Cape Dory (album)
| Cape Dory | ||||
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| Studio album by Tennis | ||||
| Released | January 18, 2011 | |||
| Genre | Indie pop, surf pop | |||
| Length | 28:33 | |||
| Label | Fat Possum | |||
| Tennis chronology | ||||
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Cape Dory is the debut studio album by American indie pop band Tennis, released on January 18, 2011 on Fat Possum Records.[1]
Critical reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 76/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| The A.V. Club | A-[4] |
| Consequence of Sound | A-[5] |
| PopMatters | |
| Prefix Magazine | 9.0/10[7] |
| Paste | 8.8/10[8] |
| NME | 6/10[9] |
Cape Dory was generally well received. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 24 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[2] Cape Dory was listed at number five on Spinner's 40 Best Albums of 2011.[10] No Ripcord placed the album at number 41 on its of Top 50 Albums of 2011, commenting that "for a brief thirty minutes, [Patrick] Riley and [Alania] Moore opt to share a reliable set of savory pop nostalgia."[11]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Take Me Somewhere" | 2:48 |
| 2. | "Long Boat Pass" | 2:59 |
| 3. | "Cape Dory" | 2:23 |
| 4. | "Marathon" | 2:45 |
| 5. | "Bimini Bay" | 3:12 |
| 6. | "South Carolina" | 2:32 |
| 7. | "Pigeon" | 3:02 |
| 8. | "Seafarer" | 3:03 |
| 9. | "Baltimore" | 2:51 |
| 10. | "Waterbirds" | 2:59 |
| Total length: | 28:33 | |
References
- ↑ "Cape Dory - Tennis". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
- 1 2 http://www.metacritic.com/music/cape-dory/tennis
- ↑ "Cape Dory - Tennis". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.avclub.com/articles/tennis-cape-dory,50181/
- ↑ http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/01/album-review-tennis-cape-dory/
- ↑ http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/135911-tennis-cape-dory/
- ↑ http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/tennis/cape-dory/45589/
- ↑ http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/01/tennis-cape-dory.html
- ↑ http://www.nme.com/reviews/tennis/12049
- ↑ http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/108-spinners-40-best-albums-of-2011.php
- ↑ http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/112-no-ripcords-top-50-albums-of-2011.php
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