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{{Infobox album
| name       = Fever to Tell
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]]
| cover      = Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell.png
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|2003|4|29}}
| recorded   =
| studio     = [[Headgear Studio|Headgear]] (Brooklyn, New York)
| genre      =
* [[Garage rock revival]]
* [[art punk]]
* [[dance-punk]]
| length     = {{duration|m=37|s=25}}
| label      = [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| producer   =
* [[Dave Sitek|David Andrew Sitek]]
* Yeah Yeah Yeahs
| prev_title = [[Machine (EP)|Machine]]
| prev_year  = 2002
| next_title = [[Show Your Bones]]
| next_year  = 2006
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Fever to Tell
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Date with the Night]]
 | single1date = April 14, 2003
 | single2     = Pin
 | single2date = 2003
 | single3     = [[Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs song)|Maps]]
 | single3date = September 22, 2003
 | single4     = [[Y Control]]
 | single4date = June 1, 2004
}}
}}
'''''Fever to Tell''''' is the debut studio album by American [[indie rock]] band [[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]], released on April 29, 2003, by [[Interscope Records]]. It was produced by [[Dave Sitek|David Andrew Sitek]] and mixed by [[Alan Moulder]]. Four singles were issued, the first being "[[Date with the Night]]" followed by "Pin", "[[Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs song)|Maps]]" and "[[Y Control]]".

''Fever to Tell'' was both a critical and commercial success; it has sold one million copies worldwide.

==Recording and production==
By 2002, Yeah Yeah Yeahs had achieved a respected reputation for their live performances and critical acclaim for [[Yeah Yeah Yeahs (EP)|their debut EP]], leading to several overtures from major record labels. The band wanted to finance their debut album themselves and chose to record at the low-budget [[Headgear Studio]] in Brooklyn. "It was really important for us to do it on our turf, on our terms", lead singer [[Karen O]] later told ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''. "We were all living together, and all the money we used to fund it came out of our pocket."<ref name="Epstein"/>

''Fever to Tell'' was produced by Yeah Yeah Yeahs with [[Dave Sitek|David Andrew Sitek]], a multi-instrumentalist and producer from the band [[TV on the Radio]].<ref name="Epstein"/> Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist [[Nick Zinner]] first met Sitek while working together at a Brooklyn clothing store, and he went on to drive and manage them for their first concert tour. In 2002, the band asked Sitek to produce their debut album. Karen O recalls the decision in an interview with Lizzy Goodman for her 2017 book ''[[Meet Me in the Bathroom (book)|Meet Me in the Bathroom]]''. "I remember him giving me a few burned CDs of stuff that he had worked on", Karen O said. "I guess he was just a buddy, and we felt immediately like we were family with him. And we didn't know anyone else. That was probably one of the biggest reasons we worked with him, because we didn't know anyone else. Then, of course, he ended up being really fucking masterful."<ref name="Epstein"/>

Once the recording was finished, the album was mixed in London by Zinner and sound engineer [[Alan Moulder]].<ref name=dimery />

