Donkey (album)

Donkey
Studio album by
CSS
ReleasedJuly 21, 2008
StudioTrama Studios, São Paulo, Brazil
GenreIndie rock, synthpop
Length39:14
LabelSub Pop / Warner Bros.
ProducerAdriano Cintra
CSS chronology
Cansei de Ser Sexy
(2006) 		Donkey
(2008) 		La Liberación
(2011)
Singles from Donkey
  1. "Rat Is Dead (Rage)"
    Released: April 28, 2008
  2. "Left Behind"
    Released: July 14, 2008
  3. "Move"
    Released: October 16, 2008
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic63/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Guardian[3]
NME7/10[4]
Now[5]
Pitchfork5.6/10[6]
Q[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
The Times[9]
Toronto Star[10]
Uncut[11]

Donkey is the second album of Brazilian electro/rock band CSS, released on July 21, 2008. Seventeen songs were recorded at Trama Studios São Paulo, of which eleven appear on the album. Donkey follows their critically acclaimed debut album Cansei de Ser Sexy.

Three months before the release, bassist Iracema Trevisan left the band, being replaced by then-drummer Adriano Cintra. The new drummer is Englishman Jon Harper, formerly of The Cooper Temple Clause.

The album was released in Canada and the United States by label Sub Pop, in Europe by Warner Bros. Records, and Japan by KSR. In initial reviews of the album, critics noted a more polished approach to CSS' sound and production techniques.[12]

The album was mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent.[13]

  1. ^ "Donkey by CSS". Metacritic. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  2. ^ "Donkey - CSS - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  3. ^ Petridis, Alexis (July 10, 2008). "CSS, Donkey". The Guardian. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  4. ^ NME.COM (July 18, 2008). "CSS - NME.COM". NME. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  5. ^ "CSS". July 17, 2008. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  6. ^ Pitchfork Media review Archived July 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Donkey by CSS". Metacritic. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  8. ^ "Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on July 23, 2008. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  9. ^ "Login". Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  10. ^ "CSS: Donkey - Toronto Star". Toronto Star. July 29, 2008. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  11. ^ "CSS - Donkey - Uncut". Archived from the original on January 13, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  12. ^ "Track-by-track review of Donkey on The Quietus". thequietus.com. October 30, 2007. Archived from the original on June 5, 2008. Retrieved June 3, 2008.
  13. ^ Scot (June 5, 2008). "THE SKY REPORT: CSS - Donkey - Preview!". Retrieved October 3, 2016.