Music for Men


Music for Men is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Gossip. It was released on June 19, 2009, by Columbia Records.

Critical reception

Music for Men received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 69, based on 26 reviews. The album's production was criticized due to its "loud" sound quality. Albums such as this have been mastered so loud that additional digital distortion is generated during the production of the CD. The trend, known as the loudness war, has become very common on modern rock CDs. In 2010, Music for Men earned Gossip a nomination for Outstanding Music Artist at the 21st GLAAD Media Awards.

Commercial performance

Music for Men was particularly successful in Europe, with sales of 280,000 copies in France alone, where it spent 138 weeks on the chart. In the United States, the album had sold 42,000 copies as of March 2012.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Music for Men.
Gossip
Additional personnel

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Chart Position
Austrian Albums 33
European Albums 36
French Albums 34
German Albums 24
Swiss Albums 35

Certifications and sales

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