Nixon (album)


Nixon is the fifth studio album by American rock band Lambchop. The album was released on February 8, 2000, and became a critical and commercial breakthrough for the band, especially in the United Kingdom, where it polled highly in several year-end polls in music magazines, among them Uncut magazine. The song "Up with People" was subsequently remixed by Zero 7.
The sleeve is a painting by Wayne White, a childhood friend of Lambchop frontman Kurt Wagner who had also provided cover art for the band's albums Thriller, Aw Cmon and No You Cmon.

Reception

Nixon was released to highly positive reviews from music critics, holding a score of 84 out of 100 on the review aggregator website Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim". It was particularly well-received in the United Kingdom, where it received glowing reviews from publications such as NME, who dubbed it the band's best album and compared its "sheer sonorous delight" to The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, as well as Uncut, who praised it as "one of the first great records of the new millennium."
Nixon was later included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Track listing

Charts