LP (Discovery album)
| LP | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio album by Discovery | |
| Released | July 7, 2009 |
| Recorded | July 2005 – January 2009 |
| Genre | Indie rock, Synthpop |
| Length | 29:54 |
| Label | XL |
| Producer | Rostam Batmanglij, Wes Miles, Ezra Koenig |
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [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 | [8] |
| Robert Christgau |  [9] |
LP is the debut album by the band Discovery, released July 7, 2009 on vinyl on July 14, 2009 on CD via XL Recordings.
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 eighteen reviews.[10]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Orange Shirt" | Rostam Batmanglij, Wes Miles | 3:31 |
| 2. | "Osaka Loop Line" | Batmanglij, Miles, Ezra Koenig | 4:02 |
| 3. | "Can You Discover?" | Batmanglij, Miles | 2:22 |
| 4. | "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" (featuring Angel Deradoorian) | Batmanglij, Miles | 2:40 |
| 5. | "So Insane" | Batmanglij, Miles | 3:13 |
| 6. | "Swing Tree" | Batmanglij, Miles | 2:38 |
| 7. | "Carby" (featuring Ezra Koenig) | Batmanglij, Miles, Koenig | 3:07 |
| 8. | "I Want You Back (In Discovery)" | Batmanglij, Miles, The Corporation | 3:26 |
| 9. | "It's Not My Fault (It's My Fault)" | Batmanglij, Miles | 2:34 |
| 10. | "Slang Tang" | Batmanglij, Miles | 2:28 |
| iTunes Store bonus track | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 11. | "Orange Shirt (Rock Remix) [Bonus Track]" | 3:32 |
Personnel
- Rostam Batmanglij – vocals, drum and synth programming and playing
- Wes Miles – vocals, drum and synth programming and playing
References
- ↑ LP (Discovery album) at AllMusic
- ↑ Marc Hawthorne.The A.V. Club review The A.V. Club. 7 July 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ↑ Andrzej Lukowski. Drowned in Sound review Drowned in Sound. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ↑ Jon Pareles.New CDs. The New York Times. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ↑ Alex Miller. NME. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ↑ Plagenhoef, Scott (9 July 2009). "Album Reviews: Discovery: LP". Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ↑ Earls, John (2 July 2009). "Review: Discovery/LP". Teletext. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ↑
- ↑ Robert Christgau. Robert Christgau: CG: Discovery robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ↑ "Discovery:LP (2009): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
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