Echoes is the debut full-length studio album by American rock band the Rapture. It was released on September 8, 2003, by DFA and Output in the UK, and on October 21, 2003, by DFA, Vertigo, and Universal in the U.S. It was co-produced by the DFA and the Rapture and recorded at the DFA's own Plantain Recording House studio in New York City. They met James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy of DFA Records at one of their first performances in New York. Murphy and Goldworthy took a long time to persuade the band to work together because of a concern that making a dance song would alienate their fans. With the help of the DFA production team, the band released "House of Jealous Lovers" in 2002 and eventually released their first full-length album Echoes. The album secured two Top 40 singles in the UK joined the band full-time after the record was completed to help tour. In the wake of the success of "House of Jealous Lovers", The Rapture opened for the Sex Pistols in a football stadium in England, and underwent a large major bidding war eventually signing with Vertigo Records out of the UK and Strummer Records (a Gary Gersh Label) both owned by Universal Music. In January 2004, the Rapture toured with Franz Ferdinand on the NME Awards Tour. Later that year, the band toured on the main stage of the Curiosa Festival alongside Interpol, Mogwai, and The Cure.
Reception
The album was highly praised by Pitchfork, who hailed the album as the best of 2003, as well as placing the songs "I Need Your Love" at number 323 and "House of Jealous Lovers" at number 16 on their best songs of the 2000s countdown. Resident Advisor ranked the album at number 35 on their list of the best albums of the decade. The song "House of Jealous Lovers" was also ranked sixth on NMEs list of the top 100 tracks of the decade.
Track listing
Personnel
All personnel adapted from album liner notes.
The Rapture
- Gabriel Andruzzi – saxophone, percussion
- Luke Jenner – vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion
- Vito Roccoforte – drums, percussion
- Matt Safer – vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion
Additional musicians
- Pete Cafarella – additional keyboards
- Tyler Brodie – backing vocals
- Amber Lasciak – backing vocals
- Mandy Stein – backing vocals
- Helen Stickler – backing vocals
Technical personnel
- The DFA – production
- Tim Goldsworthy – programming, multi instruments, engineering, mixing
- James Murphy – programming, multi instruments, engineering, mixing
Charts
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Use of songs in other media
- "Echoes" appeared in the 2007 comedy Superbad, and is the theme song for the British drama Misfits.
- "Killing" was featured in the 2005 video game True Crime: New York City.
- "House of Jealous Lovers" was featured as part of the soundtrack for NBA 2K15.