Under Color of Official Right

Under Color of Official Right
Studio album by Protomartyr
Released 8 April 2014 (2014-04-08)
Genre
Length 34:42
Label Hardly Art
Protomartyr chronology
No Passion All Technique
(2012)		 Under Color of Official Right
(2014)		 The Agent Intellect
(2015)
Singles from Under Color of Official Right
  1. "Scum, Rise!"
    Released: 10 January 2014
  2. "Come & See"
    Released: 24 February 2014

Under Color of Official Right is the second album by Detroit post punk band Protomartyr. It was released on 8 April 2014 by Hardly Art.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic83/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Blurt[4]
The New York Times(favorable)[5]
NME[6]
Paste(8.6/10)[7]
Pitchfork(8.1/10)[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
Spin[10]

Under Color of Official Right was met with considerable praise from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 83, based on 18 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[11]

Accolades

Publication Country Accolade Rank
The A.V. Club U.S. The 20 best albums of 2014 #7[12]
No Ripcord U.K. Top Albums of 2014 #3[13]
Loud and Quiet U.K. Albums of The Year 2014 #9[14]
Rolling Stone U.S. Rob Sheffield's Top 20 Albums of 2014 #10[15]
Chicago Tribune U.S. Top albums of 2014 #2[16]
The New York Times U.S. Ben Ratliff’s Top 10 Albums and Songs of 2014 #9[17]
NME U.K. Top 50 Albums of 2014 #39[18]
Spin U.S. The 50 Best Albums of 2014 #24[19]
Pazz & Jop U.S. The Top 50 Albums of 2014 #36[20]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Maidenhead"  3:38
2."Ain't So Simple"  2:17
3."Want Remover"  2:29
4."Trust Me Billy"  2:14
5."Pagans"  1:11
6."What the Wall Said"  3:11
7."Tarpeian Rock"  2:02
8."Bad Advice"  2:40
9."Son of Dis"  1:08
10."Scum, Rise!"  2:37
11."I Stare at Floors"  2:33
12."Come & See"  3:56
13."Violent"  1:51
14."I'll Take That Applause"  2:55

References

  1. ↑ "Stream Protomartyr Under Color of Official Right". Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Album Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
  3. ↑ Thomas, Fred (4 April 2014). "Protomartyr - Under Color Of Official Right". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Kelly, Jennifer (17 April 2014). "Protomartyr - Under Color Of Official Right". Blurt. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Caramanica, Jon (20 April 2014). "Ratking, Sundy Best, and Protomartyr Have New Releases". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Homewood, Ben (17 April 2014). "Protomartyr - Under Color of Official Right". NME. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  7. ↑ Prado, Ryan J. (8 April 2014). "Protomartyr: Under Color of Official Right Review". Paste. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  8. ↑ Minsker, Evan (7 April 2014). "Protomartyr - Under Color Of Official Right". Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  9. ↑ Sheffield, Rob (17 April 2014). "Under Color of Official Right". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  10. ↑ Tedder, Michael (14 April 2014). "Protomartyr - Under Color Of Official Right". Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  11. ↑ "Album Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
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