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| Studio album by Enter Shikari | ||||
| Released | March 19, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | The Outhouse Reading, Berkshire, UK 2006 - 2007 |
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| Genre | Post-hardcore, metalcore, drum and bass, trance | |||
| Length | 52:43 | |||
| Label | Ambush Reality (UK) Tiny Evil (United States) |
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| Producer | Enter Shikari | |||
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| CD with DVD release cover (UK)
CD with DVD release cover (UK)
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US Cover
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Take to the Skies is the début studio album by Enter Shikari. On March 25, 2007, it reached #4 in the Official UK Album Chart selling 28,000 copies in its first week.[1] It has been released as a standard CD, a limited CD + DVD edition and a double LP version (2 x 180grm 12" vinyl) with an embossed gate fold sleeve.
The 12" vinyl edition was limited to 1000 copies and also contained the standard CD. The Album reached worldwide sales of 250,000 copies[citation needed] and was certified Gold in the UK, after selling over 100,000 copies. The album produced two singles for "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour" and "Jonny Sniper".
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Background [link]
The album contains many songs that were featured on demos, singles and EPs released in the years prior to their debut. "Sorry You're Not A Winner" was first on the band's second EP Sorry You're Not A Winner EP in 2003. It was later re-recorded in 2006 along with "OK, Time For Plan B" (which was a previously released demo in 2005) for the band's second single Sorry You're Not a Winner/OK Time for Plan B. "Jonny Sniper" and "Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour..." were both on the band's third EP Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour (EP) in 2004; they were completely re-recorded for the album. A demo version of "Mothership" was previously released for the band's first single in 2006. Also "Enter Shikari", "Labyrinth", and "Return To Energiser" were released as demos from 2005-06. After the release of the album in Europe, the band spent a long period of time finding a distributor, which they would need to release the album in North America. Finally they signed to Tiny Evil Records and the album was released on October 30.
On the albums track listing, tracks 1, 5, 9, 11, 13 and 17 are untitled on the actual track listing. However, the untitled tracks have been given names on the digital versions and other retailer descriptions. Track 1 is universally titled "Stand Your Ground; This Is Ancient Land". In most cases tracks 5,9,11,13 and 17 are all titled "Interlude", sometimes being numbered.[2] However, on the iTunes track listing 9 and 17 are both titled Reprise One and Two, respectively.[3] Also, Track 17 is sometimes titled "Closing".
Reception [link]
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| Source | Rating |
| AbsolutePunk |    [4] |
| Allmusic |   [5] |
| BBC Music | [5] |
| Drowned In Sound | [6] |
| The Guardian | [7] |
| NME | (8/10)[8] |
| Pitchfork Media | (6.7/10.0) [9] |
| Spin Magazine | [10] |
Track listing [link]
All songs written and composed by Enter Shikari.
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| 1. | "Stand Your Ground; This Is Ancient Land" | 1:08 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Enter Shikari" | 2:52 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Mothership" | 4:30 | ||||||||
| 4. | "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour..." | 4:32 | ||||||||
| 5. | "Interlude 1" | 1:01 | ||||||||
| 6. | "Labyrinth" | 3:51 | ||||||||
| 7. | "No Sssweat" | 3:16 | ||||||||
| 8. | "Today Won’t Go Down in History" | 3:34 | ||||||||
| 9. | "Interlude 2" | 1:28 | ||||||||
| 10. | "Return to Energiser" | 4:35 | ||||||||
| 11. | "Interlude 3" | 0:18 | ||||||||
| 12. | "Sorry, You're Not a Winner" | 3:52 | ||||||||
| 13. | "Interlude 4" | 0:35 | ||||||||
| 14. | "Jonny Sniper" | 4:01 | ||||||||
| 15. | "Adieu" | 5:40 | ||||||||
| 16. | "OK Time for Plan B" | 4:55 | ||||||||
| 17. | "Closing" | 2:44 | ||||||||
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Total length:
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52:43 | |||||||||
| Take to the Skies (US iTunes Version)[11] | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Stand Your Ground; This Is Ancient Land / Enter Shikari" | 4:05 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Mothership" | 4:30 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Anything Can Happen In the Next Half Hour / Interlude One" | 5:41 | ||||||||
| 4. | "Labyrinth" | 3:56 | ||||||||
| 5. | "No Sssweat" | 3:18 | ||||||||
| 6. | "Today Won't Go Down In History" | 3:37 | ||||||||
| 7. | "Reprise One" | 1:31 | ||||||||
| 8. | "Return to Energizer" | 4:37 | ||||||||
| 9. | "Sorry You're Not a Winner" (Remix) | 4:12 | ||||||||
| 10. | "Jonny Sniper / Intro" | 4:34 | ||||||||
| 11. | "Adieu" | 5:40 | ||||||||
| 12. | "OK, Time for Plan B" | 5:04 | ||||||||
| 13. | "Reprise Two" | 2:42 | ||||||||
| 14. | "Kicking Back On the Surface of Your Cheek" (Digital Exclusive) | 3:46 | ||||||||
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Total length:
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56:29 | |||||||||
Singles [link]
