Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes is a 2004 album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by the American art rock

Art rock

Art rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, with influences from art, avant-garde, and classical music. The first usage of the term, according to Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, was in 1968. Influenced by the work of The Beatles, most notably their Sgt...

 band, TV on the Radio

TV on the Radio

TV on the Radio is an American art rock band formed in 2001 in Brooklyn, New York, whose music spans numerous diverse genres, from post-punk to electro and free jazz to soul music....

. The album, recorded at Headgear Studio

Headgear Studio

Headgear Studio is an American recording studio based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It was founded in 1998 by Alex Lipsen and Dan Long. In 2000, engineer Scott F. Norton joined as a partner and the studio relocated to its current facility near the Brooklyn waterfront...

 in Brooklyn, was awarded the Shortlist Music Prize

Shortlist Music Prize

The Shortlist Music Prize, stylized as , was an annual music award for the best album released in the United States that had sold fewer than 500,000 copies at the time of nomination...

 for 2004. It was released on CD, 12" vinyl and MP3 download formats. The CD is enhanced with two different quality Quicktime video files of the "Dreams" music video. The 12" features two records with the extra song "You Could Be Love" and a different track order from the CD. The MP3 version includes two extra songs not available on the CD. "Staring at the Sun

Staring at the Sun (TV on the Radio song)

"Staring at the Sun" is a 2004 single by the American indie rock band TV on the Radio. The CD single is enhanced with two different quality Quicktime video files of the title track's music video...

" has the intro edited from the original version on Young Liars

Young Liars

Young Liars was the first major release by the New York City band TV on the Radio. Released in 2003 on Touch & Go Records, the EP helped establish the band's distinctive blending of electronica, doo wop, post-rock, and avant-garde styles...

, and is the same version used on the single and video.

Track listing

1. "The Wrong Way" – 4:38
2. "Staring at the Sun
   Staring at the Sun (TV on the Radio song)
   "Staring at the Sun" is a 2004 single by the American indie rock band TV on the Radio. The CD single is enhanced with two different quality Quicktime video files of the title track's music video...
   
   " – 3:27
3. "Dreams" – 5:09
4. "King Eternal" – 4:28
5. "Ambulance" – 4:55
6. "Poppy" – 6:07
7. "Don't Love You" – 5:31
8. "Bomb Yourself" – 5:32
9. "Wear You Out" – 7:22
10. "You Could Be Love" (only available on the vinyl and MP3 versions)
11. "Staring at the Sun (demo)" (only available on the MP3 version)

Personnel

• Tunde Adebimpe
  Tunde Adebimpe
  Babatunde Omoroga "Tunde" Adebimpe is an American musician, actor, and director best known as the lead singer of the Brooklyn-based band TV on the Radio. His vocal method often involves improvisation, the use of effects and repeating sampled loops....
  
   – vocals, loops
• Kyp Malone
  Kyp Malone
  David Kyp Joel Malone is a multi-instrumentalist and member of the bands TV on the Radio and Iran.Malone formed Iran with film director/singer/songwriter Aaron Aites in the year 2000...
  
   – vocals, guitars, loops
• David Andrew Sitek
  David Andrew Sitek
  David Andrew Sitek is a guitarist and record producer based in New York City, best known as a member of the band TV on the Radio. He has also worked with bands such as Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Liars, Foals, Celebration, and most recently Jane's Addiction, and produced free jazz-influenced remixes of songs...
  
  – music, guitars, keys, loops

External links

• Touch and Go release page