The Contino Sessions

The Contino Sessions
Studio album by
Death in Vegas
Released13 September 1999
RecordedThe Contino Rooms, London, England
GenreElectronic, neo-psychedelia, shoegaze
Length47:59
LabelConcrete
ProducerRichard Fearless, Tim Holmes
Death in Vegas chronology
Dead Elvis
(1997) 		The Contino Sessions
(1999) 		Scorpio Rising
(2002)
Singles from The Contino Sessions
  1. "Neptune City"
    Released: 30 August 1999 (vinyl only)
  2. "Aisha"
    Released: 31 January 2000
  3. "Dirge"
    Released: 24 April 2000
  4. "One More Time"
    Released: 10 July 2000 (vinyl only)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Alternative Press4/5[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
The Guardian[5]
Muzik[6]
NME9/10[7]
Pitchfork3.9/10[8]
Q[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Uncut[11]

The Contino Sessions is the second album by the British electronic band Death in Vegas, released in 1999.

As of July 2013 it was certified gold by British Phonographic Industry for 100,000 sold units in UK.[12]

In 2000 the album was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.

  1. ^ "Reviews for The Contino Sessions by Death in Vegas". Metacritic. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  2. ^ Raggett, Ned. "The Contino Sessions – Death in Vegas". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Death in Vegas: The Contino Sessions". Alternative Press (135): 91. October 1999.
  4. ^ Vincentelli, Elisabeth (1 October 1999). "The Contino Sessions". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  5. ^ Sullivan, Caroline (17 September 1999). "Back in black". The Guardian.
  6. ^ Crysell, Andy (October 1999). "Death in Vegas: The Contino Sessions (Concrete)". Muzik (53): 95.
  7. ^ Martin, Piers (7 September 1999). "Death In Vegas – The Contino Sessions". NME. Archived from the original on 16 August 2000. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  8. ^ Beatty & Garrett. "Death in Vegas: The Contino Sessions". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 12 October 2000. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Death in Vegas: The Contino Sessions". Q (157): 117. October 1999.
  10. ^ Walters, Barry (30 September 1999). "Death in Vegas: The Contino Sessions". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 27 July 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  11. ^ "Death in Vegas: The Contino Sessions". Uncut (29). October 1999.
  12. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 September 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)