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Secondhand Rapture

Secondhand Rapture is the debut studio album by American duo MS MR, released on May 14, 2013 by Columbia Records. The album was written and produced by MS MR with additional production and mixing done by Tom Elmhirst. The album features the singles "Hurricane", "Fantasy" and "Think of You". Secondhand Rapture peaked at number 116 on the Billboard 200 and sold 3,500 copies during its first week.[1] To promote the record, the band toured across North America.

Secondhand Rapture
Studio album by
MS MR
ReleasedMay 14, 2013 (2013-05-14)
Recorded2011–2012
Studio
Genre
Length42:06
Label
Producer
MS MR chronology
Candy Bar Creep Show
(2012) 		Secondhand Rapture
(2013) 		How Does It Feel
(2015)
Singles from Secondhand Rapture
  1. "Hurricane"
    Released: June 10, 2012
  2. "Fantasy"
    Released: March 8, 2013
  3. "Think of You"
    Released: August 5, 2013
  4. "Fantasy" / "Dance Yrself Clean"
    Released: November 7, 2013

Singles

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  • "Hurricane" was released as the first European single. The song was popular in Germany and made it to number 38 on that country's singles chart. In April 2013, "Hurricane" was re-released as the second international single from the album.
  • "Fantasy" was released as the official lead single from the album. The music video was released on February 4, 2013. The single reached number 77 on Australia's ARIA Charts.
  • "Think of You" was released as the third single. The music video was released on February 4, 2013.

Promotion

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On June 24, 2013, the band announced a 26-city summer-fall tour across North America to promote the record, beginning on August 3 at Chicago's House of Blues and finishing on October 23 in Vancouver. Two Door Cinema Club, MØ and Wildcat! Wildcat! were supporting acts on the tour.[2]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.4/10[3]
Metacritic60/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [5]
Consequence of SoundC+[6]
Filter83%[7]
The Independent     [8]
MusicOMH     [9]
Pitchfork6.0/10[10]
PopMatters5/10[11]
Q     [12]
Slant Magazine     [13]
Under the Radar6/10[14]

Secondhand Rapture garnered mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 60, based on 15 reviews.[4]

Laurence Green, writing for MusicOMH, praised the album's warm production, melodies and consistency, declaring, "For all its rich fashionable stylings, Second Rapture is a pop album to its very core and wears the tag with pride".[9] AllMusic's Heather Phares said, "MS MR concentrate on a sullen yet sultry mood for the bulk of Secondhand Rapture, and while that delivers several notable tracks -- "Fantasy" and "Head Is Not My Home" chief among them—at times it's almost too much. Still, the album's strongest tracks show that the duo has plenty of talent and potential". "[5] Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine praised the album, noting that "MS MR's knack for durable hooks, in fact, is what keeps the album's gloomy goth-pop anchored".[13]

Pitchfork contributor Laura Snapes described the band's sound as "brooding, rhythmically strong pop songs that fall halfway between the poutiness of Lana Del Rey and the hyperactive fizz of Haim", but criticized their "obsessively curated" strategy", inconsistent lyrical approach and deviations from their sonic template of "deep, thunderous rumblings, celestial twinkling, foggy shrouds, and the sweet clarity of a pastel dawn".[10] Sasha Geffen of Consequence of Sound commended Plapinger's nuanced lyrical delivery and Hershenow's "rich orchestral palette", concluding that "Secondhand Rapture blurs the line between throwing up our hands in defeat and throwing them up in joy".[6]

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"Bones" was used in a promotional trailer for the third season of Game of Thrones in early 2013,[15] and in the "What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted" episode of Pretty Little Liars, which aired February 12, 2013.[16] "Hurricane" was featured in the 2018 film Extinction.[17]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by MS MR, additional production by Tom Elmhirst

No.TitleLength
1."Hurricane"3:46
2."Bones"4:15
3."Ash Tree Lane"3:13
4."Fantasy"3:28
5."Dark Doo Wop"2:53
6."Head Is Not My Home"3:33
7."Salty Sweet"3:12
8."Think of You"3:26
9."Twenty Seven"3:39
10."BTSK"3:27
11."No Trace"3:16
12."This Isn't Control"3:58
Total length:42:06
Amazon exclusive version (MP3 download)
No.TitleLength
13."Fantasy" (Nicita Remix)3:39
iTunes bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Fantasy" (Kele from Bloc Party Remix)5:56
Spotify bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Strings"3:57
Secondhand^2: The Remix EP[18]
No.TitleLength
1."Think of You" (Wet Remix)3:45
2."Think of You" (Haerts Remix)5:36
3."Hurricane" (Goldroom Remix)5:44
4."Fantasy" (Nicita Remix)3:40
5."Fantasy" (Xaphoon Jones Late Nite Mix)3:35
6."Bones" (Hot Sugar Remix)3:56
Total length:26:16

