{"product_id":"the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-2-180g-vinyl-lp","title":"The 1975 – A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships  [2× 180g Vinyl LP]","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe 1975 – A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships [2× 180g Vinyl LP]\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2× Vinyl LP, Album, Gatefold, Stereo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number:\u003c\/strong\u003e DH00325 \/ 6796448\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBarcode:\u003c\/strong\u003e 602567964483\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Indie Pop \/ Synth Pop \/ Alternative Rock \/ Art Pop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dirty Hit \/ Polydor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOriginally Released:\u003c\/strong\u003e 30 November 2018\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePressing:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180 Gram Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New \u0026amp; Sealed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships\u003c\/em\u003e is the third studio album by The 1975 — \u003cstrong\u003eMatthew \"Matty\" Healy\u003c\/strong\u003e (vocals, guitar, piano), \u003cstrong\u003eAdam Hann\u003c\/strong\u003e (guitar), \u003cstrong\u003eRoss MacDonald\u003c\/strong\u003e (bass) and \u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Daniel\u003c\/strong\u003e (drums, programming, synthesizer) — released on 30 November 2018 on Dirty Hit and Polydor, and the album on which the band made the most decisive and confident statement of their artistic ambitions. It is their \u003cstrong\u003efirst album produced entirely by Healy and Daniel themselves\u003c\/strong\u003e, without outside producers — a milestone that reflected both the band's growing confidence in their own technical abilities and the radical expansion of their sonic palette across an album that ranges from acoustic balladry to hyperpop to jazz-influenced ambient music. It entered the UK Albums Chart at \u003cstrong\u003enumber one\u003c\/strong\u003e — the band's second consecutive chart-topper following \u003cem\u003eI Like It When You Sleep\u003c\/em\u003e (2016) — and debuted at \u003cstrong\u003enumber four on the US Billboard 200\u003c\/strong\u003e, their highest American chart position to date. It was named \u003cstrong\u003eAlbum of the Year by NME, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, The Guardian\u003c\/strong\u003e and numerous other publications, and won \u003cstrong\u003eBest British Album at the 2019 Brit Awards\u003c\/strong\u003e alongside \u003cstrong\u003eBest Group\u003c\/strong\u003e, cementing a critical and commercial consensus that positioned The 1975 as one of the most significant British bands of their generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album takes as its central subject the condition of contemporary online life — the way digital communication, social media, political polarisation and internet culture have reshaped human relationships, interiority and meaning. Its title is deliberately academic in register, positioning the record as an inquiry rather than a statement. Healy has described it as the first of two companion albums — the second being \u003cem\u003eNotes on a Conditional Form\u003c\/em\u003e (2020) — conceived as a diptych examining the present moment in cultural and political history, the two records sharing musicians and themes but differing radically in tone. The album opens and closes with the \u003cstrong\u003etitle track instrumental\u003c\/strong\u003e (a recurring motif used to open all four 1975 albums), giving the record a formal coherence that reinforces its thematic unity. The dead wax inscriptions across all four sides state the connecting phrase: \u003cem\u003e\"If I don't get to see the beauty of the end of culture\"\u003c\/em\u003e (Sides A and C) and \u003cem\u003e\"then at least I've seen the culture of the end of beauty\"\u003c\/em\u003e (Sides B and D).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album's fifteen tracks are exceptionally varied. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Give Yourself A Try\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — the lead single, debuted on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge in May 2018 — is built on a Chuck Berry-referencing guitar riff and a melody Healy has described as approaching the structure of The Clash; it reached \u003cstrong\u003enumber eight in the UK\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Love It If We Made It\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — a collage of contemporary news headlines, tweets and cultural references set to a hypnotic electropop production — is widely regarded as the album's centrepiece: one of the most directly political songs in the band's catalogue, it reached \u003cstrong\u003enumber 26 UK\u003c\/strong\u003e and topped several year-end critics' polls as song of the year. \u003cstrong\u003e\"TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME\"\u003c\/strong\u003e draws explicitly on late-1980s R\u0026amp;B, in particular \u003cstrong\u003eBobby Brown\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eNew Jack Swing\u003c\/strong\u003e, and provided the band's first US Hot 100 entry. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Be My Mistake\"\u003c\/strong\u003e is a single-take acoustic guitar ballad, entirely unadorned; \u003cstrong\u003e\"Sincerity Is Scary\"\u003c\/strong\u003e draws on jazz piano and Motown; \u003cstrong\u003e\"The Man Who Married A Robot \/ Love Theme\"\u003c\/strong\u003e is a narrated piece, the narrator voiced by \u003cstrong\u003eSiri\u003c\/strong\u003e (Apple's virtual assistant), in which a man falls in love with the internet and dies alone — one of the most formally experimental tracks the band has released. The closing \u003cstrong\u003e\"I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)\"\u003c\/strong\u003e is the album's most expansive piece: a seven-minute orchestral rock ballad that ends the record on a note of earned emotional release.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis UK\/EU pressing on \u003cstrong\u003eDirty Hit \/ Polydor\u003c\/strong\u003e is on \u003cstrong\u003e2× 180 gram black vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e housed in a \u003cstrong\u003edouble gatefold sleeve\u003c\/strong\u003e with \u003cstrong\u003ematt varnish finished inner bags\u003c\/strong\u003e, a \u003cstrong\u003e12\" lyric booklet\u003c\/strong\u003e and an \u003cstrong\u003eMP3 digital download card\u003c\/strong\u003e. Mastered by \u003cstrong\u003eRobin Schmidt at 24-96 Mastering\u003c\/strong\u003e, consistent with the previous 1975 album pressing. 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