No Wow

No Wow
Studio album by
The Kills
ReleasedFebruary 21, 2005
RecordedMay 20, 2004–June 2, 2004
Length40:01
LabelDomino Records
ProducerThe Kills
The Kills chronology
Keep on Your Mean Side
(2003) 		No Wow
(2005) 		Midnight Boom
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Alternative Press4/5[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB[4]
The Guardian[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
Mojo[7]
Pitchfork8.3/10[8]
Q[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
SpinB[11]

No Wow is the second studio album by indie rock band The Kills. It was released February 21, 2005, on Domino Records. "Love Is a Deserter" was released as a single and obtained limited play on several music channels. "The Good Ones" was later released as a single and peaked at number 23 in the UK charts.

The song "No Wow" was used in the TV series Person of Interest, season 5, episode 1; "B.S.O.D." which aired on May 5, 2016.[12] It was also used in the series The Good Wife, season 4, episode 20; "Rape: A Modern Perspective" which aired on April 14, 2013.[13]

  1. ^ "Reviews for No Wow by The Kills". Metacritic. Retrieved September 22, 2011.
  2. ^ Phares, Heather. "No Wow – The Kills". AllMusic. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "The Kills: No Wow". Alternative Press (201): 126. April 2005.
  4. ^ Endelman, Michael (March 7, 2005). "No Wow". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on August 3, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  5. ^ Sullivan, Caroline (February 18, 2005). "The Kills, No Wow". The Guardian. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  6. ^ Hilburn, Robert (March 6, 2005). "The bitter beneath the sweet". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  7. ^ "The Kills: No Wow". Mojo (136): 106. March 2005.
  8. ^ Macia, Peter (March 9, 2005). "The Kills: No Wow". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  9. ^ "The Kills: No Wow". Q (224): 100. March 2005.
  10. ^ Levy, Joe (March 10, 2005). "The Kills: No Wow". Rolling Stone. No. 969. p. 110. Archived from the original on August 21, 2008. Retrieved August 12, 2007.
  11. ^ "Breakdown". Spin. 21 (3): 92. March 2005. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  12. ^ "Person of Interest Soundtrack Season 5E1 · B.S.O.D." Tunefind. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  13. ^ "The Good Wife Soundtrack Season 4E20 · Rape: A Modern Perspective". Tunefind. Retrieved 9 June 2021.