==Musical style==
According to ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'', ''Fever to Tell'' was representative of the early-2000s' [[garage rock revival]],<ref name="Paste">{{Cite web |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/01/the-50-best-garage-rock-albums-of-all-time.html?p=2 |title=The 50 Best Garage Rock Albums of All Time |date=January 29, 2018 |website=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |author=Jackson, Josh |display-authors=etal |access-date=February 17, 2018 |archive-date=February 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217202741/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/01/the-50-best-garage-rock-albums-of-all-time.html?p=2 |url-status=live }}</ref> while Dan Epstein from ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' called the record an "NYC [[art-punk]] landmark".<ref name="Epstein">{{cite magazine|last=Epstein|first=Dan|date=April 29, 2018|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/yeah-yeah-yeahs-fever-to-tell-10-things-you-didnt-know-630652/|title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs' 'Fever to Tell': 10 Things You Didn't Know|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=November 22, 2018|archive-date=July 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725060446/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/yeah-yeah-yeahs-fever-to-tell-10-things-you-didnt-know-630652/|url-status=live}}</ref> Its music was also described as "ecstatic [[dance punk]]", by Alex Denney of ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Denney |first=Alex |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/mar/15/yeah-yeah-yeahs-its-blitz |title=Rock review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It's Blitz! |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=March 15, 2009 |access-date=November 12, 2016 |archive-date=November 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113045007/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/mar/15/yeah-yeah-yeahs-its-blitz |url-status=live }}</ref> Journalist [[Jon Pareles]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' said that the band "are closer to [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] (but with a grin) and [[Led Zeppelin]] (but with estrogen) than to the blues". The slow closing track "Modern Romance" was compared to a [[Velvet Underground]] drone.<ref name=rolling /> Music historian [[Nick Kent]] compared Karen O's singing style to [[Lydia Lunch]] and [[PJ Harvey]]. Kent also described the record as musically "[[Siouxsie Sioux]] jamming with Led Zeppelin".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://next.liberation.fr/guide/2003/04/25/yeah-yeah-yeahs_462700 |author=Kent, Nick |author-link=Nick Kent |title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs |newspaper=[[Libération]] |date=25 April 2003 |access-date=10 September 2015 |archive-date=13 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913033045/http://next.liberation.fr/guide/2003/04/25/yeah-yeah-yeahs_462700 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Journalist [[Alexis Petridis]] remarked that "Y Control" was based on a riff from art-rockers [[Big Black]], then transformed into spacey [[New wave music|new-wave]] pop.<ref name=alexis />

==Marketing and sales==
''Fever to Tell'' was released on May 3, 2003, by [[Interscope Records]].<ref>{{cite magazine|editor-last=Paoletta|editor-first=Michael|date=May 3, 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mA0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA44|title=Reviews & Previews|page=44|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 22, 2018}}</ref> It debuted at number 67 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] in the week of May 17.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQ0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA60|title=The Billboard 200|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=115|issue=20|date=May 17, 2003|page=60|issn=0006-2510|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> To promote the album, "Date with the Night" and "Pin" were released as the first two singles. Interscope wanted to release "Maps" earlier but the band's resistance delayed it until February 2004, when the album had sold only 124,000 copies. The single became a hit on [[MTV]] and rock radio, charting at number nine on ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Hot Modern Rock Tracks]], and its success helped triple sales of the album.<ref name="Epstein"/>

