LP (Discovery album)

LP
Studio album by Discovery
Released July 7, 2009 (2009-07-07)
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
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
The AV ClubA−[2]
Drowned In Sound4/10[3]
The New York TimesFavorable[4]
NME7/10[5]
Pitchfork Media6.8/10[6]
Planet Sound4/10[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. TitleWriter(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

Personnel

References

  1. LP at AllMusic
  2. Marc Hawthorne.The A.V. Club review The A.V. Club. 7 July 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  3. Andrzej Lukowski. Drowned in Sound review Drowned in Sound. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  4. Jon Pareles.New CDs. The New York Times. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  5. Alex Miller. NME. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  6. Plagenhoef, Scott (9 July 2009). "Album Reviews: Discovery: LP". Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  7. Earls, John (2 July 2009). "Review: Discovery/LP". Teletext. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  8. Robert Christgau. Robert Christgau: CG: Discovery robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  9. "Discovery:LP (2009): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
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