{{for multi|the 1964 collection of short stories by Ray Bradbury|The Machineries of Joy|the 1989 Die Krupps cover single|Nitzer Ebb}} {{Use British English|date=January 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox album | name = Machineries of Joy | type = studio | artist = British Sea Power | cover = British Sea Power - Machineries of Joy album cover.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2013|04|01 |df=y}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Alternative rock | length = {{Duration|m=43|s=04}} | label = Rough Trade | producer = | prev_title = Valhalla Dancehall | prev_year = 2011 | next_title = From the Sea to the Land Beyond | next_year = 2013 }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/machineries-of-joy-mw0002499510 |title=Machineries of Joy – review |publisher=AllMusic |author=James Christopher Monger |accessdate=2013-04-18}}</ref> | rev2 = ''The Guardian'' | rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/mar/28/british-sea-power-machineries-joy-review |title=British Sea Power: Machineries of Joy – review |author=Maddy Costa |date=2013-03-28 |work=The Guardian |accessdate=2013-04-18}}</ref> | rev3 = Pitchfork Media | rev3score = {{Rating|6|10|score=5.8/10 stars}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17820-british-sea-power-machineries-of-joy/ |title=Pitchfork: Album Reviews: British Sea Power: Machineries of Joy |author=Ian Cohen |date=2013-04-03 |work=Pitchfork |accessdate=2013-04-18}}</ref> | rev4 = Drowned in Sound | rev4score = {{Rating|6|10}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17556/reviews/4146229/ |title=British Sea Power – Machineries of Joy – Drowned in Sound |author=Robert Leedham |date=2013-03-27 |work=Drowned in Sound |accessdate=2013-04-18 |archive-date=30 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330114349/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17556/reviews/4146229 |url-status=dead }}</ref> }}
'''''Machineries of Joy''''' is a studio album by British indie rock band Sea Power, then known as "British Sea Power". It was released in April 2013 on the Rough Trade record label.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/press/british-sea-power-announce-new-album-machineries-of-joy-out-1st-april-2013 |title=British Sea Power Announce New Album 'Machineries Of Joy' Out 1st April 2013 |date=28 January 2013 |publisher=Contactmusic |accessdate=2013-02-22}}</ref>
The album's title track was released as a single in February 2013 in advance of the album release.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roughtraderecords.com/britishseapower/4719/hear-british-sea-power-s-new-single-machineries-of-joy |title=Hear British Sea Power's New Single 'Machineries of Joy' |publisher=Rough Trade Records |date=2013-02-12 |accessdate=2013-02-22}}</ref>
To promote the album, the band announced a UK tour in April 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbmlive.com/music-news/british-sea-power-announce-uk-tour.html |title=British Sea Power Announce UK Tour |accessdate=2013-02-22}}</ref>
The album reached #2<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/independent-albums-chart/|title = Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company|website = Official Charts}}</ref> on the UK indie album chart, and #19<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/albums-chart/ |title=Official Singles Chart UK Top 100 - 29th March 2014 | the UK Charts | Top 40 |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=2012-10-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323200949/http://www.officialcharts.com/singles-chart/ |archivedate=23 March 2014 }}</ref> on the regular chart. It also debuted at #15<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irma.ie/aucharts.asp |title=>> IRMA << Irish Charts - Singles, Albums & Compilations >> |accessdate=2012-02-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207123553/http://irma.ie/aucharts.asp |archivedate=7 February 2012 }}</ref> on the Irish indie album chart.
