Cookies (album)
album by 1990s
Cookies is the first album from the Scottish indie rock band 1990s, released on 14 May 2007 by Rough Trade. This album was number 23 on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007. "Situation" was number 36 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.
Release
"You're Supposed to Be My Friend" is the second single taken from Cookies, released on October 30, 2006. It was accompanied by a music video featuring Jackie McKeown and the other band members getting beaten up by screaming female fans, leaving them bleeding. The song is played in the 2010 movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid. It was also played at the start of "Hell Hath No Fury", the fourth episode in the first series of Castle.
The third single, "See You at the Lights" was released on April 16, 2007. The track "Super Legal" features co-vocals by Lovefoxxx and is allegedly about an incident in which the band were 'properly kidnapped' by a group of girls at All Tomorrow's Parties and taken to their chalet for twelve hours and made to sing.
Reception
Eric Harvey of Pitchfork gave Cookies a rating of 8.1 out of 10.
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