Nature Nurture

For the debate which involves whether human behavior is determined by the environment, see Nature versus nurture.

Nature Nurture
Studio album by
Dinosaur Pile-Up
Released17 June 2013 (EU)
25 February 2014 (US)
22 October 2014 (JP)
RecordedLate 2012-early 2013
GenreAlternative rock, post-grunge, noise rock
LabelSO Recordings
ProducerJames Kenosha, Matt Bigland, Kevin Vanbergen
Dinosaur Pile-Up chronology
Peninsula
(2013) 		Nature Nurture
(2014) 		11:11
(2015)
Singles from Nature Nurture
  1. "Arizona Waiting"
    Released: 2013
  2. "Peninsula"
    Released: 2013
Alternative cover
Japan Edition cover

Nature Nurture is the second studio album by British alternative rock band Dinosaur Pile-Up. The album was released on 17 June 2013 and 25 February 2014 in the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively. The album failed to chart in either of those countries. However, the band's newfound popularity in Japan, along with the release of the Peninsula EP by A-Sketch months prior to the album's 22 October 2014 release, saw it chart at #168 in the country.[1] The single "Arizona Waiting" reached #68 on the Billboard Japan Radio Songs chart shortly after the album's release.[2] A-Sketch also released two "Japan Limited" music videos, both consisting of live performance footage, for "Peninsula" and "Arizona Waiting."[3][4]

The song "Peninsula" was the most played song on SiriusXM's Alt Nation channel for the week ending 27 February 2014.[5]

The song "Draw A Line" was featured in the fifth episode of season 14 of Degrassi, in the scene where Eli punches Drew in the face.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
NME[7]
The Four Oh-Five7.5/10[8]
Line Of Best Fit[9]

Nature Nurture has received mostly positive. Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, gave the album an average score of 68, which indicates "generally positive reviews".[6]

Track listing

Standard edition
No.TitleLength
1."Arizona Waiting"3:04
2."Derail"3:31
3."Peninsula"3:31
4."Heather"2:55
5."Summer Gurl"2:40
6."White T-Shirt and Jeans"3:14
7."The Way We Came"3:23
8."Draw A Line"2:55
9."Start Again"2:56
10."Lip Hook Kiss"3:39
11."Nature Nurture"4:14
Total length:34:02
iTunes version[10]
No.TitleLength
12."Bruise Violet"2:53
13."Should"3:31
Total length:39:46
Japan Edition[11][a]
No.TitleLength
12."Bruise Violet"2:53
13."Should"3:31
14."Bella"2:46
15."Hanging By A Thread"3:35
16."You Drive Your Car"3:28
17."In My Room"3:20

Notes

  1. ^ The digital copy contains only the first 11 tracks.[12]

References

  1. ^ ダイナソー・パイルアップ | ORICON STYLE (in Japanese; retrieved January 21, 2016)
  2. ^ Billboard Japan Radio Songs Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese; retrieved January 21, 2016)
  3. ^ Dinosaur Pile-Up「Peninsula」(Japan Limited) - YouTube (retrieved April 3, 2016)
  4. ^ Dinosaur Pile-Up「Arizona Waiting」Japan Limited - YouTube (retrieved April 3, 2016)
  5. ^ Most Airplay 2/27/2014 - The Unofficial Alt-18 Archived 2016-02-27 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved February 25, 2016)
  6. ^ a b "Critic Reviews for Nature Nurture". Metacritic. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Nature Nurture – Dinosaur Pile-Up". NME. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  8. ^ O'Malley, Corey. "Dinosaur Pile-Up - Nature Nurture". The Four Oh Five. TheFourOhFive.com. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  9. ^ Skibeat, John. "Dinosaur Pile-Up - Nature Nurture". Line of Best Fitccessdate=29 September 2014.
  10. ^ Nature Nurture by Dinosaur Pile-Up on iTunes (retrieved January 21, 2016)
  11. ^ Nature Nurture (Japan Edition) : Dinosaur Pile Up | ローチケHMV - ACZS-1035 (in Japanese; retrieved January 21, 2016)
  12. ^ Dinosaur Pile-Upの「Nature Nurture (Japan Edition)」を iTunes で」 (in Japanese, retrieved January 21, 2016)