In March 2009, the album reached sales of more than one million copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |last=Forrest |first=Emma |author-link=Emma Forrest |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/mar/30/pop-music-yeah-yeah-yeahs |title=There are too many whiny bands |work=The Guardian |date=March 30, 2009 |access-date=November 12, 2016 |archive-date=March 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309011525/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/mar/30/pop-music-yeah-yeah-yeahs |url-status=live }}</ref> As of March 2013, ''Fever to Tell'' had sold 640,000 copies in United States.<ref name="US sales">{{cite magazine |last=Haramis |first=Nick |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/2013/2013-03-09-Billboard-Page-0024.pdf |title=On with the Show |magazine=Billboard |volume=125 |issue=9 |date=March 9, 2013 |page=24 |issn=0006-2510 |via=World Radio History |access-date=2022-01-16 |archive-date=2022-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116201941/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/2013/2013-03-09-Billboard-Page-0024.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| MC = 85/100<ref name="metacritic1">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/fever-to-tell/yeah-yeah-yeahs/critic-reviews |title=Reviews for Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=September 19, 2011 |archive-date=March 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323080910/http://www.metacritic.com/music/fever-to-tell/yeah-yeah-yeahs/critic-reviews |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Phares |first=Heather |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fever-to-tell-mw0000028452 |title=Fever to Tell – Yeah Yeah Yeahs |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=December 1, 2015 |archive-date=December 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151209175654/http://www.allmusic.com/album/fever-to-tell-mw0000028452 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Tannenbaum |first=Rob |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/new/51171/fever-to-tell.html |title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Fever to Tell |magazine=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |issue=16 |date=May 2003 |page=124 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523042837/http://www.blender.com/guide/new/51171/fever-to-tell.html |archive-date=May 23, 2009 |access-date=December 1, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3Score = B<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Tyrangiel |first=Josh |author-link=Josh Tyrangiel |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2003/05/02/fever-tell |title=Fever To Tell |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=May 2, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906005442/http://ew.com/article/2003/05/02/fever-tell/ |archive-date=September 6, 2017 |access-date=December 1, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev4Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=alexis>{{cite web |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/apr/25/artsfeatures.popandrock |title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Fever to Tell |work=The Guardian |date=April 24, 2003 |access-date=November 12, 2016 |archive-date=October 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019223609/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/apr/25/artsfeatures.popandrock |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev5Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Mulvey |first=John |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-yeah-yeah-yeahs-7085 |title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs : Fever To Tell |work=[[NME]] |date=May 1, 2003 |access-date=November 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322151823/http://www.nme.com/reviews/yeah-yeah-yeahs/7085 |archive-date=March 22, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev6Score = 7.4/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Carr |first=Eric |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8888-fever-to-tell/ |title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Fever to Tell |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=April 28, 2003 |access-date=September 19, 2011 |archive-date=August 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812032644/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8888-fever-to-tell/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev7Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Fever to Tell |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=202 |page=111 |date=May 2003 |issn=0955-4955}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev8Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=rolling>{{cite magazine |last=Pareles |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Pareles |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/fever-to-tell-20030422 |title=Fever To Tell |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=April 22, 2003 |access-date=May 15, 2013 |archive-date=May 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504093242/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/fever-to-tell-20030422 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="Cross">{{cite book|last=Cross|first=Charles R.|author-link=Charles R. Cross|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|chapter=Yeah Yeah Yeahs|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/894 894]}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev10Score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Fever to Tell |magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |issue=72 |page=92 |date=May 2003 |issn=1368-0722}}</ref>
| rev11 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev11Score = B+<ref name="vv">{{cite web |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv603-03.php |title=Consumer Guide: Eating Again |work=[[The Village Voice]] |date=June 10, 2003 |access-date=December 1, 2015 |archive-date=September 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914125500/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv603-03.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}
''Fever to Tell'' was met with widespread critical acclaim. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[Standard score|normalized]] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an [[Weighted arithmetic mean|average]] score of 85, based on 27 reviews.<ref name="metacritic1"/> In a four star review, Andrew Perry of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote: "There are half a dozen songs under three minutes on ''Fever to Tell'', and they sound absolutely complete".<ref name=rolling /> Andrew Perry from ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' called it an "exhilarating dose of lo-fi garage-rock".<ref>{{cite news|last=Perry|first=Andrew|date=April 26, 2003|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3593358/CD-of-the-week-more-lo-fi-garage-rock.html|title=CD of the week: more lo-fi garage rock|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=November 22, 2018|archive-date=November 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122215352/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3593358/CD-of-the-week-more-lo-fi-garage-rock.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In ''[[The Village Voice]]'', [[Robert Christgau]] observed "a striking sound" that is "both big and punk, never a natural combo", and highlighted by Zinner's "dangerous riffs". He had reservations about the subject matter, however; while noting "two human-scale songs toward the end", Christgau said "to care about this band you have to find Karen O's fuck-me persona provocative if not seductive, and since I've never been one for the sex-is-combat thing, I find it silly or obnoxious depending on who's taking it seriously."<ref name="vv"/>

''Fever to Tell'' was nominated for a [[Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album]] and was certified gold in both the United States and the United Kingdom. The video for "[[Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs song)|Maps]]" received nominations for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction|Best Art Direction]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]], and the [[MTV Video Music Award – MTV2 Award|MTV2 Award]] at the [[2004 MTV Video Music Awards]]. ''The New York Times'' chose ''Fever to Tell'' as the best album of 2003.<ref>{{cite web |last=Pareles |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/28/arts/music-the-highs-the-albums-and-songs-of-the-year-686930.html |title=Music: The Highs; The Albums and Songs of the Year |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 28, 2003 |access-date=November 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422221903/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/28/arts/music-the-highs-the-albums-and-songs-of-the-year-686930.html |archive-date=April 22, 2017}}</ref>

