{{Infobox album | name = Observator | type = studio | artist = The Raveonettes | cover = TheRaveonettesObservator.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|2012|9|11|df=yes}} | recorded = 2012 | venue = | studio = | genre = Indie rock,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/artists/the-raveonettes|title= The Raveonettes - A Class Act|magazine=Clash|accessdate=March 7, 2011}}</ref> shoegaze, noise pop, post-punk revival | length = 31:21 | label = Vice Records | producer = {{hlist|Richard Gottehrer|Sune Rose Wagner}} | prev_title = Into the Night | prev_year = 2012 | next_title = Pe'ahi | next_year = 2014 | misc = {{Singles | name = Observator | type = studio | single1 = Observations | single1date = 25 June 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/observations-single/id536693991|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726093424/http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/observations-single/id536693991|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 26, 2012|title=iTunes Store: The Raveonettes - Observations - Single|website=iTunes |accessdate=2012-09-03}}</ref> | single2 = She Owns the Streets | single2date = 9 July 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/she-owns-the-streets-single/id538244604|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601124645/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/she-owns-the-streets-single/id538244604|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 1, 2014|title=iTunes Store: The Raveonettes - She Owns the Streets - Single|website=iTunes |accessdate=2012-09-03}}</ref> }} }}
'''''Observator''''' is the sixth studio album by The Raveonettes, and was released on 11 September 2012.<ref name="albumsite">{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2012/06/raveonettes-celebrate-10th-anniversary-new-lp-observator/|title=The Raveonettes celebrate 10th Anniversary with new LP Observator|author=Alyssa Noel|publisher=Spin.com|accessdate=2012-09-03}}</ref>
==Background== Singer Sune Rose Wagner traveled to Venice Beach to gather inspiration for a new album. He ended up going on three-day drug and alcohol bender due to depression he was suffering because of back injury. Songs on the album are inspired by observations of the people he met during this time.<ref name="albumsite"/> The album was recorded in two to three weeks at Sunset Sound Recorders in Los Angeles because of Wagner's desire to record where The Doors "did all their best stuff"<ref name="disinterview">{{cite magazine|url=http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4145334-dis-meets-sune-rose-wagner-of-the-raveonettes|title=DiS meet Sune Rose Wagner of The Ravonettes|author=Dom Gourlay|magazine=Drowned in Sound|accessdate=2012-09-03|archive-date=2012-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826104327/http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4145334-dis-meets-sune-rose-wagner-of-the-raveonettes|url-status=dead}}</ref> and "environment surrounded by all those ghosts of genius".<ref name="albumsite"/>
==Reception== {{Music ratings | MC = 73/100<ref name="metacritic"/> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/observator-mw0002401490|title=Obervator|website=Allmusic|last=Sendra|first=Tim|accessdate=2012-09-16}}</ref> | rev2 = ''The A.V. Club'' | rev2Score = B<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/the-raveonettes-observator-1798174127|title=The Raveonettes: Observator|newspaper=The A.V. Club|last=Schild|first=Matt|date=2012-09-11|access-date=2012-09-16}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Consequence of Sound'' | rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://consequence.net/2012/09/album-review-the-raveonettes-observator/ |title=Album Review: The Raveonettes – Observator |magazine=Consequence of Sound |date=2012-09-11 |accessdate=2012-09-25}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/observator-20120911|title=Observator Review|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Johnston|first=Maura|author-link=Maura Johnston |date=2012-09-11|accessdate=2012-09-16}}</ref> }}
The album received generally positive reviews upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 73, based on 17 reviews, which indicates "Generally favorable reviews".<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/observator/the-raveonettes|title=Observator Reviews, Ratings, Credits and More at Metacritic |accessdate=2012-09-14|website=Metacritic}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Sune Rose Wagner | title1 = Young and Cold | length1 = 3:21 | title2 = Observations | length2 = 4:30 | title3 = Curse the Night | length3 = 3:21 | title4 = The Enemy | length4 = 3:40 | title5 = Sinking With the Sun | length5 = 3:31 | title6 = She Owns the Streets | length6 = 3:02 | title7 = Downtown | length7 = 2:49 | title8 = You Hit Me (I'm Down) | length8 = 3:45 | title9 = Till the End | length9 = 3:22 }} {{Track listing | headline = iTunes bonus track | title10 = A Perfect Place | length10 = 2:47 }} {{Track listing | headline = iTunes North American bonus material | title11 = She Owns the Streets | note11 = video | length11 = 3:06 }}
==Release history== {|class="wikitable" |- !Country !Date !Format !Label |- ||Canada |rowspan="2"|{{start date|2012|9|11|df=y}} |rowspan="3"|CD, digital download, LP record |rowspan="2"|Vice Records |- ||United States |- ||United Kingdom ||{{start date|2012|9|17|df=y}} ||The Orchard/The Beat Dies |}
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Category:2012 albums Category:The Raveonettes albums Category:Vice Records albums Category:Albums produced by Richard Gottehrer Category:Albums recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders