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{{Infobox album

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'''''Simple Math''''' is the third [[studio album]] from [[Atlanta]]-based [[indie rock]] band [[Manchester Orchestra]]. It was released on May 10, 2011, through the [[independent label]] Favorite Gentlemen Recordings, itself distributed by [[Sony Music Entertainment]].<ref name="FavGen">{{cite web|url=http://favoritegentlemen.com/2011/01/26/manchester-orchestra-simple-math-release-date/|title=Manchester Orchestra 'Simple Math' Release Date|publisher=Favorite Gentleman|author= |date=|accessdate=26 January 2011}}</ref><ref name="Amazon">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004T8IPNS|title=Simple Math: Manchester Orchestra|publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon]]|author= |date=|accessdate=4 May 2011}}</ref> The album was recorded with [[Dan Hannon]], who also produced the band's [[I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child|first album]] and co-produced [[Mean Everything to Nothing|their second]].<ref name="discogs">{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Dan+Hannon|title=Dan Hannon Discography|publisher=[[Discogs]]|author= |date=|accessdate=4 May 2011}}</ref>

[[Andy Hull]], the band's lyricist and vocalist, has said that ''Simple Math'' is a [[concept album]], telling a story from his own perspective: "It's a story about a 23-year-old who questions everything from marriage to love to religion to sex. Sometimes even for myself, it’s difficult to decipher which one I’m actually talking to. Everything I’ve written in the past has been about those things. This album is the most realized form of my questioning."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/01/manchester-orchestra-announce-new-album.html|title=Manchester Orchestra Announces New Album, ''Simple Math''|magazine=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|author= Spicer, Nathan|date=26 January 2011|accessdate=4 May 2011}}</ref> A week prior to its official release, the entire album was available for [[streaming media|streaming]] on their official website.<ref name="AltPress Stream">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/manchester_orchestra_stream_upcoming_album_simple_math/|title=Manchester Orchestra to stream upcoming album, "Simple Math"|magazine=[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]|author= Karan, Tim|date=2 May 2011|accessdate=4 May 2011}}</ref>

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===Critical response===

{{Music ratings

| ADM = 6.2/10<ref name="AnyDecentMusic?">{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/3026/Manchester-Orchestra-Simple-Math.aspx|title=''Simple Math'' by Manchester Orchestra reviews|publisher=[[AnyDecentMusic?]]|accessdate=8 May 2016}}</ref>

| MC = 73/100<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/simple-math/critic-reviews#|title=Critic Reviews for ''Simple Math'' by Manchester Orchestra|website=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=11 May 2011}}</ref>

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== Track listing ==

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{{Tracklist

| all_writing = [[Andy Hull]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?fromrow=1&torow=25&keyname=HULL%20JOHN%20ANDREW&querytype=WriterID&keyid=1020199&page=1&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&affiliation=BMI&cae=497222923 |title=BMI Entry |access-date=2014-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118210618/http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?fromrow=1&torow=25&keyname=HULL%20JOHN%20ANDREW&querytype=WriterID&keyid=1020199&page=1&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&affiliation=BMI&cae=497222923 |archive-date=2016-01-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

| title1 = Deer

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===Background===

Produced by Gaetano Crupi, Jr. of Machina Pictures,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://machinapictures.com/ |title=Machina Pictures |publisher=Machina Pictures |date= |accessdate=2011-09-10}}</ref> the project fell under the auspices of the "interchangeable" California-based directing team known as the [[Daniels (directors)|DANIELS]]—Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.danieldaniel.us/WORK.html/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814152931/http://www.danieldaniel.us/WORK.html/|url-status=dead|title=work|archive-date=14 August 2011}}</ref> The duo was previously best known for music videos for the bands [[FM Belfast]] (“Underwear”) and [[The Hundred in the Hands]] (“Commotion” and “Pigeons”), as well as the viral video, “Dogboarding.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.danieldaniel.us/WORK/Dogboarding.html |title=/ Dogboarding |publisher=Danieldaniel.us |date= |accessdate=2011-09-10}}</ref> See [[Production Team]] and [[Casting (performing arts)|Cast]] information below.

In a recent online interview, Hull describes the video's conception and M.O. In it, he expresses his preliminary meeting with The DANIELS (one of whom he discovered to be a fan), as well as his initial amused confusion at the video's thematic thrust.

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*Directors — Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (DANIELS)

*Producer — Gaetano Crupi, Jr.

*[[Production Company]] — PrettyBird

*[[Executive Producer]] — Candice Ouaknine

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===19th Annual Plus Camerimage===

On 6 December 2011, it was announced the video had racked up yet another award, taking “Best Music Video” (“Najlepszy Wideoklip”) at the 19th Annual [[Plus Camerimage]], the “International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography” held each year in [[Bydgoszcz]], [[Poland]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pluscamerimage.pl/pc2010.php?dzial=3454 |title= Plus Camerimage - PC 2012|website=www.pluscamerimage.pl |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907104818/http://www.pluscamerimage.pl/pc2010.php?dzial=3454 |archive-date=2012-09-07}}</ref><ref>[http://www.promonews.tv/2011/12/06/plus-camerimage-2011-du-and-manchester-orchestra-win-music-video-honours/ Music video honours] promonews.tv {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412133013/http://www.promonews.tv/2011/12/06/plus-camerimage-2011-du-and-manchester-orchestra-win-music-video-honours/ |date=2012-04-12 }}</ref>

===D&AD Awards===