Badlands (Dirty Beaches album)

Badlands is an album by Canadian musician Dirty Beaches. It was released on March 28, 2011 by Zoo Music.

Badlands
Studio album by Dirty Beaches
Released	March 28, 2011
Recorded	2010-2011
Genre	Indie rock art rock experimental pop no wave surf rock rockabilly psychobilly lo-fi
Length	27:01
Label	Zoo Music
Producer	Alex Zhang Hungtai
Dirty Beaches chronology
Night City (2010) Badlands (2011) Double Feature (2011)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The A.V. Club	A-[2]
Pitchfork	(8.2/10)[3]
PopMatters	[4]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[5]
Now	[6]

It was longlisted as a nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize.[7]

Track listing

#	Title	Samples	Time
1	"Speedway King"		3:31
2	"Horses"	"Mustang" performed by Link Wray	4:09
3	"Sweet 17"		3:26
4	"A Hundred Highways"	"Night Of The Assassins" performed by Les Rallizes Denudes	4:43
5	"True Blue"	"Keep on Dancing" performed by The Ronettes	2:53
6	"Lord Knows Best"	"Voilà" performed by Françoise Hardy	3:25
7	"Black Nylon"		2:52
8	"Hotel"		2:02

References

1. Allmusic review
2. The A.V. Club review
3. Colly, Joe (2011-04-11). "Dirty Beaches: Badlands". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
4. PopMatters review
5. Tiny Mix Tapes review
6. Now review
7. "2011 Polaris Music Prize longlisted nominees". Archived from the original on 2011-11-12. Retrieved 2012-01-15.