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Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour
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Jonny Sniper
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Chart performance and certifications [link]
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| Belgian Albums Chart | 89 |
| Irish Albums Chart | 26 |
| UK Albums Chart | 4[12] |
| Region | Certification | Sales/shipments |
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| United Kingdom (BPI)[13] | Gold | 100,000^ |
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^shipments figures based on certification alone |
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Personnel [link]
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References [link]
- ^ "U.K.'s Enter Shikari Scores Without Label". Billboard. 3 April 2007. https://www.billboard.com/#/news/u-k-s-enter-shikari-scores-without-label-1003566805.story. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
- ^ "Take To The Skies: Enter Shikari: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000MRA812. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
- ^ "iTunes - Music - Take to the Skies by Enter Shikari". Itunes.apple.com. 2007-03-18. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/take-to-the-skies/id215208535. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
- ^ Blake Solomon (30 October 2007). "Enter Shikari - Take To The Skies - Album Review". AbsolutePunk. https://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=280677. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ a b Sharon Mawer. "Take to the Skies - Enter Shikari | AllMusic". Allmusic. https://www.allmusic.com/album/take-to-the-skies-r1027348/review. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ Mike Diver (19 March 2007). "Enter Shikari - Take To The Skies /Releases/Releases//Drowned In Sound". Drowned In Sound. https://drownedinsound.com/releases/9895/reviews/1819741-. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ Caroline Sullivan (16 March 2007). "CD: Enter Shikari, Take to the Skies | Music | The Guardian". The Guardian. https://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/mar/16/popandrock.shopping4. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ Mike Sterry (16 March 2007). "NME Album Reviews - Enter Shikari". NME. https://www.nme.com/reviews/enter-shikari/8308. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ Joshua Love (January 29, 2008). "Enter Shikari: Take to the Skies | Album Reviews | Pitchfork". Pitchfork Media. https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11040-take-to-the-skies/. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ Aaron Burgess. "Enter Shikari, 'Take to the Skies' (Ambush Reality) | SPIN". Spin Magazine. https://www.spin.com/reviews/enter-shikari-take-skies-ambush-reality. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ "iTunes - Music - Take to the Skies by Enter Shikari". Itunes.apple.com. 2007-10-30. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/take-to-the-skies/id266948872. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
- ^ a b c "Enter Shikari | Artist | Official Charts". Official Charts Company. https://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/enter%20shikari/. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ "British album certifications – Enter Shikari – Take To the Skies". British Phonographic Industry. https://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Enter Take To the Skies in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
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Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome
Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS, also known as Feto-Fetal Transfusion Syndrome (FFTS) and Twin Oligohydramnios-Polyhydramnios Sequence (TOPS)) is a complication of disproportionate blood supply, resulting in high morbidity and mortality. It can affect monochorionic multiples, that is, multiple pregnancies where two or more fetuses share a chorion and hence a single placenta. Severe TTTS has a 60–100% mortality rate.
Cause
As a result of sharing a single placenta, the blood supplies of monochorionic twin fetuses can become connected, so that they share blood circulation: although each fetus uses its own portion of the placenta, the connecting blood vessels within the placenta allow blood to pass from one twin to the other. It is thought that most monochorionic placentae have these "shared connections" that cross the placenta, with the net flow volumes being equal between them. This state is sometimes referred to as "flow balance". Depending on the number, type and direction of the interconnecting blood vessels (anastomoses), blood can be transferred disproportionately from one twin (the "donor") to the other (the "recipient"), due to a state of "flow imbalance" imparted by new blood vessel growth across the placental "equator", the line that divides each baby's proportion of the shared placenta. This state of transfusion causes the donor twin to have decreased blood volume, retarding the donor's development and growth, and also decreased urinary output, leading to a lower than normal level of amniotic fluid (becoming oligohydramnios). The blood volume of the recipient twin is increased, which can strain the fetus's heart and eventually lead to heart failure, and also higher than normal urinary output, which can lead to excess amniotic fluid (becoming polyhydramnios).
