Cape Dory (album)
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Cape Dory is the debut studio album by American indie pop band Tennis, released on January 18, 2011 on Fat Possum Records.[1]
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 76/100[2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The A.V. Club | A-[4] |
Consequence of Sound | A-[5] |
PopMatters | [6] |
Prefix Magazine | 9.0/10[7] |
Paste | 8.8/10[8] |
NME | 6/10[9] |
Cape Dory was generally well received. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 24 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[2] Cape Dory was listed at number five on Spinner's 40 Best Albums of 2011.[10] No Ripcord placed the album at number 41 on its of Top 50 Albums of 2011, commenting that "for a brief thirty minutes, Riley and Moore opt to share a reliable set of savory pop nostalgia."[11]
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Take Me Somewhere" | 2:48 |
2. | "Long Boat Pass" | 2:59 |
3. | "Cape Dory" | 2:23 |
4. | "Marathon" | 2:45 |
5. | "Bimini Bay" | 3:12 |
6. | "South Carolina" | 2:32 |
7. | "Pigeon" | 3:02 |
8. | "Seafarer" | 3:03 |
9. | "Baltimore" | 2:51 |
10. | "Waterbirds" | 2:59 |
Total length: | 28:33 |
References
- ^ "Cape Dory - Tennis". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
- ^ a b http://www.metacritic.com/music/cape-dory/tennis
- ^ "Cape Dory - Tennis". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
- ^ http://www.avclub.com/articles/tennis-cape-dory,50181/
- ^ http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/01/album-review-tennis-cape-dory/
- ^ http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/135911-tennis-cape-dory/
- ^ http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/tennis/cape-dory/45589/
- ^ http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/01/tennis-cape-dory.html
- ^ http://www.nme.com/reviews/tennis/12049
- ^ http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/108-spinners-40-best-albums-of-2011.php
- ^ http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/112-no-ripcords-top-50-albums-of-2011.php