Contact! Contact!
Appearance
Contact! Contact! | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 14 May 2007 | |||
Recorded | August 2006 – January 2007 at Bankhead Farm, Fife, Scotland; and Perry Vale, London, England | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Length | 47:15 | |||
Label | Gravity DIP, Banquet | |||
Producer | Robin Sutherland Nicolaas Weststeyn | |||
Tellison chronology | ||||
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Singles from Contact! Contact! | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Alternative Ulster | [1] |
Kerrang! | [2] |
Rockfeedback | [3] |
Rock Sound | (9/10)[4] |
Contact! Contact! is the debut studio album by English indie rock band Tellison, initially released on 14 May 2007 on Gravity DIP Records. It was later re-released on 12 November 2007 on Banquet Records.[5]
The album was recorded over a six-month period between Scotland and England with two producers, Robin Sutherland and Nicolaas Weststeyn.[6]
Track listing
[edit]All lyrics written by Stephen Davidson; music composed by Tellison.[7]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Hanover Start Clapping" | 2:42 |
2. | "Reader" | 2:44 |
3. | "Gallery" | 4:17 |
4. | "Tender Is the Night" | 3:54 |
5. | "Fire" | 2:59 |
6. | "New York City, New York" | 3:40 |
7. | "Amory" | 2:35 |
8. | "Ambulance" | 2:59 |
9. | "Architects" | 4:39 |
10. | "Henry Went to Paris" | 3:46 |
11. | "Disaster! Disaster!" | 3:40 |
12. | "Hospital" (contains an untitled hidden track, a cover of "Song 1" by defunct Derby band Cable.) | 13:02 |
Release history
[edit]Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue # | Ref. |
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United Kingdom | 14 May 2007 | Gravity DIP Records | Compact Disc, Digital Download | DIP036 | [8] |
12 November 2007 | Banquet Records | Compact Disc, Digital Download | BANQUET002 | [9] |
Personnel
[edit]The following personnel contributed to Contact! Contact!:[7]
Tellison[edit]
Additional musicians[edit]
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Production[edit]
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References
[edit]- ^ "Album Review: Tellison – Contact! Contact!". Worldpress.com. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
- ^ "Tellison: Contact! Contact! (Banquet) KKKK. Their treble-layered harmonies and quirky energetic songs recall the sense, if not the sound, of The Get Up Kids in their early days... a wonderful sense of hope, regret and youthful abandon", Kerrang!, no. 1180, p. 54, 14 November 2007
- ^ "Tellison – Contact! Contact! (Gravity Dip)". Rockfeedback. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
- ^ "Rock Sound Review". Banquet Records. Retrieved 12 November 2007.
- ^ "Contact! Contact! ~ Tellison (Artist)". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
- ^ "Tellison Bio". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
- ^ a b Contact! Contact! (CD). Tellison. Banquet Records. 2007.
{{cite AV media notes}}
: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "TELLISON 'CONTACT! CONTACT!". Gravity DIP. Archived from the original on 26 October 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
- ^ "Tellison – Contact! Contact!: CD". Play.com. Retrieved 15 September 2009.