Jojo Burger Tempest
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Jojo Burger Tempest is a double album
Double album
A double album is an audio album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically records and compact discs....

 by the British band Working for a Nuclear Free City
Working for a Nuclear Free City
Working for a Nuclear Free City is a band from Manchester, England.-History:Original members Phil Kay and Gary McClure formed as a studio entity in 1999; WFANFC began performing live in 2004, after adding drummer Jon Kay and bassist Ed Hulme to the group...

. Released in 2010, the album is the band's third album, and the second to be released in the U.S. The album contains one disc of 17 individual songs and one of a single 33-minute suite.

Critical response

Critical response to the album was mixed. Marc Hogan of Pitchfork
Pitchfork Media
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 commented that the album is "a lot to take in, but with its blend of live drumming, textural guitars, skittering electronics, and wistful harmonies, it's worth braving Jojo's, uh, storm". Robert Cooke of Drowned in Sound
Drowned in Sound
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 noted that "the hour-long main section of Jojo Burger Tempest is too hollow to be of much merit". Spin
Spin (magazine)
Spin is a music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr.-History:In its early years, the magazine was noted for its broad music coverage with an emphasis on college-oriented rock music and on the ongoing emergence of hip-hop. The magazine was eclectic and bold, if sometimes haphazard...

magazine's Jon Young described the music as "hopscotching through styles with fidgety glee".

Disc One

  1. "Do a Stunt" – 2:44
  2. "Silent Times" – 3:18
  3. "Autoblue" – 3:30
  4. "Alphaville" – 4:39
  5. "Pachinko" – 3:36
  6. "Faster Daniel Faster" – 3:01
  7. "A Black Square With Four Yellow Stars" – 2:03
  8. "Black Rivers" – 3:50
  9. "Float Bridges" – 3:07
  10. "The King and June" – 2:06
  11. "B.A.R.R.Y." – 4:05
  12. "Little Lenin" – 3:36
  13. "Inokashira Park" – 2:42
  14. "Low" – 3:45
  15. "Burning Drum" – 3:11
  16. "Brown Owl" - 3:31
  17. "Buildings" - 2:16
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