Twenty One (Mystery Jets album)

Twenty One is the second studio album by Mystery Jets, released in the UK on 24 March 2008.[13]

Twenty One
Studio album by
Mystery Jets
Released24 March 2008
GenreIndie rock
Length53:47
Label679 Recordings
ProducerErol Alkan and Stephen Street
Mystery Jets chronology
Zootime
(2007)		 Twenty One
(2008)		 Serotonin
(2010)
Alternative covers
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
BBC(favourable)[3]
Drowned in Sound9/10[4]
Gigwise[5]
The Guardian[6]
The Independent(favourable)[7]
musicOMH[8]
NME7/10[9]
PopMatters7/10[10]
The Sunday Times[11]
Yahoo! Music[12]

The first single from the album, "Young Love" featuring Laura Marling, was released on 10 March 2008.

The album originally reached #50 in the UK Albums Chart but was hastily rereleased with an additional cover of Aztec Camera's hit single "Somewhere in My Heart" to coincide with the release of eighties-themed single "Two Doors Down" (featuring sax by Nik Carter),[14] which peaked at #24 in the UK Singles Chart. This new version of the album peaked at #42 in the charts.

"Young Love", "Two Doors Down" and "Half in Love with Elizabeth" were released as singles. All three songs, in addition to "Flakes" (which was released as a free download of the week via the UK iTunes Store) had music videos shot for them. The 7" vinyl EP of "Half in Love with Elizabeth" features the band performing "Flakes" with Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine performing vocals, this one of her earliest releases, following the release of her first single "Kiss with a Fist" by only a few months.

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Hideaway"3:32
2."Young Love" (featuring Laura Marling)3:22
3."Half in Love with Elizabeth"3:20
4."Flakes"4:23
5."Veiled in Grey"3:55
6."Two Doors Down"3:36
7."MJ"3:50
8."Umbrellahead"3:10
9."Hand Me Down"4:03
10."First to Know"4:15
11."Behind the Bunhouse" (Includes "Twenty One" Hidden Track)12:12
12."Somewhere in my Heart" (UK bonus track)4:03
Total length:53:47

References
  1. "Twenty One by Mystery Jets". Metacritic. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. "Twenty One - Mystery Jets - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  3. Crossan, Rob. "BBC - Music - Review of Mystery Jets - Twenty One". Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  4. Drowned in Sound review Archived 29 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Gigwise review
  6. Costa, Maddy (20 March 2008). "Mystery Jets, Twenty One". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  7. "Album: Mystery Jets, Twenty One (679)". Independent.co.uk. 23 March 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  8. MusicOMH review
  9. NME.COM (20 March 2008). "Mystery Jets - NME.COM". NME. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  10. "Music Reviews, Features, Essays, News, Columns, Blogs, MP3s and Videos - PopMatters". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  11. "Login". Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  12. "Celebrity - Yahoo News UK". Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  13. "Play.com listing". Play.com. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
  14. "Mystery Jets – Twenty One (2008, CD)". Discogs. 24 March 2008.


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