LP (Discovery album)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
LP
Studio album by Discovery
Released July 7, 2009
Recorded July 2005 – January 2009
Genre Indie rock, new wave
Length 29:54
Label XL
Producer Rostam Batmanglij, Wes Miles, Ezra Koenig
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars [1]
The AV Club (A-) [2]
Drowned In Sound 4/10 [3]
The New York Times (Favorable) [4]
NME 7/10 [5]
Pitchfork Media (6.8/10)[6]
Planet Sound (4/10)[7]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars [8]
Robert Christgau (choice cut)[9]


LP is the debut album by the band Discovery, released July 7, 2009 on vinyl and July 14, 2009 on CD via XL Recordings.

Contents

[edit] Reception

Initial critical response to LP was generally favorable. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 63, based on seventeen reviews.[10]

[edit] Promotion

"Slang Tang" was featured in the CW television series Gossip Girl (episode title: Dr. Estrangeloved).

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Rostam Batmanglij and Wes Miles, except where noted.

  1. "Orange Shirt" – 3:31
  2. "Osaka Loop Line" (Batmanglij, Miles, Ezra Koenig) – 4:02
  3. "Can You Discover?" – 2:22
  4. "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" featuring Angel Deradoorian – 2:40
  5. "So Insane" – 3:13
  6. "Swing Tree" – 2:38
  7. "Carby" featuring Ezra Koenig (Batmanglij, Miles, Ezra Koenig) – 3:07
  8. "I Want You Back (In Discovery)" (The Corporation) – 3:26
  9. "It's Not My Fault (It's My Fault)" – 2:34
  10. "Slang Tang" – 2:28

[edit] Personnel

  • Rostam Batmanglij – vocals, drum and synth programming and playing
  • Wes Miles – vocals, drum and synth programming and playing

[edit] References

  1. ^ LP (Discovery album) at Allmusic
  2. ^ Marc Hawthorne.The A.V. Club review The A.V. Club. 7 July 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  3. ^ Andrzej Lukowski. Drowned in Sound review Drowned in Sound. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  4. ^ Jon Pareles.New CDs. The New York Times. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  5. ^ Alex Miller. [1] NME. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  6. ^ Plagenhoef, Scott (9 July 2009). "Album Reviews: Discovery: LP". http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13314-lp/. Retrieved 9 December 2011. 
  7. ^ Earls, John (2 July 2009). "Review: Discovery/LP". Teletext. http://www.teletext.co.uk/planetsound/album-live-reviews/6b36ce40f403527d8f614c784084bad9/DiscoveryLP.aspx. Retrieved 9 December 2011.. 
  8. ^ [2][dead link]
  9. ^ Robert Christgau. Robert Christgau: CG: Discovery robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  10. ^ "Dicovery:LP (2009): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/discovery/lp. Retrieved July 22, 2009. 
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LP_(Discovery_album)&oldid=469798337"
Personal tools
Namespaces
Variants
Actions
Navigation
Interaction
Toolbox
Print/export