Miike Snow (album)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
BBC Music	positive^[3]
Clash	6/10^[4]
Drowned in Sound	6/10^[5]
musicOMH	^[6]
NME	6/10^[7]
Pitchfork Media	5/10^[8]
PopMatters	7/10^[9]
Rolling Stone	^[10]
Spin	8/10^[11]

Miike Snow is the self-titled debut album by Swedish indie pop band Miike Snow. It was released in the United States on 9 June 2009 by Downtown Records and in the United Kingdom on 26 October 2009 by Columbia Records, reaching number ninety-five on the UK Albums Chart. A deluxe edition was released on the iTunes Store in the US and Australia on 13 April 2010 and in Japan on 26 May 2010, including remixes of past tracks and "The Rabbit".

Singles

The first single to be taken from the album was "Animal", released on 17 February 2009,^[12] which reached as far as number ninety-eight on the UK Singles Chart.^[13] "Black & Blue", the album's second single, was released on 15 October 2009^[14] and became the band's most successful single to date when it peaked at number sixty-four on the UK Singles Chart.^[13] Third single "Silvia" was released on 22 January 2010 in the UK, but failed to break the top 100 and instead peaked at number 154.^[15]

Track listing

All tracks written by Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg and Andrew Wyatt, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Animal" (Karlsson, Winnberg, Wyatt, Henrik Jonback)	4:23
2.	"Burial"	4:21
3.	"Silvia"	6:26
4.	"Song for No One"	4:10
5.	"Black & Blue" (Karlsson, Winnberg, Wyatt, Jonback, Juliet Richardson)	3:41
6.	"Sans Soleil"	4:27
7.	"A Horse Is Not a Home"	4:13
8.	"Cult Logic"	3:56
9.	"Plastic Jungle"	3:54
10.	"In Search Of"	5:16
11.	"Faker"	2:34

European bonus track^[16]^[17]
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Billie Holiday"	4:01

Australian expanded edition^[18]
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Silvia" (eRNEST & AMz Remix)	5:04
13.	"Billie Holiday"	4:01
14.	"The Rabbit"	4:26
15.	"Silvia" (Roboberget Remix)	7:57
16.	"Animal" (Mark Ronson Extended Remix)	4:56
17.	"Burial" (DJ Mehdi Remix)	3:32

Japanese bonus tracks^[19]
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
12.	"The Rabbit"	4:26
13.	"Billie Holiday"	3:59
14.	"Animal" (Mark Ronson Extended Remix)	4:56
15.	"Burial" (DJ Medhi Remix)	3:32
16.	"Silvia" (Hook N Sling & Goodwill Remix)	7:54

European iTunes bonus tracks^[20]^[21]
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Animal" (Mark Ronson Remix)	4:30
13.	"Black & Blue" (Tiga Remix)	6:19
14.	"Animal" (In the Woods Session) (video)	5:15
15.	"Black & Blue" (In the Woods Session) (video)	5:11

US, Australian and Japanese iTunes deluxe edition^[22]^[23]^[24]
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
12.	"The Rabbit"	4:26
13.	"Billie Holiday"	3:59
14.	"Animal" (Mark Ronson Extended Remix)	4:56
15.	"Silvia" (Roboberget Remix)	7:57
16.	"Burial" (DJ Medhi Remix)	3:32

Personnel

Miike Snow – vocals, production, mixing
Niklas Flyckt – mixing (tracks 7, 10)
Anders Hvenare – mixing (tracks 1–6, 8, 9, 11)
Ted Jensen – mastering
Sebastian Mlynarski – innersleeve, band portraits
Dirk Vandenberk – cover image photography

Charts

Chart (2009–10)	Peak position
Greek Foreign Albums Chart^[25]	42
UK Albums Chart^[26]	59
US Dance/Electronic Albums^[27]	11
US Heatseekers Albums^[27]	15

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Edition
Sweden^[28]	22 May 2009	Sony Music	Digital download	Standard
United States^[29]	9 June 2009	Downtown Records	CD	Standard
Australia^[18]^[30]	2 July 2009			Expanded
Australia^[18]^[30]	3 July 2009			Standard
United States^[31]	22 September 2009		Digital download
Germany^[16]^[20]	23 October 2009	Sony Music	CD, digital download
United Kingdom^[21]^[17]	23 October 2009	Columbia Records	Digital download
United Kingdom^[21]^[17]	26 October 2009	Columbia Records	CD
Sweden^[32]	28 October 2009	Sony Music	CD
Australia^[23]	13 April 2010	Downtown Records	Digital download	Deluxe
United States^[22]	13 April 2010	Downtown Records	Digital download	Deluxe
Japan^[19]^[24]	26 May 2010	Hostess Entertainment	CD	Standard
Japan^[19]^[24]	26 May 2010	Hostess Entertainment	Digital download	Deluxe

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Miike Snow

Christian Karlsson Pontus Winnberg Andrew Wyatt

Studio albums	Miike Snow Happy to You iii

Singles	"Animal" "Black & Blue" "Silvia" "Paddling Out" "The Wave" "Genghis Khan"

Featured singles	"Remedy"

Related articles	Discography Bloodshy & Avant

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