Haha Sound

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Haha Sound
Studio album by Broadcast
Released August 11, 2003
Genre Indie electronic, dream pop
Length 44:37
Label Warp
Broadcast chronology
The Noise Made by People
(2000)		 Haha Sound
(2003)		 Tender Buttons
(2005)

Haha Sound is the second album by the English band Broadcast. It was released in 2003 by Warp Records. Haha Sound was their first to chart in the United States charting on the Top Electronic Albums. The album was released to critical acclaim.[1]

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[edit] Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[2]
Blender 4/5 stars[3]
The Guardian 5/5 stars[4]
Pitchfork Media (8.2/10)[5]
PopMatters (Negative)[6]
Splendid (Positive)[7]
Stylus Magazine (C+)[8]

Online music magazine Pitchfork Media placed Haha Sound at number 121 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[9] In November 2007, Ha Ha Sound was listed as one of The Guardian's '1000 Albums to Listen to Before You Die'

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Broadcast.

  1. "Colour Me In" – 2:51
  2. "Pendulum" – 4:21
  3. "Before We Begin" – 3:22
  4. "Valerie" – 4:04
  5. "Man Is Not a Bird" – 4:52
  6. "Minim" – 3:00
  7. "Lunch Hour Pops" – 3:36
  8. "Black Umbrellas" – 1:08
  9. "Ominous Cloud" – 3:46
  10. "Distorsion" – 2:02
  11. "Oh How I Miss You" – 1:17
  12. "The Little Bell" – 2:48
  13. "Winter Now" – 3:48
  14. "Hawk" – 3:42

Of Montreal covered the song, "Colour Me In," which was featured in their limited edition pressing of Satanic Panic in the Attic.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom August 11, 2003 Warp Records LP warplp106[10]
CD warpcd106[10]
special edition hardback bound "book" cd warpcd106x[10]
United States August 12, 2003 CD warpcd106[11][1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Broadcast - Haha Sound : Reviews". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/broadcast/hahasound/. Retrieved 2008-08-05. 
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Blender review
  4. ^ The Guardian review
  5. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  6. ^ PopMatters review
  7. ^ Splendid review
  8. ^ Stylus Magazine review
  9. ^ Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200-151". Pitchfork Media. http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7707-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-150-101/3/. Retrieved October 1, 2009. 
  10. ^ a b c "album HA HA Sound". Broadcast. http://www.broadcast.uk.net/index4.html. Retrieved 2008-08-25. 
  11. ^ Phares, Heather. "allmusic ((( Haha Sound > Overview )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r650913. Retrieved 2008-08-05. 

[edit] External links

Broadcast
James Cargill
Tim Felton · Trish Keenan · Steve Perkins · Roj Stevens
Studio albums
EPs
Compilation albums
Singles
"Accidentals" · "Living Room" · "Echo's Answer" · "Drums on Fire" · "Come On Let's Go" · "America's Boy"
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