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“The age of the understatement” by The Last Shadow Puppets
From the album The Age of the Understatement (2008)
“The age of the understatement” by The Last Shadow Puppets appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2008. It was first released in 2008 on the album The Age of the Understatement. Its best result is #21 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #344 alternative song of 2008.
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"The Age of the Understatement" was the first single from the Last Shadow Puppets and the title track of their debut album, released in the UK on Domino in April 2008. Alex Turner and Miles Kane wrote it, James Ford produced it and mixed it with Richard Woodcraft, and it charges in with all the widescreen drama baroque pop allows.
For the video, French director Romain Gavras took Turner and Kane to Moscow, reasoning that the song had a western feel and Russia was the new Wild West. The shoot was brutal: long hours, bitter cold, bribes that reached the police shadowing the crew, and a training camp with tanks firing just behind the camera. It won Best Cinematography at the 2008 UK Music Video Awards, and Pitchfork put it among its Top 40 Music Videos of 2008.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 21 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2008 | 50 |
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