[2] In 2009, it was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association, which indicated sales of at least 100,000 copies throughout Europe.

[3] Dear Science was recorded in 2008 at the Stay Gold studio in Brooklyn, New York.

Dear Science received near unanimous acclaim from critics and charted worldwide.

In promotion of the album, TV on the Radio was interviewed on the February 9, 2009 episode of The Colbert Report, "Dancing Choose" was performed to end the show.

It was named the best album of 2008 by Rolling Stone,[21] The Guardian,[22] Spin,[23] MTV,[24] Entertainment Weekly,[25] the Pitchfork's readers poll,[26] and the Village Voice.