Bright Like Neon Love
# Bright Like Neon Love

Bright Like Neon Love is the debut studio album by Australian electronic music band Cut Copy, released by Modular Recordings in Australia on 5 April 2004 and in the United States on 18 May 2004. The album was released on vinyl for the first time on 20 April 2013 for Record Store Day, in a limited run of 4000 copies.

## Critical reception

Professional ratings :

| Aggregate scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 81/100 |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Drowned in Sound | 9/10 |
| The Guardian | |
| The Irish Times | |
| NME | 8/10 |
| Spin | A− |
| Uncut | |

Bright Like Neon Love received widespread acclaim from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 81, based on nine reviews. NME compared the album to "Technique-era New Order fed through My Bloody Valentine's distortion pedals" and described it as "the album Daft Punk should have made". In his highly positive review for Drowned in Sound, Euan McLean described the album as "the record The Human League could have made if they'd remade Fleetwood Mac's Rumours in 1985" and commended the band for "mixing emotion and technology to perfection".

## Controversy

The cover art of Bright Like Neon Love was closely imitated by the art for Mexican singer Thalía's album Lunada (2008). Both shared the concept of a face in close-up, wearing sunglasses and bright lipstick. Following criticism by the fans and media, Thalía claimed that the artwork had been presented to her by the design team for her label.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Dan Whitford.

## Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Bright Like Neon Love.

### Cut Copy

* Dan Whitford – synths, drum machine, guitars, vocals, bass
* Tim Hoey – original guitars, bass, noise
* Bennett Foddy – original bass
* Mitchell Scott – live drums

### Additional musicians

* Dougal Binns – original acoustic guitar (track 10)
* Philippe Zdar, Frédo Nlandu, Julien Delfaud, Alex – claps

### Technical

* Chris Scallan – full band recording
* Philippe Zdar – mixing (tracks 1, 2, 11)
* Jeff Dominguez – mixing (tracks 3–5)
* Julien Delfaud – mixing (tracks 7–10, 12)
* Frédo Nlandu – mixing assistance
* Pierrick Devin – mixing assistance
* Mike Marsh – mastering
* Dan Whitford – production

### Artwork

* Alter – artwork, design

## Charts

| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Australian Dance Albums (ARIA) | 10 |
| Australian Hitseekers Albums (ARIA) | 19 |
