LP (Discovery album)
| LP | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio album by | |
| Released | July 7, 2009 |
| Recorded | July 2005 – January 2009 |
| Genre | Electropop |
| Length | 29:54 |
| Label | XL |
| Producer | Rostam 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
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The A.V. 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] |
Initial critical response to LP was generally favorable.
Track listing
[edit]| 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" | 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 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Orange Shirt (Rock Remix) [Bonus Track]" | 3:32 |
Personnel
[edit]- Rostam Batmanglij – vocals, drum and synth programming and playing
- Wes Miles – vocals, drum and synth programming and playing
References
[edit]- ^ LP 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 Archived 2009-07-11 at the Wayback Machine 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. [1] NME. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ^ Plagenhoef, Scott (9 July 2009). "Album Reviews: Discovery: LP". Pitchfork. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ^ Earls, John (2 July 2009). "Review: Discovery/LP". Teletext. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ^ "LP : Discovery : Review : Rolling Stone". www.rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ Robert Christgau. Robert Christgau: CG: Discovery robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
