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Album is the debut album by the band Girls. It was released September 22, 2009 on True Panther Sounds.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The A.V. ClubB+[3]
Billboardfavorable[4]
Drowned in Sound(8/10)[5]
The Guardian[6]
The New York Timesfavorable[7]
NME(9/10)[8]
No Ripcord(6/10)[9]
Pitchfork Media(9.1/10)[10]
Rolling Stone[11]

Initial critical response to Album was extremely positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 80, based on 22 reviews.[1] Album was awarded the fifth spot on Spin Magazine's best albums of 2009 list [12] and 10th on Pitchfork Media's "The Top 50 Albums of 2009" list.[13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Christopher Owens, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Lust for Life"2:25
2."Laura"4:51
3."Ghost Mouth"3:11
4."God Damned"2:17
5."Big Bad Mean Motherfucker"2:15
6."Hellhole Ratrace"6:56
7."Headache"4:00
8."Summertime"5:39
9."Lauren Marie"4:58
10."Morning Light"2:36
11."Curls"2:08
12."Darling"2:59
Australia and Brazil bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Solitude"3:44
14."Life in San Francisco"2:21
Korea and Japan bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Solitude"3:44
14."Oh Boy!"2:41
15."Life in San Francisco"2:21
16."End of the World" (Arthur Kent, Sylvia Dee)3:35

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalogue #
United States September 22, 2009 True Panther Sounds CD TRUE-010
LP TRUE-010-1
United Kingdom September 28, 2009 Fantasytrashcan CD FANTASY003
LP FANTASY003LP
Australia October 10, 2009 Pod/Inertia CD (with 2 bonus tracks) PODCD0735
Japan October 21, 2009 Turnstile/Fantasytrashcan CD (with 4 bonus tracks) YRCG-90027
Brazil June 28, 2010 Lab 344 CD (with 2 bonus tracks) 5051083047111

Credits

  • All songs produced by Chet "JR" White.
  • All music performed by Christopher Owens and Chet "JR" White.
  • Drums on track 10 by Tom Marzella.
  • Drums on tracks 2, 3, 5, and 12 by Garett Godard.
  • Beach sounds on track 7 produced by Myles Benham Cooper.
  • Album cover art by Christopher Owens.
  • All girls album photos by Christopher Owens.
  • Band photo by Sandy Kim.
  • Recorded in San Francisco and Santa Cruz in 2008.
  • Mixed by John Goodmanson with Girls in Seattle in 2009.
  • Mastered by John Golden with Girls in Ventura in 2009.

References

  1. ^ a b "Album reviews at Metacritic.com". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
  2. ^ Lymangrover, Jason. "Album: Review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 26, 2009.
  3. ^ Bevan, David. "Girls: Album". A.V. Club. Archived from the original on October 5, 2009. Retrieved October 24, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Harding, Cortney. "Girls, "Album"". Billboard. Retrieved October 24, 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  5. ^ Gourlay, Dom (September 18, 2009). "Review / Girls - Album / Releases / Releases // Drowned in Sound". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved September 26, 2009.
  6. ^ Dean, Will (September 25, 2009). "Girl:Album CD Review". The Guardian. London. Retrieved September 26, 2009.
  7. ^ Caramanica, Jon (September 6, 2009). "Playlist - New Tunes from Girls, Men, Darlings, Boys Like Girls and Boy Crisis". The New York Times. Retrieved October 24, 2009.
  8. ^ Jonze, Tim (September 27, 2009). "Album review: Girls - 'Album'". NME. Retrieved September 28, 2009.
  9. ^ Coleman, David. Girls: Album - Music Review. No Ripcord. October 7, 2009. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
  10. ^ Breihan, Tom (September 25, 2009). "Pitchfork: Albums Reviews: Girls: Album". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved September 26, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ O'Donnell, Kevin (September 21, 2009). "Rolling Stone: Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 26, 2009.
  12. ^ 12.07.09 5:07 pm. "The 40 Best Albums of 2009 | GIRLS". SPIN.com. Retrieved December 1, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ Staff, Pitchfork (December 17, 2009). "Staff Lists: The Top 50 Albums of 2009 | Features". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
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