In June 2005, the album was ranked number 89 on ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.spin.com/2005/06/100-greatest-albums-1985-2005/ |title=100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date=June 20, 2005 |access-date=November 12, 2016 |archive-date=August 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804123605/https://www.spin.com/2005/06/100-greatest-albums-1985-2005/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Featuring in the 2010 book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]'', ''Fever to Tell'' was hailed as "the coolest and cleverest record of 2003".<ref name=dimery>{{cite book |last1=Dimery |first1=Robert |last2=Lydon |first2=Michael |date=March 23, 2010 |title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition |title-link=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die |publisher=[[Universe Publishing]] |isbn=978-0-7893-2074-2}}</ref> In 2009, the album was named by ''[[NME]]'', ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'', and ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' the fifth, 24th, and 28th best album of the 2000s decade, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/list/the-top-100-greatest-albums-of-the-decade-1381 |title=The Top 100 Greatest Albums Of The Decade |work=NME |date=November 11, 2009 |access-date=December 21, 2009 |archive-date=October 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018174211/https://www.nme.com/list/the-top-100-greatest-albums-of-the-decade-1381 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/7709-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-50-21/?page=3 |title=The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 50–21 |work=Pitchfork |date=October 1, 2009 |access-date=November 12, 2016 |archive-date=November 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113113749/http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/7709-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-50-21/?page=3 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-albums-of-the-2000s-20110718/yeah-yeah-yeahs-fever-to-tell-20110709 |title=100 Best Albums of the 2000s |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=December 9, 2009 |access-date=November 12, 2016 |archive-date=October 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026063800/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-albums-of-the-2000s-20110718/yeah-yeah-yeahs-fever-to-tell-20110709 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019, the album was ranked 38th on ''[[The Guardian]]'''s 100 Best Albums of the 21st Century list.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/13/100-best-albums-of-the-21st-century |title=The 100 best albums of the 21st century |work=The Guardian |date=13 September 2019 |access-date=18 September 2019 |archive-date=13 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913091456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/13/100-best-albums-of-the-21st-century |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2020, it was ranked number 377 on Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All-Time.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/ |title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=September 22, 2020 |access-date=December 1, 2020 |archive-date=September 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922163403/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Impact and legacy===
{{Music ratings
| subtitle = Retrospective reviews
| rev1      = ''[[Far Out (website)|Far Out]]''
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/yeah-yeah-yeahs-fever-to-tell-album-review/|last=Golsen|first=Tyler|date=April 30, 2023|title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 'Fever To Tell' album review|work=[[Far Out (website)|Far Out]]|access-date=July 10, 2024}}</ref>
| rev2      = ''[[The Line of Best Fit]]''
| rev2Score = 10/10<ref name="TheLofBF">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/yeah-yeah-yeahs-fever-to-tell-deluxe-edition|last=Goggins|first=Joe|date=November 11, 2017|title=The chaotic anxiety of early Yeah Yeah Yeahs renders Fever to Tell more important now than ever|work=[[The Line of Best Fit]]|access-date=September 12, 2023|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725045232/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/yeah-yeah-yeahs-fever-to-tell-deluxe-edition|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Louder Sound]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Louder">{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/yeah-yeah-yeahs-fever-to-tell-deluxe-box-album-review|last=True|first=Everett|author-link=Everett True|date=December 7, 2017|title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell Deluxe Box album review|work=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Louder Sound]]|access-date=September 12, 2023|archive-date=May 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529102603/https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/yeah-yeah-yeahs-fever-to-tell-deluxe-box-album-review|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev4      = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
|rev4Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Uncut#2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/yeah-yeah-yeahs-fever-tell-deluxe-edition-102813/|last=Bonner|first=Michael|date=January 8, 2018|title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever To Tell deluxe edition|work=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|access-date=September 12, 2023|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021144337/https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/yeah-yeah-yeahs-fever-tell-deluxe-edition-102813/|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

