Rolling Blackouts

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Not to be confused with Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever.

Rolling Blackouts is the third studio album by English band the Go! Team. It was released by Memphis Industries on 31 January 2011 in the United Kingdom and on 1 February 2011 in the United States.^[6][7]

Rolling Blackouts
Studio album by the Go! Team
Released	31 January 2011 (2011-01-31)
Studio	Brighton Electric (Brighton, England) Fortress Studios (London, England) Temple Sound (Oxford, England) Black Iris Studios (Los Angeles, California) Laughing Dog Studios (Staten Island, New York) Red Room Recorders (Tampa, Florida) Runaway Studios (Tokyo)
Genre	Indie pop alternative dance alternative hip hop avant-pop[1]
Length	40:40
Label	Memphis Industries
Producer	The Go! Team Gareth Parton
The Go! Team chronology
Proof of Youth (2007) Rolling Blackouts (2011) The Scene Between (2015)
Singles from Rolling Blackouts
"Buy Nothing Day" Released: 24 January 2011 (2011-01-24)[2] "Apollo Throwdown" Released: 16 April 2011 (2011-04-16)[3] "Ready to Go Steady" Released: 25 July 2011 (2011-07-25)[4] "T.O.R.N.A.D.O." Released: 2013 (2013)[5]

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	6.9/10[8]
Metacritic	73/100[9]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[10]
The A.V. Club	B+[11]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[12]
The Guardian	[13]
NME	3/10[14]
Pitchfork	7.5/10[15]
Q	[16]
Rolling Stone	[17]
Spin	7/10[18]
Uncut	[19]

Rolling Blackouts currently holds a score of 73 on the review aggregate website Metacritic, indicating "generally positive reviews".^[9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Go! Team, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"T.O.R.N.A.D.O."	The Go! Team Stuart Bogie Aaron Johnson	2:09
2.	"Secretary Song"	The Go! Team Eddie Lashea Piero Piccioni	3:32
3.	"Apollo Throwdown"	The Go! Team Harry Nilsson	3:20
4.	"Ready to Go Steady"		2:45
5.	"Bust-Out Brigade"	The Go! Team Joe Tex	2:42
6.	"Buy Nothing Day"		3:59
7.	"Super Triangle"		1:46
8.	"Voice Yr Choice"	The Go! Team Syl Johnson Marvin Smith	3:34
9.	"Yosemite Theme"	The Go! Team Majrooh Sultanpuri R. D. Burman S. D. Burman	4:09
10.	"The Running Range"		3:45
11.	"Lazy Poltergeist"		1:40
12.	"Rolling Blackouts"		3:30
13.	"Back Like 8 Track"	The Go! Team Alèmayèhu Eshète	3:49
Total length:			40:40

Sample credits^[20]

• "T.O.R.N.A.D.O." contains samples of "Beaten Metal", written by Stuart Bogie and Aaron Johnson, and performed by Antibalas.
• "Secretary Song" contains samples of "How Do You Like It?", written by Eddie Lashea and performed by The Sheppards; and "Acapulco Background Music", written and performed by Piero Piccioni.
• "Apollo Throwdown" contains samples of "The Birds", written and performed by Harry Nilsson.
• "Bust-Out Brigade" contains samples of "You're Right Ray Charles", written and performed by Joe Tex.
• "Voice Yr Choice" contains samples from "Different Strokes (B.E.T.)", written and performed by Syl Johnson; and "Remember the Rain", written by Marvin Smith and performed by 21st Century.
• "Yosemite Theme" contains samples of "Yeh Ladka Hai Allah Kaisa Hai Diwana", written by Majrooh Sultanpuri and R. D. Burman, and performed by Mohammed Rafi; and "Ab To Hai Tum Se", written by Majrooh Sultanpuri and S. D. Burman, and performed by Lata Mangeshkar.
• "Back Like 8 Track" contains samples of "Tèmèlès" and "Tèy Geryèlèshem", written by Alèmayèhu Eshète and performed by Eshète and Hirut Bekele.

Personnel

Credits for Rolling Blackouts adapted from album liner notes.^[20]

The Go! Team

• Jamie Bell
• Sam Dook
• Ninja
• Ian Parton
• Chi Fukami Taylor
• Kaori Tsuchida

Additional musicians

• Yuko Araki – performance on "Secretary Song"
• Bethany Cosentino – performance on "Buy Nothing Day" and "Rolling Blackouts"
• Angèle David-Guillou – performance on "The Running Range"
• Marina Gasolina – performance on "The Running Range"
• The Girls at Dawn – performance on "Buy Nothing Day"
• Lispector – performance on "Ready to Go Steady"
• The London African Gospel Choir – performance on "The Running Range"
• Satomi Matsuzaki – performance on "Secretary Song"
• The Pink Diamonds – performance on "Back Like 8 Track"
• Dominique Young Unique – performance on "Apollo Throwdown" and "Voice Yr Choice"
• Franklin Anane
• Daniel Baboulene
• Samuel Byard
• Laurie Carpenter
• Sophia Gore
• Crystal Hardwicke
• Yeelen Hardwicke
• Sam Hiscox
• Lewis Husbands
• Gary Kavanagh
• Micki Lekoma
• Ollie Malley
• Lashelle McDonald
• Angel Mhlanga
• James SK Wān
• Gloria Moyo
• Mbombo Nfumi
• Samantha Pugh
• Luke Rhoden
• Noly Sithole
• William Wells
• Rebecca Wheddon

Production

• Guy Davie – mastering
• The Go! Team – production
• Gareth Parton – production
• Sam Williams – additional mixing

Artwork and design

• James Taylor – artwork

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Irish Albums (IRMA)[21]	59
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[22]	84
Scottish Albums (OCC)[23]	44
UK Albums (OCC)[24]	50
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[25]	5
US Billboard 200[26]	162
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[27]	3
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[28]	18
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[29]	22
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[30]	33