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Streets in the Sky
Studio album by
The Enemy
Released21 May 2012
Genre
Length40:38
Label
ProducerJoby J. Ford
The Enemy chronology
Music for the People
(2009) 		Streets in the Sky
(2012) 		It's Automatic
(2015)
Singles from Streets in the Sky
  1. "Saturday"
    Released: 15 May 2012
  2. "Like a Dancer"
    Released: 16 July 2012

Streets in the Sky is the third studio album by English indie rock band The Enemy, released on 21 May 2012 through Cooking Vinyl and eOne Music. It entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 9,[2] and was met with universally negative reviews.

Release

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The song "Saturday" was released in May 2012 as the first single from Streets in the Sky. In the spring there were two versions of the video for the song (one of them is acoustic).[3] The song was also included in FIFA 13, the video game by EA Sports as a soundtrack. The music video[4] shows the members of the band singing on the blue background with words "Streets in the Sky" on the walls. And sometimes appear guy with the girlfriend, walking in the town. Saturday, saturday make it all OK! – the main words of the song, which describe Saturday as a day off.

The second single, "Like a Dancer", was released on 16 July 2012 and reached No. 9 in the UK Albums Chart. A music video for "Like a Dancer" was published to YouTube.[5] "Like a Dancer" was recorded at Kore Studios,[6] and was published by EMI Music Publishing.[6] It is licensed to Cooking Vinyl.[6]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
Coventry Telegraph(favourable)[8]
Drowned in Sound[9]
The Fly[10]
musicOMH[11]
NME6/10[12]
PopMatters2/10[13]
Sputnikmusic2.0/5[14]
The Quietus(unfavourable)[15]
York Vision(unfavourable)[16]

Critical reception was mostly extremely negative, with Album of the Year rating it as the worst album of 2012 as reviewed by critics.[17] The album scored 2.9/10 at aggregator website AnyDecentMusic? (the fifth-lowest rated album of all time).[18] However, NME gave the album a mixed review.[19]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Gimme the Sign"3:09
2."Bigger Cages (Longer Chains)"2:57
3."Saturday"3:12
4."1-2-3-4"2:59
5."Like a Dancer"3:09
6."Come into My World"2:57
7."This Is Real"4:38
8."2 Kids"3:56
9."Turn It On"3:33
10."It's a Race"3:29
11."Get Up and Dance"3:52
12."Make a Man"2:47

Music videos

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  • "1-2-3-4" (acoustic)
  • "Gimme the Sign"
  • "Saturday"
  • "Saturday" (acoustic)
  • "Like a Dancer"

References

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  1. ^ "BISOUND.COM – - . mp3 . . FM- ". Archived from the original on 11 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Enemy – Streets in the Sky". αCharts.
  3. ^ Video on YouTube
  4. ^ Video on YouTube
  5. ^ The Enemy - Like a Dancer (Official Video 2012). YouTube. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021.
  6. ^ a b c The Enemy - Like A Dancer, retrieved 1 June 2022
  7. ^ O'Brien, Jon. "The Enemy – Streets in the Sky – review". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  8. ^ Poole, Alan (17 May 2012). "Album Review: The Enemy – Streets in the Sky". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  9. ^ Calvert, John (25 May 2012). "The Enemy – Streets in the Sky". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  10. ^ Ross, Daniel (18 May 2012). "The Enemy Streets in the Sky (COOKING VINYL)". The Fly. MAMA & Company. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  11. ^ Green, Laurence (21 May 2012). "The Enemy – Streets in the Sky (Cooking Vinyl)". musicOMH. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  12. ^ Denney, Alex (19 May 2012). "The Enemy – Streets in the Sky". NME. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  13. ^ Ezell, Brice (27 June 2012). "The Enemy: Streets in the Sky". PopMatters. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  14. ^ "The Enemy – Streets in the Sky". Sputnikmusic. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  15. ^ Kulkarni, Neil (17 May 2012). "The Enemy – Streets in the Sky – Review". The Quietus. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  16. ^ Lloyd, Jordan (29 May 2012). "Album Review: Streets in the Sky- The Enemy". York Vision. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  17. ^ "The 25 Worst Albums of 2012". Album of the Year. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  18. ^ "AnyDecentMusic? – All Time". WebCite. AnyDecentMusic?. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  19. ^ Schiller, Rebecca (19 May 2012). "The Enemy – 'Streets In The Sky'". NME. Archived from the original on 27 November 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
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