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LP (Discovery album)

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LP
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 7, 2009 (2009-07-07)
RecordedJuly 2005 – January 2009
GenreElectropop
Length29:54
LabelXL
ProducerRostam Batmanglij, Wes Miles, Ezra Koenig

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

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The A.V. ClubA−[2]
Drowned in Sound4/10[3]
The New York TimesFavorable[4]
NME7/10[5]
Pitchfork Media6.8/10[6]
Planet Sound4/10[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
Robert Christgau(choice cut)[9]

Initial critical response to LP was generally favorable.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Orange Shirt"Rostam Batmanglij, Wes Miles3:31
2."Osaka Loop Line"Batmanglij, Miles, Ezra Koenig4:02
3."Can You Discover?"Batmanglij, Miles2:22
4."I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" (featuring Angel Deradoorian)Batmanglij, Miles2:40
5."So Insane"Batmanglij, Miles3:13
6."Swing Tree"Batmanglij, Miles2:38
7."Carby" (featuring Ezra Koenig)Batmanglij, Miles, Koenig3:07
8."I Want You Back"Batmanglij, Miles, The Corporation3:26
9."It's Not My Fault (It's My Fault)"Batmanglij, Miles2:34
10."Slang Tang"Batmanglij, Miles2:28
iTunes Store bonus track
No.TitleLength
11."Orange Shirt (Rock Remix) [Bonus Track]"3:32

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ LP 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 Archived 2009-07-11 at the Wayback Machine 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". Pitchfork. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  7. ^ Earls, John (2 July 2009). "Review: Discovery/LP". Teletext. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  8. ^ "LP : Discovery : Review : Rolling Stone". www.rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  9. ^ Robert Christgau. Robert Christgau: CG: Discovery robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 9 December 2011.