Fever to Tell

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Fever to Tell
Studio album by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Released	April 29, 2003 (2003-04-29)
Recorded	Headgear Brooklyn
Genre	Alternative rock Punk blues
Length	39:29
Label	Interscope, Fiction Records
Producer	David Andrew Sitek, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Professional reviews
Allmusic link The A.V. Club (Favorable) 5/6/03 Entertainment Weekly (B) 5/02/03 NME link PopMatters (Favourable) 5/7/03 Pitchfork (7.4/10.0) 4/29/03 Robert Christgau (B+) link Q Link Rolling Stone 5/15/03 Uncut Link
Yeah Yeah Yeahs chronology
Machine (2002) Fever to Tell (2003) Show Your Bones (2006)

Fever to Tell is the first album by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, released on April 29, 2003, through Interscope. It was produced by David Andrew Sitek and mixed by Alan Moulder.

Fever to Tell was nominated for a Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album and was certified Gold in the UK. The video for "Maps" was nominated at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography and the MTV2 Award. The New York Times chose Fever To Tell as the best album of the year.^[1] In June 2005, the album was ranked number 89 on Spin magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005.^[2]

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Samples 3 Personnel 3.1 Production 4 Charts 4.1 Album 4.2 Singles 5 References

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

1. "Rich" – 3:36
2. "Date with the Night" – 2:35
3. "Man" – 1:49
4. "Tick" – 1:49
5. "Black Tongue" – 2:59
6. "Pin" – 1:59
7. "Cold Light" – 2:16
8. "No No No" – 5:14
9. "Maps" – 3:39
10. "Y Control" – 4:00
11. "Modern Romance" – 7:28
    • After a period of silence, the hidden track "Poor Song" (occasionally mistakenly referred to as "Porcelain") will play.
12. "Yeah! New York" – 2:05 (UK edition bonus track)

[edit] Samples

[edit] Personnel

• Brian Chase – drums
• Nick Zinner – guitars, drum machine
• Karen O – vocals

[edit] Production

• David Andrew Sitek, Yeah Yeah Yeahs – production
• Chris Coady – post-production
• Roger Lian – editing
• Alan Moulder, David Andrew Sitek – mixing
• Rick Levy – assistance
• Howie Weinberg – mastering
• Cody Critcheloe – artwork

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

Year	Chart	Position
2004	Billboard 200	55
2004	UK Album Chart	13

[edit] Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2004	"Maps"	Modern Rock Tracks	9
2004	"Maps"	Billboard Hot 100	87

[edit] References

v • d • e Yeah Yeah Yeahs Karen O | Nick Zinner | Brian Chase Studio albums Fever to Tell, 2003 | Show Your Bones, 2006 EPs Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 2001 | Machine, 2002 | Let Me Know/Gold Lion Remixes, 2006 | Is Is, 2007 Singles "Bang!" | "Art Star" | "Date with the Night" | "Pin" | "Maps" | "Y Control" | "Gold Lion" | "Turn Into" | "Cheated Hearts" | "Sealings" | "Down Boy" | "Rockers to Swallow" DVDs Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow Categories Yeah Yeah Yeahs songs