A new studio album, Angel of Retribution , was released on 1 March 2005 (US) on Sony Music / Epic Records to critical and commercial success, earning the band a 2005 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Award for Best Album. A global tour in support of the album ensued. As for…
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The group’s debut album Employment was released in March 2005, being primarily inspired by new wave and punk rock music of the late 1970s and 1980s. The album was well received by music critics, described as “thrilling from beginning to end” and “quintessentially British, without pretension and most importantly, a…
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Their fifth studio album, Language. Sex. Violence. Other? was released in March 2005. It marked their first recording with new drummer Javier Weyler. The band achieved their first number one hit in the UK singles charts with the album’s first single, ” Dakota “. The second single from the album…
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Devil’s Playground , which came out in March 2005, was Idol’s first new studio album in nearly 12 years. The album reached No. 46 on the Billboard 200 and charted the highest in Germany at number 15. The album included a cover of ” Plastic Jesus “. Idol played a…
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After touring relentlessly for The Vertigo of Bliss , the band retreated to Monnow Valley Studio in Monmouth , Wales to record a follow-up album. As with the previous album, two singles were released before the actual album: ” Glitter and Trauma ” and ” My Recovery Injection ” on…
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Silent Alarm was released in February 2005
which reached number six on the UK singles chart when it was reissued in February 2005.
The band called it quits on 7 January 2005, with Falkous making the following announcement on the band’s website three days later:
Wilson and Geffen worked on their respective projects throughout the end of 2005
The band reformed to play their first gigs in eight years in Nottingham, Birmingham and London in January 2005. Ten minutes after the completion of each gig, double live albums of the performance could be purchased through the Instant Live service.