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“Audacity of Huge” by Simian Mobile Disco featuring Chris Keating
From the album Temporary Pleasure (2009) Featuring Chris Keating
“Audacity of Huge” by Simian Mobile Disco featuring Chris Keating appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 2009. It was first released in 2009 on the album Temporary Pleasure. Its best result is #41 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2009. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #236 alternative song of 2009.
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"Audacity of Huge" was the first single from Temporary Pleasure, the second album by English electronic duo Simian Mobile Disco, released in 2009 with Yeasayer's Chris Keating on vocals. The title winks at Barack Obama's The Audacity of Hope, and The Guardian heard the song as the lament of an extreme materialist. Aries Moross directed the video.
Reviewers split on it. Pitchfork's Marc Hogan heard a sleek, uncluttered, name-dropping groove built to move bodies; Consequence of Sound found the non sequiturs in the lyric impossible to shake; NME reckoned those words were the only thing keeping it from being irritating; and The Quietus enjoyed it as a bizarre, funny send-up of the bling-heavy chest-beating on 808s & Heartbreak.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 61 | Impact 89FM Lansing, MI | Impact 89FM Top 89 of 2009 | 89 |
| 2009 | 41 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2009 | 100 |
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