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Interpol Turn On The Bright Lights 2LP Red Vinyl Me Please VMP Brand New Sealed
VMP Essentials Record of the Month for September 2022. First time as 2xLP.
Packaged in gatefold tip-on jacket with both records housed in anti-static sleeves. Stock Photos
Comes with an obi strip, an art print, and listening notes booklet.

Turn On the Bright Lights is the debut studio album by American  band . It was released in the United Kingdom on August 19, 2002, and in the United States the following day, through  . The album was recorded in November 2001 at Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and was co-,  and  by  and . Its title is taken from a repeated line in the song "".

Upon release, the record peaked at number 101 on the . It reached number 158 on the  in the United States, as well as spending 73 weeks on the  chart, peaking at number five. The songs "", "" and the double a-side single "" / "" were released as singles, with music videos being shot for all except "Say Hello to the Angels".

Turn On the Bright Lights was released to critical acclaim. The album holds a score of 81 out of 100 from the aggregate site  based on 21 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Contemporary reviews of the album often noted Interpol's influences and drew comparisons to several other acts. Michael Chamy of  cited "melodic -like basslines; the divine  textures of  and ; a peppy, -like bounce; and a singer who's a dead ringer for ." "It's almost as if Ian Curtis never hanged himself," began 's review, with critic Jonah Weiner adding that Paul Banks' vocals channeled Curtis' "gloomy moan." 's Victoria Segal called  comparisons "obvious and unmistakable, airbourne in the ashen atmospherics," while praising Interpol's take on the "grey-skinned British past".  wrote that Interpol had created an "homage to their particular vision of the '80s that stands proudly alongside the best of its idols." Scott Seward, writing in , remarked: "If I like them because they remind me of eating bad bathtub mescaline in the woods and listening to  singles, well, that'll do. You might like them for completely different reasons."

Hailed as a seminal album of the 2000s, Turn On the Bright Lights has been cited as an influence on many indie rock bands, including , , , , , and others to the extent that many of these bands have been disparagingly referred to as "Interpol clones". Closely associated with -era , the album has been seen as helping define 2000s indie rock, and Interpol have been cited as helping usher in the New York-born  scene, along with contemporaries such as , , and . Summing up the album's impact in a review of its 2012 re-issue, Matt LeMay of Pitchfork wrote: "Suggesting that this album is simply a product of its time and place is no less naive than suggesting that anyone who has ever been in love could easily write, arrange and record an amazing love song. There were a lot of good bands in New York in 2002, but only one band made this record." In 2017, the band embarked on a worldwide tour to celebrate its 15th anniversary.