''Fever''{{'}}s 2017 reissue garnered critical acclaim. ''[[The Line of Best Fit]]''{{'}}s Joe Goggins wrote that it was "still [the band's] masterpiece" and dubbed it "a chaotic symphony in sex, debauchery and bottomless anxiety," positively comparing it to [[PJ Harvey]]'s 1993 album ''[[Rid of Me]]''.<ref name = TheLofBF /> ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''{{'}}s Michael Bonner praised that it stayed "as visceral, as exciting, [and] as confounding as ever."<ref name = Uncut#2 />

''Fever to Tell'' has impacted several genres, especially within [[New York City|NYC]]'s early-'00s [[Post-punk revival|rock resurgence]]. In 2023, [[Universal Music Group|uDiscover Music]]'s Laura Stavropoulos wrote that [[dance-rock]], NYC's next wave, was put "into motion" through the "groove-laden" album. Within the era's "quickly calcifying" [[Garage rock revival#1970s–2000s: Revivalist and hybrid movements|garage rock revival]], Stavropoulos wrote that it provided "a sense of fun and urgency" to the scene.<ref name="uD M">{{Cite web|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/yeah-yeah-yeahs-fever-to-tell-debut-album/|last=Stavropoulos|first=Laura|date=April 29, 2023|title=
'Fever To Tell': Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Genre-Defying Debut Album|work=[[Universal Music Group|uDiscover Music]]|access-date=February 29, 2024}}</ref> In 2018,  it was deemed "one of [that scene's] few enduring albums" by [[Steve Foxe]] of ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]''. The site rated it #15 out of the 50 all-time greatest [[garage rock]] albums.<ref name = Paste /> Within [[indie rock]], ''Fever'' has left "an indelible mark". In 2022, ''[[NME]]''{{'}}s Erica Campbell wrote that it paved the way for the genre's future "devil may care frontwom[e]n and an abundance of rule-breaking by those seeking  [[post-punk]] creativity."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-features/yeah-yeah-yeahs-best-albums-ranked-in-order-3366932|last=Campbell|first=Erica|date=December 19, 2022|title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs: every album ranked in order of greatness|work=[[NME]]|access-date=July 8, 2024}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = [[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]]. All tracks produced by [[Dave Sitek|David Andrew Sitek]] and Yeah Yeah Yeahs
| title1 = Rich
| length1 = 3:36
| title2 = [[Date with the Night]]
| length2 = 2:35
| title3 = Man
| length3 = 1:49
| title4 = Tick
| length4 = 1:49
| title5 = Black Tongue
| length5 = 2:59
| title6 = Pin
| length6 = 2:00
| title7 = Cold Light
| length7 = 2:16
| title8 = No No No
| length8 = 5:14
| title9 = [[Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs song)|Maps]]
| length9 = 3:39
| title10 = [[Y Control]]
| length10 = 4:00
| title11 = Modern Romance
| length11 = 7:28
| total_length = 37:25
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = UK special edition and Japanese edition bonus tracks<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fever-Tell-Yeah-Yeahs/dp/B00008ZHSG |title=Fever To Tell: Yeah Yeah Yeahs |website=[[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] |location=United Kingdom |access-date=November 13, 2016 |archive-date=August 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809142517/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fever-Tell-Yeah-Yeahs/dp/B00008ZHSG |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000091KVI |script-title=ja:ヤー・ヤー・ヤーズ : フィーヴァー・トゥ・テル |trans-title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs : Fever to Tell |website=Amazon |language=ja |location=Japan |access-date=November 13, 2016}}</ref>
| title12 = Yeah! New York
| length12 = 2:06
| title13 = Date with the Night
| note13 = CD-ROM video
| total_length = 39:31
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2017 digital deluxe remastered bonus disc<ref name="remastered">{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/fever-to-tell-deluxe-remastered/1440908375 |title=Fever To Tell (Deluxe Remastered) by Yeah Yeah Yeahs |website=[[iTunes Store]] |date=29 April 2003 |location=United States |access-date=July 3, 2018 |archive-date=3 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703075659/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/fever-to-tell-deluxe-remastered/1281733635 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| title1 = Date with the Night
| note1 = four track demo
| length1 = 2:05
| title2 = Black Tongue
| note2 = four track demo
| length2 = 3:22
| title3 = Pin
| note3 = four track demo
| length3 = 1:28
| title4 = Maps
| note4 = early four track demo
| length4 = 1:04
| title5 = Poor Song
| note5 = four track demo
| length5 = 2:56
| title6 = Tick
| note6 = four track demo
| length6 = 2:23
| title7 = Shot Down
| note7 = four track demo
| length7 = 1:07
| title8 = Ooh Ooh Ooh
| note8 = four track demo
| length8 = 2:34
| title9 = Maps
| note9 = four track demo
| length9 = 2:20
| title10 = Shake It
| length10 = 2:10
| title11 = Machine
| length11 = 3:17
| title12 = Modern Things
| length12 = 2:57
| title13 = Graveyard
| length13 = 1:31
| title14 = Shot Down
| length14 = 1:30
| title15 = Yeah! New York
| length15 = 2:05
| title16 = Boogers
| length16 = 2:22
| title17 = Countdown
| length17 = 3:41
}}

