{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{more citations needed|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox album|cover=Perish the Thought.jpg | name = Perish the Thought | type = studio | artist = The Nightingales | released = 5 October 2018 | recorded = May 2018 | venue = | studio = | genre = Alternative, rock | length = | label = Tiny Global Productions | producer = Andreas Schmid | prev_title = Mind over Matter | prev_year = 2015 | next_title = Four Against Fate | next_year = 2020 }} '''''Perish the Thought''''' is the tenth studio album by British band The Nightingales. It was recorded in May 2018 at the Faust Studio, Scheer, Germany.
== Reception == "Perish the Thought" received four stars in Mojo where Ben Thompson described the album as "barnstorming". Nick Toczek gave the album four stars in the magazine, Rock'n'Reel, and wrote "... The Nightingales are essential. Not light listening, there's nothing dull or formulaic about this stunning addition to their ever-impressive oeuvre...".<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Toczek |first1=Nick |title=The Nightingales: Perish The Thought|journal=Rock N Reel |date=November 2018 |volume=2 |issue=72 |url=http://www.rock-n-reel.co.uk/back.html}}</ref> John Dale in Uncut magazine gave it 8/10 and described the album as "Tough, bloodied, constructivist anti-pop". Ged Babey of Louder Than War awarded the re-release 9/10 and wrote that the album "is out of step and awkward as ever, but quite possibly their most fully realised album since Out of True".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Babey |first1=Ged |title=The Nightingales: Perish The Thought – Album Review|url=https://louderthanwar.com/the-nightingales-perish-the-thought-album-review/ |website=Louder Than War |accessdate=16 December 2019}}</ref> Lorna Irvine of the Wee Review summarized "Difficult, brilliant music for tough times from midlands four-piece" <ref>{{cite web |last1=Irvine |first1=Lorna |title=The Nightingales: Perish The Thought |url=https://theweereview.com/review/the-nightingales-perish-the-thought/ |website=The Wee Review |accessdate=16 December 2019}}</ref> God is in the TV webzine gave the album an 8 and wrote: "A cracking addition to an already scintillating catalogue".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Etherridge|first1=Loz |title=The Nightingales: Perish The Thought |url=http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2018/11/02/the-nightingales-perish-the-thought-tiny-global-productions/|website=God is in the TV |accessdate=16 December 2019}}</ref>
== Track listing == # "Wrong Headed Man" # "The World and his Wife" # "Enemy of Promise" # "Lucky Dip" # "Chaff" # "Eventually" # "Big Dave" # "Zero at the Bode" # "You Donn't Know What You're Doing" # "The Last Minute" # "(I'm a) People Person" # "It Is"
== Personnel == * Robert Lloyd – Vocals * Andreas Schmid - Bass, keyboards, vocals * Fliss Kitson – Drums, vocals * James Smith – Guitar, vocals
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Category:2018 albums Category:The Nightingales albums Category:Alternative rock albums by British artists