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 tracks written 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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