===2017 limited deluxe edition box set===
{{Track listing
| headline = LP two, side A<ref name="boxset">{{cite web |url=https://shop.yeahyeahyeahs.com/products/limited-edition-fever-to-tell-box-set |title=Limited Edition Fever To Tell Deluxe Box Set |website=Yeah Yeah Yeahs Official Merchandise |access-date=July 3, 2018 |archive-date=July 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703080830/https://shop.yeahyeahyeahs.com/products/limited-edition-fever-to-tell-box-set |url-status=live }}</ref>
| title1 = Date with the Night
| note1 = four track demo
| length1 = 2:05
| title2 = Black Tongue
| note2 = four track demo
| length2 = 3:22
| title3 = Pin
| note3 = four track demo
| length3 = 1:28
| title4 = Maps
| note4 = early four track demo
| length4 = 1:04
| title5 = Poor Song
| note5 = four track demo
| length5 = 2:56
| title6 = Tick
| note6 = four track demo
| length6 = 2:23
| title7 = Shot Down
| note7 = four track demo
| length7 = 1:07
| title8 = Ooh Ooh Ooh
| note8 = four track demo
| length8 = 2:34
| title9 = Maps
| note9 = four track demo
| length9 = 2:20
}}

{{Track listing
| headline = LP two, side B (B-sides and rarities)<ref name="boxset"/>
| title1 = Shake It
| length1 = 2:10
| title2 = Machine
| length2 = 3:17
| title3 = Modern Things
| length3 = 2:57
| title4 = Graveyard
| length4 = 1:31
| title5 = Shot Down
| length5 = 1:30
| title6 = Yeah! New York
| length6 = 2:05
| title7 = Boogers
| length7 = 2:22
| title8 = Countdown
| length8 = 3:41
}}

{{Track listing
| headline = Champagne cork USB memory stick<ref name="boxset"/>
| title1 = There Is No Modern Romance
| note1 = tour documentary by [[Patrick Daughters]] and Stephen Berger
| title2 = Fukuoka Nagoya Osaka Tokyo
| note2 = Japan tour behind the scenes
| title3 = They Don't Love Like I Love You
| note3 = interviews by [[Lance Bangs]] and [[Spike Jonze]]
| title4 = Maps
| note4 = official video
| title5 = Date with the Night
| note5 = official video
| title6 = Y Control
| note6 = official video
| title7 = Pin
| note7 = official video
| title8 = Y Control
| note8 = live at [[The Fillmore]], San Francisco
| title9 = Black Tongue
| note9 = live at The Fillmore, San Francisco
| title10 = Maps
| note10 = live at The Fillmore, San Francisco
| title11 = Rich
| note11 = live at The Fillmore, San Francisco
| title12 = Miles Away
| note12 = live at The Fillmore, San Francisco
| title13 = Poor Song
| note13 = live at The Fillmore, San Francisco
}}