== Track listing == Rough Trade announced the track listing as follows.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://store.roughtraderecords.com/Store/BritishSeaPowerMachineriesOfJoy.html |title=Release – British Sea Power – Machineries of Joy |accessdate=2013-02-22 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130214230106/http://store.roughtraderecords.com/Store/BritishSeaPowerMachineriesOfJoy.html |archive-date=14 February 2013 |url-status= dead }}</ref> # "Machineries of Joy" – 6:18 # "K Hole" – 3:25 # "Hail Holy Queen" – 3:20 # "Loving Animals" – 5:10 # "What You Need The Most" – 5:41 # "Monsters of Sunderland" – 3:11 # "Spring Has Sprung" – 3:54 # "Radio Goddard" – 3:19 # "A Light Above Descending" – 4:11 # "When A Warm Wind Blows Through The Grass" – 4:40
Initial copies of the album were bundled with a bonus EP containing 5 tracks: # "Facts Are Right" – 2.58 # "Fingertips" – 4.39 # "Baby Grey" – 4.35 # "Lullaby For What You Are" – 3.20 # "Chrysanthemum" – 4.27
== Production == The band started writing the songs that would form the album at the start of 2012. These were released in the form of "enhanced demos" on limited edition EPs (see section ''BSP EP1-6''). Later in the year, the band spent two weeks in the Welsh mountains working on completing the songs.<ref name=newstatesman>{{cite web |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2013/04/rob-pollard-v-british-sea-power-we-need-chavez |title=Rob Pollard v British Sea Power: "We need a Chavez" |publisher=New Statesman |author=Rob Pollard |date=2013-04-08 |accessdate=2013-04-09}}</ref> They recorded the album in Brighton<ref>CD sleeve notes – recorded at Brighton Electric Studios, Brighton</ref> in November 2012.
== Album title ==
The name of the album (and its title track) comes from a collection of short stories by Ray Bradbury, ''The Machineries of Joy''.<ref name=newstatesman /> Bradbury's work has influenced the band's songwriting in the past: "Something Wicked" (from ''The Decline of British Sea Power'') refers to Bradbury's novel ''Something Wicked This Way Comes''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://spectrumculture.com/2011/04/interview-british-sea-power.html/ |title=Interview: British Sea Power |publisher=Spectrum Culture |author=David Harris |date=2011-04-26 |accessdate=2013-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112072920/http://spectrumculture.com/2011/04/interview-british-sea-power.html |archive-date=12 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and "Georgie Ray" (from ''Valhalla Dancehall'') alludes in part to Bradbury.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://britishseapower.co.uk/news |at=NEWSBOOST BEER OFFER |title=British Sea Power newsboost archive |accessdate=2013-02-22 |archive-date=28 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128174327/http://britishseapower.co.uk/news |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== ''BSP EP1-6'' == thumb|130px|Covers of a collection of BSP EPs 1-6 British Sea Power began working on the songs which would form the album in the first half of 2012, releasing six limited-edition demo EPs, one at each of their monthly ''Krankenhaus'' club nights in Brighton.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://britishseapower.co.uk/news/421/british-sea-power-present-krankenhaus |title=BRITISH SEA POWER PRESENT... KRANKENHAUS (Newsboost Krankenhaus Klubnacht) |date=2011-11-17 |accessdate=2013-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307013601/http://britishseapower.co.uk/news/421/british-sea-power-present-krankenhaus |archive-date=7 March 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Each is titled simply ''BSP EPx'' (sometimes described as simply ''BSP x''), 'x' running from 1 to 6.
The cover of each EP features a picture of a bird or animal wearing a hat, drawn by band member Yan (Scott Wilkinson).
=== ''BSP EP1'' === # "French Pornographic Novel" # "Lullaby For What You Are" # "Baby Grey" # "A Light Above Descending" # "Fiery"
=== ''BSP EP2'' === # "Things Have A Way of Working Out" # "Up Against It" # "Loving Animals" # "Machineries of Joy" # "Motorway South"
=== ''BSP EP3'' === # "K Hole" # "What You Need The Most" # "When A Warm Wind Blows Through The Grass" # "Brand New Century" # "Evening Will Come We Will Sew The Blue Sail"
=== ''BSP EP4'' === # "Facts Not Right" # "Fingertips" # "Spring Has Sprung" # "Monsters of Sunderland" # "To The Show"
=== ''BSP EP5'' === # "Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow" # "Wishful Thinking" # "Radio Goddard" # "Did You Recognise Yourself" # "Scafell Hotel" # "Wishful Thinking (bonus mix)"
=== ''BSP EP6'' === # "Warzone" # "Sausage Roll?" # "Dance Party" # "Beautiful Fountains" # "Hail Holy Queen" # "Chrysanthemum" # "Unto The End"
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