Streets in the Sky

This article is about the third studio album by UK rock band The Enemy. For the building structure, see Tower block § Streets in the sky.

Streets in the Sky
Studio album by The Enemy
Released	21 May 2012
Genre	Indie rock punk rock[1]
Length	40:38
Label	Cooking Vinyl eOne
Producer	Joby 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
"Saturday" Released: 15 May 2012 "Like a Dancer" Released: 16 July 2012

Streets in the Sky is the third studio album by Coventry-based 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.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Coventry Telegraph	(favourable)[4]
Drowned in Sound	[5]
The Fly	[6]
musicOMH	[7]
NME	6/10[8]
PopMatters	2/10[9]
Sputnikmusic	2.0/5[10]
The Quietus	(unfavourable)[11]
York Vision	(unfavourable)[12]

Critical reception was mostly extremely negative, with Album of the Year rating it as the worst album of 2012 as reviewed by critics.^[13] The album scored 2.9/10 at aggregator website AnyDecentMusic? (the fifth-lowest rated album of all time).^[14] However, NME gave the album a mixed review.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
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

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

References

1. "BISOUND.COM – - . mp3 . . FM- ".
2. "Enemy – Streets in the Sky". αCharts.
3. O'Brien, Jon. "The Enemy – Streets in the Sky – review". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
4. Poole, Alan (17 May 2012). "Album Review: The Enemy – Streets in the Sky". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Green, Laurence (21 May 2012). "The Enemy – Streets in the Sky (Cooking Vinyl)". musicOMH. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
8. Denney, Alex (19 May 2012). "The Enemy – Streets in the Sky". NME. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
9. Ezell, Brice (27 June 2012). "The Enemy: Streets in the Sky". PopMatters. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
10. "The Enemy – Streets in the Sky". Sputnikmusic. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
11. Kulkarni, Neil (17 May 2012). "The Enemy – Streets in the Sky – Review". The Quietus. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
12. Lloyd, Jordan (29 May 2012). "Album Review: Streets in the Sky- The Enemy". York Vision. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
13. "The 25 Worst Albums of 2012". Album of the Year. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
14. "AnyDecentMusic? – All Time". WebCite. AnyDecentMusic?. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.

External links

• REVIEW: The Enemy single "Saturday"