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
"Satan Said Dance" Released: February 19, 2007

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	63/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The AV Club	B−[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[4]
NME	(4/10)[5]
Pitchfork Media	(7.2/10)[6]
Robert Christgau	A−[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
Spin	(7/10)[9]
Stylus	B−[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 United States, 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. "Some Loud Thunder by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
2. Allmusic review
3. "Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: Some Loud Thunder". 30 January 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
4. "Some Loud Thunder - EW.com". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
5. "Some Loud Thunder by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
6. "Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: Some Loud Thunder Album Review - Pitchfork". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
7. "Robert Christgau: CG: clap your hands". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
8. "Album Reviews". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
9. "Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, 'Some Loud Thunder' (Self-released) - SPIN". 20 February 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
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