Banks is the second solo studio album by Paul Banks, the lead singer of the band Interpol. It was released on October 22, 2012. The first single is the opening track, "The Base", which spent 7 weeks on the Mexico Ingles Airplay chart, peaking at #43.
Recording Banks was recorded in New York and Connecticut with producer Peter Katis.
Reception Banks has received mostly positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 65, based on 23 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
Track listing
Personnel Personnel taken from Banks liner notes.
Paul Banks – all performance except where noted, production, art direction & photography
Additional musicians Charles Burst – drums on "Over My Shoulder" Sebastian Thomson – drums on "No Mistakes" and "Paid For That" Rob Moose – violin and viola, additional violin and viola arrangements Yoed Nir – cello, additional cello arrangements Peter Katis – additional instruments Kareem Bunton – guest vocals on "Arise, Awake" Dialogue on "Another Chance" by Chris McHenry from the film "Blackout"
Technical personnel Peter Katis – production, recording, mixing Greg Giorgio – additional recording and mixing Claudius Mittendorfer – additional vocal engineering Greg Calbi – mastering
Chart performance Chart (2012) PeakpositionUK Albums (OCC)103
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