High Violet is the fifth studio album by The National , which was released on May 10, 2010, in Europe and on May 11, 2010, in North America via 4AD . The band produced the album themselves, assisted by Peter Katis with whom they worked on their previous albums Alligator and Boxer at their own studio in Brooklyn , New York , and at Katis' Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, Connecticut . The sculpture on the album cover was created by artist Mark Fox, and is called The Binding Force .
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30-475: A band taking a mandate to be a meaningful rock band seriously." Steven Hyden of The A.V. Club called the album "carefully considered without being labored" and "richly detailed without being fussy". The Guardian ' s Dave Simpson wrote that High Violet "is beautifully subtle" and "grows in power with each listen", and The Independent ' s Andy Gill called it "a masterclass in subtle emotional shading". Sputnikmusic writer Channing Freeman cited
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90-546: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages High Violet An expanded edition of High Violet was released through 4AD on November 22, 2010. The reissue includes the standard 11-track album along with a new bonus disc, featuring the unreleased tracks "You Were a Kindness" and "Wake Up Your Saints" as well as alternate versions, B-sides, and live recordings. On March 10, 2010, they performed opening track "Terrible Love" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon , two months before
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135-474: The Best Pop & Rock Albums of 2010, with critic Travis Persaud stating that it "continues the envious feat of releasing another album that's superior to its predecessor." The album placed at number eight on The Village Voice ' s year-end Pazz & Jop critics' poll. High Violet was awarded a Q Award for Best Album, an honor presented to the National by English musician Bernard Sumner . The album
150-445: The album as the band's "third masterpiece in a row". High Violet appeared on several publications' year-end lists of the best albums of 2010. Time named it the fourth best album of the year, and it also placed at number 15 on Rolling Stone ' s list of the 30 best albums of 2010. Pitchfork placed it at number 28 on their list of the 50 best albums of 2010. Exclaim! ranked High Violet at number 7 on their list of
165-530: The album's release. The album's first single "Bloodbuzz Ohio" was made available for download on the band's website on March 24, 2010. The song was also released on 7" vinyl (with the exclusive B-side "Sin-Eaters") on May 3, 2010. On April 19, 2010, a low-quality version of the album was leaked onto the internet in its entirety which prompted the band to announce that the album would be streaming on The New York Times ' website from April 23 until April 27, then on NPR 's website until May 11. On May 13, 2010,
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#1732841018828180-511: The band played High Violet track "Sorrow" 105 times in a row at an art installation in New York, in a performance lasting six hours. This durational performance was released as a special vinyl-only box set entitled A Lot of Sorrow by 4AD in June 2015. In June 2020, the expanded edition of High Violet was released on vinyl for the first time as the 10th Anniversary Expanded Edition. High Violet
195-563: The band played "Afraid of Everyone" on the Late Show with David Letterman . Sufjan Stevens sang backup for them during this performance. High Violet sold 51,000 copies in its first week of sales, charting at number three on the Billboard 200 . This marked the National's highest charting effort at the time (beating Boxer , which debuted at number 68), until the release of Sleep Well Beast in 2017, which debuted at number two. In May 2013,
210-635: Was also included in the 2011 edition of the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . In 2019, Pitchfork ranked the album at number 147 on their list of "The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s". The album debuted at number three on the US Billboard and also debuted in Canada at number two, in Portugal at number three, and in Germany at number 10. High Violet was certified gold in Canada, Denmark, Belgium, and
225-515: Was released to widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 based on reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a score of 85 out of 100 based on 36 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". BBC Music critic Mike Diver hailed the album as the National's "finest disc to date" and "a potential album of the year". Andrew Gaerig of Pitchfork wrote that "when they aim for powerful or poetic, they get there" and described High Violet as "the sound of
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