian Echoes" (2012)
"The Mephistopheles of Los Angeles" (2015)
Films
Faust and Marguerite (1900)
The Damnation of Faust (1903)
Faust and Marguerite (1904)
The Student of Prague (1913)
The Student of Prague (1926)
Faust (1926)
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
Alias Nick Beal (1949)
Beauty and the Devil (1950)
Marguerite de la nuit (1955)
Damn Yankees (1958)
Faust (1960)
Bedazzled (1967)
Doctor Faustus (1967)
El extraño caso del doctor Fausto (1969)
Mephisto (1981)
Doctor Faustus (1982)
Faust (1994)
The Master and Margarita (1994)
Bedazzled (2000)
Faust: Love of the Damned (2001)
Fausto 5.0 (2001)
I Was a Teenage Faust (2002)
Shortcut to Happiness (2003)
Faust (2011)
Television
Episodes
"The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" (2003)
Other
The Devil and Daniel Mouse (1978)
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Damn Yankees (1955)
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Success! (1993)
Faust (2003)
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America (Thirty Seconds to Mars album)
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America
One of ten covers created for the album. This is the main cover used for digital editions.
Studio album by Thirty Seconds to Mars
Released
April 6, 2018 (2018-04-06)
Studio
The International Centre for the Advancement of the Arts and Sciences of Sound
(Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Electronic[1]
art pop[2]
Length
42:12
Label
Interscope
Producer
Tommy English
KillaGraham
Jared Leto
Robopop
Jamie Schefman
Yellow Claw
Zedd
Thirty Seconds to Mars chronology
Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams
(2013) America
(2018)
Singles from America
"Walk on Water"
Released: August 22, 2017
"Dangerous Night"
Released: January 25, 2018
America is the fifth studio album by American rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars, released by Interscope on April 6, 2018. It is their first album release in five years, after 2013's Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams. It is the first release under Interscope, after the band's departure from Virgin.
Produced by frontman Jared Leto alongside Yellow Claw, Zedd, Robopop, and others, the album represents a drastic shift in style from the alternative rock sound of their previous efforts, with an electronic and art pop aesthetic shaping the musical genre of America. It was described as a concept album exploring themes such as politics, sex, and fame.
The album received polarizing reviews from critics on release. Some commended the conceptual themes, while others felt that they were not fully developed. Upon its release, it debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, becoming the band's highest entry on the chart.
Contents
[hide]
1 Background
2 Promotion
3 Packaging
4 Critical reception
5 Track listing
6 Charts
7 Certifications
8 References
9 External links
Background[edit]
Thirty Seconds to Mars released their fourth studio album Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams in May 2013. The album, produced by frontman Jared Leto and previous collaborator Steve Lillywhite, marked a shift in the band's musical direction from an alternative rock sound, recognized with A Beautiful Lie (2005) and This Is War (2009), to a more experimental and electronic-influenced sound.[3] The band parted ways with Virgin Records in 2014 after tumultuous years with the label, and later signed with Interscope.[4]
The group began preparations for new music in November 2015, with Leto expressing his desire to experiment and explore new musical grounds.[5][6] Additionally, Leto started working on the documentary film A Day in the Life of America, which was conceived as a companion piece to the band's fifth album. The film includes user-submitted footage from July 4, 2017, depicting Independence Day in the United States, and is scheduled for release in 2018.[7] The band later embarked on a promotional tour with Muse and PVRIS, which was one of the highest-grossing North American tour of 2017, according to Pollstar's annual year-end tour chart.[8]
While touring, Thirty Seconds to Mars announced "Walk on Water" as the lead single from the album.[9] Critics acknowledged a slight political edge in the song's lyrics, inspired by the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States.[10] The song earned the band an MTV Europe Music Award for Best Alternative. While collecting the award, Jared Leto made a remark at Trump's immigration policy as he stated, "We are Americans – a land of immigrants – and we just want to say that we welcome you with open arms and with open hearts, and we love you."[11]
Promotion[edit]
On August 22, 2017, Interscope released "Walk on Water" as the lead single promoting the then-unannounced fifth studio album by the band.[9] The song was performed live for the first time at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards on August 27 with Travis Scott as a special surprise guest.[12] A music video for the song premiered on Vevo on November 8, 2017, featuring footage from the documentary film A Day in the Life of America. "Walk on Water" was used by ESPN as the promotional theme for the network's coverage of the 2017 College Football season.[13] "Dangerous Night" was released as the second single from the album on January 25, 2018, after it premiered on Zane Lowe's radio show of Beats 1 in London.[14] The band debuted the song live the same day at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Their performance was filmed through the use of advanced robotic cameras which changed frame following the beat of the track, and featured an interpretive dancer. Nicholas Rice from Billboard commended the band's performance, praising its visuals and calling it "one-of-a-kind".[15]
America was first announced by the band in February 2018 under a placeholder name, alongside the North American leg of The Monolith Tour.[16] Tickets for the tour, including the previously-announced European leg, were sold with a copy of the album, to be delivered upon its release on April 6, 2018.[16] A presale of tickets were offered to people that had pre-ordered the album before February 12.[17] America was officially unveiled by the band and Interscope Records on March 22, 2018. It was unveiled with an advertising campaign featuring billboards and posters reproducing the album's art direction and design. Billboards were located at landmark locations such as Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, New York City's Times Square, and outside of a number of London Underground stations.[18] A listening session for the album took place on April 3 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland.[19]