{{Track listing
| headline = Cassette<ref name="boxset"/>
| title1 = Phone Jam
| title2 = Art Star
| note2 = four track demo
| title3 = Bang
| note3 = four track demo
| title4 = Our Time
| note4 = four track demo
}}

'''Notes'''
* Track 11 includes the [[hidden track]] "Poor Song" at the 4:25 mark, after "Modern Romance" ends at 3:15. "Poor Song" appears as a separate track on the 2017 digital deluxe remastered edition.<ref name="remastered"/>

==Personnel==
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Fever to Tell''.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Fever to Tell |type=CD liner notes |others=[[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]] |publisher=[[Interscope Records]] |year=2003 |id=B0003490-02}}</ref>

===Yeah Yeah Yeahs===
* [[Brian Chase]] – drums
* [[Karen O]] – vocals
* [[Nick Zinner]] – guitars, drum machine

===Technical===
* [[Dave Sitek|David Andrew Sitek]] – production {{small|(all tracks)}}; mixing {{small|(tracks 8, 11)}}
* [[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]] – production
* Paul Mahajan – engineering
* [[Alan Moulder]] – mixing{{efn|name=Mixed|Mixed at [[Eden Studios (recording facility)|Eden Studios]] (London)}} {{small|(tracks 1–7, 9, 10)}}
* Nick Zinner – mixing{{efn|name=Mixed}} {{small|(tracks 1–7, 9, 10)}}
* Rick Levy – mixing assistance
* [[Chris Coady]] – post-production {{small|(tracks 8, 11)}}
* [[Howie Weinberg]] – mastering{{efn|Mastered at [[Masterdisk]] (New York City)}}
* Roger Lian – track editing
* [[Cody Critcheloe]] – artwork

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for ''Fever to Tell''
! scope="col"| Chart (2003–2004)
! scope="col"| Peak<br>position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue692.pdf |title=ARIA Top 100 Albums – Week Commencing 26th May 2003 |magazine=[[The ARIA Report]] |issue=692 |date=May 26, 2003 |page=6 |access-date=November 12, 2016 |via=[[Pandora Archive]] |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20030706140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20030707-0000/Issue692.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 6, 2003}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
| 80
|-
! scope="row"| [[European Top 100 Albums|European Albums]] (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/00s/03/MM-2003-05-17-OCR-Page-0007.pdf |title=European Top 100 Albums |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |volume=21 |issue=21 |date=May 17, 2003 |page=9 |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History |access-date=2022-01-16 |archive-date=2022-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182447/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/00s/03/MM-2003-05-17-OCR-Page-0007.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 42
|-
{{album chart|France|70|artist=Yeah Yeah Yeahs|album=Fever to Tell|rowheader=true|access-date=November 12, 2016}}
|-
!scope=row | Irish Albums ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 1 May 2003 |url=http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2003&year=2003&week=18 |publisher=[[GfK Chart-Track]] |access-date=4 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502210853/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2003&year=2003&week=18 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 May 2018}}</ref>
| 18
|-
{{album chart|Norway|39|artist=Yeah Yeah Yeahs|album=Fever to Tell|rowheader=true|access-date=November 12, 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|12|date=20030504|rowheader=true|access-date=November 12, 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|13|date=20030504|rowheader=true|access-date=July 3, 2018}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|55|artist=Yeah Yeah Yeahs|rowheader=true|access-date=November 12, 2016}}
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Fever to Tell''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Yeah Yeah Yeahs|title=Fever to Tell|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2003|certyear=2013|id=2264-240-2|date=July 22, 2013|access-date=January 16, 2022|salesamount=205,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite web |last=Empire |first=Kitty |author-link=Kitty Empire |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jul/21/yeah-yeah-yeahs-islington-academy |title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs – review |work=[[The Observer]] |date=July 21, 2013 |access-date=November 28, 2017 |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201045129/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jul/21/yeah-yeah-yeahs-islington-academy |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Yeah Yeah Yeahs|title=Fever to Tell|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2003|certyear=2007|date=January 10, 2007|access-date=November 12, 2016|salesamount=640,000|salesref=<ref name="US sales"/>}}
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==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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