No Wow

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = No Wow | type = Album | artist = the Kills | cover = The_Kills_-_No_Wow.jpeg | released = February 21, 2005 | recorded = May 20, 2004–June 2, 2004 | studio = | genre = | length = 40:01 | label = Domino | producer = The Kills | prev_title = Keep on Your Mean Side | prev_year = 2003 | next_title = Midnight Boom | next_year = 2008 }} {{Music ratings | MC = 78/100<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/no-wow/the-kills |title=Reviews for ''No Wow'' by The Kills |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=September 22, 2011}}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=Allmusic>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/no-wow-mw0000744933 |title=''No Wow'' – The Kills |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=June 3, 2021 |last=Phares |first=Heather}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Alternative Press'' | rev2Score = 4/5<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Kills: ''No Wow'' |journal=Alternative Press |issue=201 |date=April 2005 |page=126}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev3Score = B<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2005/03/07/no-wow/ |title=''No Wow'' |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=March 7, 2005 |accessdate=August 3, 2019 |last=Endelman |first=Michael |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803021906/https://ew.com/article/2005/03/07/no-wow/ |archivedate=August 3, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev4 = ''The Guardian'' | rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/feb/18/popandrock.shopping3 |title=The Kills, ''No Wow'' |newspaper=The Guardian |date=February 18, 2005 |accessdate=August 3, 2019 |last=Sullivan |first=Caroline}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Los Angeles Times'' | rev5Score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-mar-06-ca-rack6-story.html |title=The bitter beneath the sweet |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=March 6, 2005 |accessdate=August 3, 2019 |last=Hilburn |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Hilburn}}</ref> | rev6 = ''Mojo'' | rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Kills: ''No Wow'' |journal=Mojo |issue=136 |date=March 2005 |page=106}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev7Score = 8.3/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4427-no-wow/ |title=The Kills: ''No Wow'' |work=Pitchfork |date=March 9, 2005 |accessdate=August 3, 2019 |last=Macia |first=Peter}}</ref> | rev8 = ''Q'' | rev8Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Kills: ''No Wow'' |journal=Q |issue=224 |date=March 2005 |page=100}}</ref> | rev9 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev9Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=RSreview>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thekills/albums/album/7046240/review/7058188/no_wow |title=The Kills: ''No Wow'' |magazine=Rolling Stone |issue=969 |date=March 10, 2005 |accessdate=August 12, 2007 |last=Levy |first=Joe |page=110 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821063731/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thekills/albums/album/7046240/review/7058188/no_wow |archivedate=August 21, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev10 = ''Spin'' | rev10Score = B<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u2f8puPMUSsC&pg=PA92 |title=Breakdown |journal=Spin |volume=21 |issue=3 |date=March 2005 |accessdate=August 3, 2019 |page=92}}</ref> }}

'''''No Wow''''' is the second studio album by indie rock band the Kills. It was released on February 21, 2005 through Domino Records. "Love Is a Deserter" was released as a single and obtained limited play on several music channels. "The Good Ones" was later released as a single and peaked at number 23 in the UK charts.

The song "No Wow" was used in the TV series ''Person of Interest'', season 5, episode 1; "B.S.O.D." which aired on May 5, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Person of Interest Soundtrack Season 5E1 · B.S.O.D.|accessdate=9 June 2021|url=https://www.tunefind.com/show/person-of-interest/season-5/24678|website=Tunefind}}</ref> It was also used in the series ''The Good Wife'', season 4, episode 20; "Rape: A Modern Perspective" which aired on April 14, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Good Wife Soundtrack Season 4E20 · Rape: A Modern Perspective|accessdate=9 June 2021|url=https://www.tunefind.com/show/the-good-wife/season-4/14480|website=Tunefind}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{track listing

