Some Loud Thunder

Some Loud Thunder
Studio album by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Released January 29, 2007
Genre Indie rock
Length 45:15
Label self-released (US)
Wichita (UK)
V2 (UK)
Producer Dave Fridmann
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah chronology
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
(2005)		 Some Loud Thunder
(2007)		 Hysterical
(2011)
Singles from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
  1. "Satan Said Dance"
    Released: February 19, 2007
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic63/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The AV ClubB−[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[4]
NME(4/10)[5]
Pitchfork Media(7.2/10)[6]
Robert ChristgauA−[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
Spin(7/10)[9]
StylusB−[10]
Tiny Mix Tapes[11]

Some Loud Thunder is the second album by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, an indie rock band from Brooklyn. It was released on January 29, 2007, in the UK, and January 30 in the USA, but people who pre-ordered the album were able to legally download it from Insound starting January 16, 2007. The album was produced by Dave Fridmann, known for his work with Mercury Rev and The Flaming Lips.

The album debuted at #47 on the Billboard 200 album chart with 19,000 copies sold.[12] "Satan Said Dance" was ranked the 95th best song of 2007 by Rolling Stone[13]

Track listing

All tracks written by Alec Ounsworth, except where noted.

  1. "Some Loud Thunder"
  2. "Emily Jean Stock"
  3. "Mama, Won't You Keep Them Castles in the Air and Burning?"
  4. "Love Song No. 7"
  5. "Satan Said Dance"
  6. "Upon Encountering the Crippled Elephant"
  7. "Goodbye to Mother and the Cove" (Ounsworth, Tyler Sargent, Sean Greenhalgh)
  8. "Arm and Hammer"
  9. "Yankee Go Home"
  10. "Underwater (You and Me)"
  11. "Five Easy Pieces"
  12. "The Sword Song" (Japanese release and iTunes bonus track)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/music/some-loud-thunder/clap-your-hands-say-yeah
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ The AV Club review
  4. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
  5. ↑ NME review
  6. ↑ Pitchfork review
  7. ↑ Robert Christgau review
  8. ↑ Rolling Stone review
  9. ↑ Spin review
  10. ↑ Stylus review
  11. ↑ Tiny Mix Tapes review
  12. ↑ Jonathan Cohen, "Better 'Late' Than Never: Jones Debuts At No. 1", Billboard.com, February 7, 2007.
  13. ↑ No byline (December 11, 2007). "The 100 Best Songs of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-21
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