Personnel

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Credits adapted from the Secondhand Rapture booklet.[19]

MS MR

  • Lizzy Plapinger (MS)
  • Max Hershenow (MR)

Additional musicians

  • Curtis Nystrom – autoharp (1, 12), guitars and lap steel (2), bass (6)
  • Zach Nicita – drums (2, 3, 4, 6, 11), additional drum programming (12)
  • Max Hershenow – background vocals (4, 7)

Production

  • MS MR – producer
  • Chris Camilleri – additional pre-production, original mix (1–11)
  • Tom Elmhirst – additional production (1–9, 11), mixing
  • Graig Janssen – engineering (1–3, 6)
  • Peter Bischoff – engineering (2–9, 11)
  • Ben Baptie – assistant mixing (Metropolis Studios)
  • Tom Coyne – mastering (Sterling Sound)

Imagery

  • MS MR – art direction, design
  • Anita Marisa Boriboon – art direction, design
  • Tyler Kohloff – photography
  • Lana Lackey – styling
  • Laura Stiassini – hair and make-up
  • Carmen Maria Traud – illustration

Charts

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Chart performance for Secondhand Rapture
Chart (2013) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[20] 22
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[21] 126
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[22] 36
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 51
UK Albums (OCC)[24] 65
US Billboard 200[25] 116
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[26] 24
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[27] 35

Release history

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Release history for Secondhand Rapture
Region Date Label Format(s) Name
Germany May 10, 2013 Columbia, Sony Music CD, digital download, vinyl Secondhand Rapture
France Digital download
United Kingdom
France May 13, 2013 CD
United Kingdom CD, vinyl
Various May 14, 2013 CD, digital download, vinyl
April 8, 2014 Digital download Secondhand^2: The Remix EP

References

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  1. ^ "Upcoming Releases - HITS Daily Double". Hits Daily Double. Archived from the original on June 27, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  2. ^ Hudson, Alex (June 24, 2013). "MS MR Book North American Headlining Tour, Play Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on October 5, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  3. ^ "Secondhand Rapture by MS MR reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Reviews for Secondhand Rapture by MS MR". Metacritic. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  5. ^ a b Phares, Heather. "Secondhand Rapture – MS MR". AllMusic. Archived from the original on December 1, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  6. ^ a b Geffen, Sasha (May 20, 2013). "Album Review: MS MR – Secondhand Rapture". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on June 1, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  7. ^ Studarus, Laura (May 14, 2013). "MS MR: Secondhand Rapture – Columbia". Filter. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  8. ^ Montgomery, Hugh (May 11, 2013). "Album: Ms/Mr, Secondhand Rapture (RCA)". The Independent. Archived from the original on June 21, 2013. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  9. ^ a b Green, Laurence (May 13, 2013). "MS MR – Secondhand Rapture". MusicOMH. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  10. ^ a b Snapes, Laura (May 22, 2013). "MS MR: Secondhand Rapture". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on February 26, 2024. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  11. ^ James, Matt (May 13, 2013). "MS MR: Secondhand Rapture". PopMatters. Archived from the original on October 10, 2023. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  12. ^ "MS MR: Secondhand Rapture". Q (323): 103. June 2013.
  13. ^ a b Cinquemani, Sal (May 10, 2013). "MS MR: Secondhand Rapture". Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on August 3, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  14. ^ McGuane, Kenny S. (June 20, 2013). "MS MR: Secondhand Rapture (Columbia)". Under the Radar. Archived from the original on April 1, 2023. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  15. ^ Lipshutz, Jason (May 14, 2013). "MS MR Talks 'Secondhand Rapture' & Their Favorite 'Game of Thrones' Character". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 30, 2024. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  16. ^ Beard, Lanford (February 16, 2013). "'Scandal,' 'The Following,' 'Pretty Little Liars': EW's TV Jukebox". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 25, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  17. ^ Extinction (2018), retrieved November 18, 2018
  18. ^ iTunes: Second^2: The Remix EP https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/secondhand-2-the-remixes-ep/id849942299
  19. ^ Secondhand Rapture (booklet). MS MR. Columbia. Creep City. 2013. 88725 47701 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  20. ^ "Australiancharts.com – MS MR – Secondhand Rapture". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  21. ^ "Ultratop.be – MS MR – Secondhand Rapture" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  22. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – MS MR – Secondhand Rapture" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  23. ^ "Swisscharts.com – MS MR – Secondhand Rapture". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  24. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  25. ^ "MS MR Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  26. ^ "MS MR Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  27. ^ "MS MR Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
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