The Chaos (album)

2010 studio album by The Futureheads

The Chaos

Studio album by

The Futureheads

Released| 26 April 2010 (2010-04-26)
Recorded| 2009
Studio| Britannia Row
Genre| Post-punk revival, indie rock
Label| Nul Records
Producer| The Futureheads, Youth
The Futureheads chronology
| This Is Not the World
(2008)  | The Chaos
(2010)  | Rant
(2012)

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Singles from  The Chaos

1. "Heartbeat Song"
Released: 12 April 2010
2. "I Can Do That"
Released: TBC 2010

Professional ratingsAggregate scores

Source| Rating
Metacritic| 77/100[1]
Review scores
Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
Consequence of Sound| [3]
Drowned in Sound| [4]
Filter| 82%[5]
MusicOMH| [6]
Pitchfork| 7.3/10[7]
PopMatters| 6/10[8]
Q| [9]
The Skinny| [10]
Slant Magazine| [11]

The Chaos is the fourth album by English post-punk revival band The Futureheads. It was released on 26 April 2010.[12][13] The album is the band's second on their label Nul Records, and was preceded by a download-only single, 'Struck Dumb',[14][15][16] on 2 December 2009.[17]

## Style

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The track "Struck Dumb", an example of the band's "classic angular guitar-rock",[18] has been described as "a blast of pop-punk energy".[16] As Phil Mongredien of Q magazine put it, though, in The Chaos, as in This Is Not the World, the emphasis is "on the big radio-friendly choruses, four-part choruses given a euphoric dimensions to their punk-influenced sound, with less of the earlier complex angularity".[9]

## Track listing

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1. "The Chaos" – 4:09
2. "Struck Dumb" – 2:50
3. "Heartbeat Song" – 2:29
4. "Stop the Noise" – 2:31
5. "The Connector" – 2:56
6. "I Can Do That" – 3:42
7. "Sun Goes Down" – 3:52
8. "This Is the Life" – 2:55
9. "The Baron" – 3:11
10. "Dart at the Map" – 4:04
11. "Jupiter" – 6:23

HMV exclusive bonus tracks

1.   2. "Bricks & Stones"
3. "Local Man of the World"

On both the normal version and the HMV version, there is a hidden track, "Living On Light", placed after the end of the final track on each release.

## Charts

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Chart performance for The Chaos Chart (2010)  | Peak
position

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Scottish Albums (OCC)[19] | 65
UK Albums (OCC)[20] | 48

## References

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1. ^ "The Chaos by The Futureheads". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
2. ^ "Allmusic review".
3. ^ "Consequence of Sound".
4. ^ "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on 1 April 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
5. ^ "Filter Magazine review".
6. ^ "MusicOMH review".
7. ^ "Pitchfork Media review". Pitchfork.
8. ^ "PopMatters review".
9. ^ a b Phil Mongredien. Q. June 2010. Albums review. P. 126
10. ^ "The Skinny review".
11. ^ "Slant Magazine review". Slant Magazine.
12. ^ "The Chaos". 26 April 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2016 - via Amazon.
13. ^ Album Vote Archived 2010-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
14. ^ "Featured Content on Myspace". Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
15. ^ RCRDLBL.com Archived 2010-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
16. ^ a b "Futureheads Download Exclusive". Retrieved 5 October 2016.
17. ^ This Is Fake DIY
18. ^ "[NEW] The Futureheads – Struck Dumb at We All Want Someone To Shout For". Retrieved 5 October 2016.
19. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
20. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

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The Futureheads

* Ross Millard
* Dave Hyde
* Barry Hyde
* David "Jaff" Craig

Albums|

* The Futureheads
* News and Tributes
* This Is Not the World
* The Chaos
* Rant
* Powers

EPs|

* Nul Book Standard
* 1-2-3-Nul!
* Area

Singles|

* "Decent Days and Nights"
* "Hounds of Love"
* "Decent Days and Nights (Shy Child Remix)"
* "Skip to the End"
* "Worry About It Later"
* "The Beginning of the Twist"
* "Radio Heart"
* "Walking Backwards"
* "Heartbeat Song"
* "Acapella"
* "Meet Me Halfway"
* "The Number One Song in Heaven"
* "Beeswing"
* "Jekyll"

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