Tourist (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Tourist
Type = studio
Artist = Athlete


Released = January 31 2005
Recorded =
Genre = Indie, Britpop
Length = 46:15
Label = Parlophone
Producer = Victor Van Vugt, John Cornfield, Athlete
Reviews =
*AbsolutePunk.net (69%) [http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=233322 link]
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:abh1z85a5yvn link]
*Entertainment.ie Rating|4|5 [http://www.entertainment.ie/reviews/review.asp?ID=3683&subcat=CD link]
*Pitchfork (3.6/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15194/Athlete_Tourist 02/04/05]
*PopMatters (3/10) [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/a/athlete-tourist.shtml 04/19/05]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/7243157 05/05/05]
Last album = "Vehicles and Animals" (2003)
This album = "Tourist" (2005)
Next album = "Beyond the Neighbourhood" (2007)

"Tourist" was the second album by English Indie rock band Athlete, released in January 2005 (see 2005 in British music). For this second album, Athlete demonstrate a more mature musical style, creating a more stripped-down, sombre and reflective album than their first album "Vehicles and Animals".

The first single from the album, "Wires", became the biggest hit so far for the band when it entered the UK Singles Chart at #4. The album also fared well in the charts, reaching the top of the UK Albums Chart the week it was released, selling 89,000 copies being more than half of Feeder's "Pushing the Senses" on 43,000. Despite this success, "Tourist" had a mixed critical reception, with some suggesting that Athlete had failed to sustain the unique style of their previous album, while others saw the new album as a logical progression from their old sound. Despite the mainstream breakthrough the band achieved with this album, their fanbase was reduced to a mere cult when follow-up "Beyond the Neighbourhood", became their smallest-seller.

At the end of 2005, "Tourist" became the 32nd best-selling album of the year in the UK, and "Wires" was the 89th best-selling single.

Track listing

# "Chances" – 4:50
# "Half Light" – 3:41
# "Tourist" – 3:57
# "Trading Air" – 4:27
# "Wires" – 4:20
# "If I Found Out" – 5:02
# "Yesterday Threw Everything At Me" – 3:45
# "Street Map" – 4:38
# "Modern Mafia" – 2:45
# "Twenty Four Hours" – 5:01
# "I Love" – 3:49
# "Lay Your Head" - 4:55
#* "Bonus track on the Japanese editions."

Bonus DVD

# "Wires" (video)
# "Tourist" (Behind the Scenes Documentary)
# "Wires" (live video - Shepherds Bush 2004)
# "Tourist" (live video - Shepherds Bush 2004)
# "New Project" (live audio - Shepherds Bush 2004)
# "Vehicles and Animals" (live audio - Shepherds Bush 2004)
# "You Got the Style" (live audio - Shepherds Bush 2004)
# "Shake Those Windows" (live audio - Shepherds Bush 2004)

ingles

Release details

succession box
before = "Push the Button" by The Chemical Brothers
title = UK number one album
years = February 13 2005 – February 19 2005
after = "Hopes and Fears" by Keane