Never content to stay in one musical place for very long, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs take their restlessness to the limit on It's Blitz! -- and wind up making some of their most contented-sounding songs.
As if to prove one more time that they're not just the architects of New York's early-2000s rock renaissance, Karen O, Nick Zinner, and Brian Chase strip away the guitars and explosive dynamics of their early work even more thoroughly here than they did on Show Your Bones.
In their place are shiny keyboards, synthetic sounds galore, and a very different kind of energy.
It's Blitz!'s images of a woman's hand bursting an egg and fleshy tomatoes and mushrooms spread across an otherwise empty pizza box are surprising, immediate, and strangely sensual, and that goes double for the actual music.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZeroYeah Yeah Yeahs | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Play | 04:25 | 10 MB | 35 MB |
| 2 | Heads Will RollYeah Yeah Yeahs | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Play | 03:42 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 3 | Soft ShockYeah Yeah Yeahs | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Play | 03:53 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 4 | SkeletonsYeah Yeah Yeahs | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Play | 05:02 | 11 MB | 32 MB |
| 5 | Dull LifeYeah Yeah Yeahs | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Play | 04:08 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 6 | Shame And FortuneYeah Yeah Yeahs | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Play | 03:31 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 7 | RunawayYeah Yeah Yeahs | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Play | 05:13 | 11 MB | 35 MB |
| 8 | Dragon QueenYeah Yeah Yeahs | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Play | 04:02 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 9 | HystericYeah Yeah Yeahs | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Play | 03:52 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 10 | Little ShadowYeah Yeah Yeahs | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Play | 03:57 | 9 MB | 22 MB |
| 11 | Soft Shock (Acoustic) | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Play | 03:25 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 12 | Skeletons (Acoustic) | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Play | 03:30 | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| 13 | Hysteric (Acoustic) | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Play | 03:52 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 14 | Little Shadow (Acoustic) | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Play | 02:53 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 55 mins | 127 MB | |||||
| 55 mins | 375 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tunde Adebimpe | Vocals |
| 2 | Atom | Audio Engineer |
| 3 | Louie Bandak | A&R |
| 4 | David Belisle | Photography |
| 5 | Eric Biondo | Trumpet |
| 6 | Stuart Bogie | Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor) |
| 7 | Brian Chase | Cymbals, Drums, Percussion |
| 8 | Tony Ciulla | Management |
| 9 | Chris Coady | Assistant Engineer, Audio Engineer |
| 10 | Autumn de Wilde | Photography |
| 11 | Aaron Dembe | Assistant Engineer, Audio Engineer |
| 12 | Charles Godfrey | Audio Engineer |
| 13 | Matty Green | Mixing Assistant |
| 14 | Laura Haber | Management |
| 15 | Ted Jensen | Mastering |
| 16 | Chris Kasych | Mixing Assistant |
| 17 | Greg Kurstin | Piano |
| 18 | Nick Launay | Audio Production, Engineer, Producer |
| 19 | Mike Laza | Assistant Engineer, Audio Engineer |
| 20 | Justin Leah | Assistant Engineer, Audio Engineer |
| 21 | Seb Marling | Art Direction |
| 22 | Chris Moore | Assistant Engineer, Audio Engineer |
| 23 | Karen O | Art Direction, Vocals |
| 24 | Alyssa Pittaluga | Assistant Engineer, Audio Engineer |
| 25 | Jane Scarpantoni | Cello |
| 26 | David Andrew Sitek | Audio Production, Engineer, Producer |
| 27 | Mark "Spike" Stent | Mixing |
| 28 | Eric Uhlir | Photography |
| 29 | Imaad Wasif | Guitar |
| 30 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 31 | Nick Zinner | Bass, Bass Instrument, Drum Machine, Guitar, Guitars, Keyboards |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |