Miike Snow (album)

Miike Snow is the debut album by Swedish indie pop band Miike Snow. It was released in the United States on 22 September 2009 by Downtown Records and in the United Kingdom on 26 October 2009 by Columbia Records, reaching number ninety-five on the UK Albums Chart. A deluxe edition was released on the iTunes Store in the US and Australia on 13 April 2010 and in Japan on 26 May 2010, including remixes of past tracks and "The Rabbit".

Miike Snow
Studio album by Miike Snow
Released	22 May 2009 (2009-05-22)
Recorded	Robotberget Studio (Stockholm, Sweden) Downtown Records Studio (New York City, United States)
Genre	Indie pop electropop
Length	47:17
Label	Downtown
Producer	Miike Snow
Miike Snow chronology
Miike Snow (2009) Happy to You (2012)
Singles from Miike Snow
"Animal" Released: 17 February 2009 "Black & Blue" Released: 15 October 2009 "Silvia" Released: 22 January 2010

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
BBC Music	positive[3]
Clash	6/10[4]
Drowned in Sound	6/10[5]
musicOMH	[6]
NME	6/10[7]
Pitchfork Media	5/10[8]
PopMatters	7/10[9]
Rolling Stone	[10]
Spin	8/10[11]

Singles

The first single to be taken from the album was "Animal", released on 17 February 2009,^[12] which reached as far as number ninety-eight on the UK Singles Chart.^[13] "Black & Blue", the album's second single, was released on 15 October 2009^[14] and became the band's most successful single to date when it peaked at number sixty-four on the UK Singles Chart.^[13] Third single "Silvia" was released on 22 January 2010 in the UK, but failed to break the top 100 and instead peaked at number 154.^[15]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg and Andrew Wyatt, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Animal" (Karlsson, Winnberg, Wyatt, Henrik Jonback)	4:23
2.	"Burial"	4:21
3.	"Silvia"	6:26
4.	"Song for No One"	4:10
5.	"Black & Blue" (Karlsson, Winnberg, Wyatt, Jonback, Juliet Richardson)	3:41
6.	"Sans Soleil"	4:27
7.	"A Horse Is Not a Home"	4:13
8.	"Cult Logic"	3:56
9.	"Plastic Jungle"	3:54
10.	"In Search Of"	5:16
11.	"Faker"	2:34

European bonus track^[16][17]

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Billie Holiday"	4:01

Australian expanded edition^[18]

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Silvia" (eRNEST & AMz Remix)	5:04
13.	"Billie Holiday"	4:01
14.	"The Rabbit"	4:26
15.	"Silvia" (Roboberget Remix)	7:57
16.	"Animal" (Mark Ronson Extended Remix)	4:56
17.	"Burial" (DJ Mehdi Remix)	3:32

Japanese bonus tracks^[19]

No.	Title	Length
12.	"The Rabbit"	4:26
13.	"Billie Holiday"	3:59
14.	"Animal" (Mark Ronson Extended Remix)	4:56
15.	"Burial" (DJ Medhi Remix)	3:32
16.	"Silvia" (Hook N Sling & Goodwill Remix)	7:54

European iTunes bonus tracks^[20][21]

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Animal" (Mark Ronson Remix)	4:30
13.	"Black & Blue" (Tiga Remix)	6:19
14.	"Animal" (In the Woods Session) (video)	5:15
15.	"Black & Blue" (In the Woods Session) (video)	5:11

US, Australian and Japanese iTunes deluxe edition^[22][23][24]

No.	Title	Length
12.	"The Rabbit"	4:26
13.	"Billie Holiday"	3:59
14.	"Animal" (Mark Ronson Extended Remix)	4:56
15.	"Silvia" (Roboberget Remix)	7:57
16.	"Burial" (DJ Medhi Remix)	3:32

Personnel

• Miike Snow – vocals, production, mixing
• Niklas Flyckt – mixing (tracks 7, 10)
• Anders Hvenare – mixing (tracks 1–6, 8, 9, 11)
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Sebastian Mlynarski – inner sleeve, band portraits
• Dirk Vandenberk – cover image photography

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2009–10) Peak position Greek Foreign Albums (IFPI)[25] 42 UK Albums (OCC)[26] 59 US Top Dance Albums (Billboard)[27] 11 US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[28] 15

Year-end charts Chart (2010) Position US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[29] 19

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Edition
Sweden[30]	22 May 2009	Sony Music	Digital download	Standard
United States[31]	9 June 2009	Downtown Records	CD
Australia[18][32]	2 July 2009			Expanded
	3 July 2009			Standard
United States[33]	22 September 2009		Digital download
Germany[16][20]	23 October 2009	Sony Music	CD, digital download
United Kingdom[21][17]		Columbia Records	Digital download
	26 October 2009		CD
Sweden[34]	28 October 2009	Sony Music
Australia[23]	13 April 2010	Downtown Records	Digital download	Deluxe
United States[22]
Japan[19][24]	26 May 2010	Hostess Entertainment	CD	Standard
			Digital download	Deluxe