Fantastic Playroom

Fantastic Playroom
Studio album by New Young Pony Club
Released	6 July 2007
Genre	Dance-punk synthpop new rave new wave post-punk revival indie rock
Length	39:07
Label	Island
Producer	Tahita Bulmer Andy Spence
New Young Pony Club chronology
Fantastic Playroom (2007) The Optimist (2010)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	69/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
BBC Music	favourable[3]
Drowned in Sound	6/10[4]
The Guardian	[5]
musicOMH	[6]
NME	7/10[7]
Now	4/5[8]
Pitchfork Media	8.2/10[9]
PopMatters	9/10[10]
The Times	[11]

Fantastic Playroom is the debut studio album by English electronic music band New Young Pony Club, released on 6 July 2007 by Island Records. The album debuted at number fifty-four on the UK Albums Chart,^[12] selling 4,804 copies in its first week.^[13] As of March 2010, it had sold 32,986 copies in the United Kingdom.^[13] Fantastic Playroom was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2007,^[14] and the band performed "The Bomb" on the awards night.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Tahita Bulmer and Andy Spence, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Get Lucky"	3:43
2.	"Hiding on the Staircase"	3:31
3.	"Ice Cream"	3:12
4.	"The Bomb"	4:19
5.	"Jerk Me"	4:07
6.	"The Get Go"	4:29
7.	"Talking, Talking"	4:03
8.	"Grey"	4:13
9.	"F.A.N."	3:35
10.	"Tight Fit"	3:55

iTunes Store bonus track[15]
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Descend"	4:57

Japanese edition bonus tracks[16]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Descend"		6:05
12.	"The Bomb" (Phones Collateral Damage Mix)		6:44
13.	"Fade in That Blank"		3:28
14.	"Take Me I'm Yours"	Glenn Tilbrook Chris Difford	3:37
15.	"Ice Cream" (video)
16.	"The Bomb" (video)

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Fantastic Playroom.^[17]

New Young Pony Club

• Tahita Bulmer – vocals, additional production
• Lou Hayter – keyboards
• Sarah Jones – drums
• Andy Spence – guitar, production
• Igor Volk – bass

Additional personnel

• Dean Chalkey – photography
• Guy Davie – mastering
• Tom Elmhirst – mixing
• Nilesh Patel – mastering
• Richard Robinson – artwork

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart[18]	79
UK Albums Chart[19]	54

Release history

Region	Date	Label
Ireland	6 July 2007[20]	Island
United Kingdom	9 July 2007[21]
Germany	17 July 2007[22]	Universal
Australia	10 August 2007[23]	Modular
United States	28 August 2007[24]	Modular Interscope
Japan	24 October 2007[16]	Universal

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