Packaging[edit]
The art direction and design for the album were handled by Willo Perron and Jared Leto.[20] America features multiple album covers featuring an array of lists of words that reflect the themes of the album, including the most prescribed drugs, iconic American names, the most valuable trademarks, popular sex positions, recognizable abbreviated agencies, most dangerous sports, highest paid YouTubers and hot topics. Thirty Seconds to Mars also launched a custom album cover generator allowing fans to create their own custom lists in the format of the America album cover. Leto explained, "For me the lists are almost like a time capsule. Independently they may surprise, entertain or provoke, but as a group they give us a sense of the culture we are a part of and the times we are living in."[21]
Critical reception[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic [22]
Alternative Addiction [23]
Belfast Telegraph 8/10[24]
Contactmusic [25]
Kerrang! 2/5[26]
The Music [27]
Q [28]
The Record 8/10[2]
The Reflector [29]
Spin mixed[30]
America received polarizing reviews from music critics. Many commentators commended the album's conceptual execution, while others believed that its underlying concept was not fully developed. Critics also debated the stylistic change in the band's sound.[26] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 47 based on four reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[28] Neil Z. Yeung from AllMusic described America as a "bold and risky move" from the band, calling it as "vast and polarizing" as the country after which it is named.[22] Katie Wattendorf, writing for The Cavalier Daily, gave America a positive review, praising the album's concept and calling it "as diverse as the country itself". She commented that the album addresses recent history in the United States not just "by mentioning the political climate, or the violence, or the technology takeover — but by posing a solution in the form of unity through differences, cohesion through variety".[31] Aneta Grulichova from The Music magazine awarded the album four stars out of five and praised the band's stylistic change, noting that the record incorporates a softer sound as well as elements from techno.[32]
Spin's Al Shipley, who gave the album a mixed review, felt that the energy and volume found in the band's signature style was replaced with "fairly tame looped and programmed beats and ominous synths", although he praised the song "Rider", describing it as "a rare glimpse at a Thirty Seconds to Mars that's willing to subvert expectations".[30] Both Q and Kerrang! gave America a mixed review, with the former calling the album "unsubtle, self-important and not half as good as it thinks it is", while the latter called it "an odd album, one that requires patience to unlock."[28] In a four-and-a-half star review, Ethan Gerling of The Reflector wrote that the album functions as a "conversation on the current state of America and its culture" without making extreme political statements, and praised the musical diversity, writing that the band "struck gold with their experimental digging style" in the album.[29]
Track listing[edit]
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1. "Walk on Water"
Jared Leto
Shannon Leto
J. Leto 3:05
2. "Dangerous Night"
J. Leto
Stephen Aiello
Zedd
J. Leto
3:19
3. "Rescue Me"
J. Leto
Graham Muron
KillaGraham
J. Leto
3:37
4. "One Track Mind" (featuring ASAP Rocky)
J. Leto
Rakim Mayers
Daniel Omelio
Robopop
J. Leto
KillaGraham
4:20
5. "Monolith" J. Leto J. Leto 1:38
6. "Love Is Madness" (featuring Halsey)
J. Leto
Ashley Nicolette Frangipaine
J. Leto
Jamie Schefman
3:54
7. "Great Wide Open" J. Leto J. Leto 4:49
8. "Hail to the Victor"
J. Leto
Aiello
Jim Taihuttu
Nils Rondhuis
Thom van der Bruggen
J. Leto
Yellow Claw
3:22
9. "Dawn Will Rise" J. Leto
Schefman
J. Leto
3:57
10. "Remedy"
S. Leto
Aiello
J. Leto 3:17
11. "Live Like a Dream" J. Leto J. Leto 4:06
12. "Rider" J. Leto
Tommy English
J. Leto
2:58
Total length: 42:22
[show]Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
13. "Walk on Water" (Acoustic) J. Leto J. Leto 3:08
14. "Walk on Water" (R3hab Remix) J. Leto J. Leto 2:41
15. "Dangerous Night" (Cheat Codes Remix)
J. Leto
Aiello
Zedd
J. Leto
3:02
Total length: 51:13
Charts[edit]
Chart (2018)
Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[33]
10
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[34]
1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[35]
6
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[36]
7
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[37]
3
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[38]
4
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[39]
14
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[40]
13
French Albums (SNEP)[41]
10
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[42]
1
Greek Albums (IFPI Greece)[43]
17
Irish Albums (IRMA)[44]
15
Italian Albums (FIMI)[45]
2
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[46]
36
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[47]
20
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[48]
4
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[49]
2
Russian Albums (NFPF)[50]
2
Scottish Albums (OCC)[51]
4
Slovak Albums (ČNS IFPI)[52]
8
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[53]
9
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[54]
24
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[55]
2
UK Albums (OCC)[56]
4
US Billboard 200[57]
2
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[58]
1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[59]
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^ Jump up to: a b Maine, Samantha (August 14, 2017). "Thirty Seconds To Mars have teased their new single". NME. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
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Jump up ^ Paxton, Whitney (November 12, 2017). "30 Seconds To Mars wins at EMAs, call America "land of immigrants"". Alternative Press. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
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Jump up ^ "Thirty Seconds To Mars Releases New Single, Dangerous Night". Artistdirect. January 25, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
Jump up ^ Rice, Nicholas (January 26, 2018). "Thirty Seconds to Mars Perform Stunning 'Dangerous Night' on 'Colbert'". Billboard. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
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