| title1 = No Wow/Telephone Radio Germany | length1 = 4:47

| title2 = Love Is a Deserter | length2 = 3:48

| title3 = Dead Road 7 | length3 = 3:23

| title4 = The Good Ones | length4 = 3:29

| title5 = I Hate the Way You Love | length5 = 3:37

| title6 = I Hate the Way You Love, Pt. 2 | length6 = 1:46

| title7 = At the Back of the Shell | length7 = 2:27

| title8 = Sweet Cloud | length8 = 5:06

| title9 = Rodeo Town | length9 = 4:24

| title10 = Murdermile | length10 = 4:25

| title11 = Ticket Man | length11 = 2:49 }}

===European Bonus Disc=== {{track listing

| title1 = The Good Ones (The Jagz Kooner Remix) | length1 = 8:25

| title2 = The Good Ones (Tiga Remix) | length2 = 7:12

| title3 = The Good Ones (Backstage Sluts Double Drop Mix) | length3 = 6:03

| title4 = Love Is a Deserter (Cavemen Remix) | length4 = 2:52

| title5 = Love Is a Deserter (Simian Mobile Disco Mix) | length5 = 5:39

| title6 = Love Is a Deserter (Phones 'Cardiac Unrest' Remix) | length6 = 4:35

| title7 = No Wow (MSTRKRFT Remix) | length7 = 4:23

| title8 = No Wow (Chicken Lips Remix) | length8 = 5:43

| title9 = No Wow (Test Icicles Remix) | length9 = 3:10

| title10 = Run Home Slow | length10 = 4:11

| title11 = Baby's Eyes | length11 = 4:08

| title12 = Passion Is Accurate | length12 = 3:31

| title13 = Magazine | length13 = 2:03

| title14 = The Void | length14 = 2:56

| title15 = Half of Us | length15 = 3:56 }}

===''Love Is a Deserter'' single=== # "Love Is a Deserter" [Single Version] # "Passion Is Accurate"* # "Love Is a Deserter" [Cavemen Remix] # "Love Is a Deserter" [Phones 'Cardiac Unrest' Remix] # "Love Is a Deserter" [Video]

===''The Good Ones'' single=== # "The Good Ones" [Single Version] # "Run Home Slow"* # "The Good Ones" [Jagz Kooner Mix] # "Baby's Eyes"*

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Previously unreleased B-sides.

==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ {{sro|Chart performance}} ! scope="col"| Chart (2005) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Flanders|28|artist=The Kills|album=No Wow|rowheader=true|access-date=March 8, 2026}} |- ! scope="row"| Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/alternatieve-albums/2005/20050312|title=Alternatieve Albums|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|date=March 12, 2005|access-date=March 8, 2026}}</ref> | 19 |- {{album chart|Wallonia|27|artist=The Kills|album=No Wow|rowheader=true|access-date=March 8, 2026}} |- {{album chart|Netherlands|96|artist=The Kills|album=No Wow|rowheader=true|access-date=March 8, 2026|refname=Dutchchart}} |- ! scope="row"| Dutch Alternative Albums (Alternative Top 30)<ref name="Dutchchart"/> | 8 |- {{album chart|France|22|artist=The Kills|album=No Wow|rowheader=true|access-date=February 1, 2014}} |- {{album chart|Ireland2|60|artist=The Kills|rowheader=true|access-date=March 8, 2026}} |- {{album chart|Italy|92|artist=The Kills|album=No Wow|rowheader=true|access-date=March 6, 2026}} |- {{album chart|Scotland|49|date=20050227|rowheader=true|access-date=March 6, 2026}} |- {{album chart|UK2|56|artist=Kills|date=20050227|rowheader=true|access-date=February 1, 2014}} |- {{album chart|UKIndependent|4|date=20050227|rowheader=true|access-date=March 6, 2026}} |- {{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|18|artist=The Kills|rowheader=true|access-date=February 1, 2014|M|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117155304/https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-kills/chart-history/tln/|title=The Kills Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)|work=Billboard}} |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:2005 albums Category:The Kills albums Category:Domino Recording Company albums Category:Albums produced by Jamie Hince