Take Offs and Landings

Take Offs and Landings
Studio album by Rilo Kiley
Released July 31, 2001
Genre Indie pop, indie rock
Length 50:39
Label Rilo Records
Barsuk Records
Producer Rilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley chronology
The Initial Friend E.P.
(1999)The Initial Friend E.P.1999		 Take Offs and Landings
(2001)		 The Execution of All Things
(2002)The Execution of All Things2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(unknown )[2]
Pitchfork4.0/10[3]

Take Offs and Landings is Rilo Kiley's debut full-length album, originally released in 2001 under the vanity label "Rilo Records," then shortly thereafter on the independent label Barsuk Records. It was re-released in 2007 and released for the first time on vinyl on March 15, 2011.

Of Rilo Kiley's albums, Take Offs and Landings contains the most songs sung by band member Blake Sennett, who sings lead on "August," "Small Figures In A Vast Expanse," "Rest of My Life," and a hidden track. Jenny Lewis sings lead on the other tracks, except for the instrumental tracks "Variations on a Theme (Science vs. Romance)" and "Variations on a Theme (Plane Crash in C)".

The album's hidden track, which did not appear on the first pressing, is officially titled "Spectacular Views". However, since a later Rilo Kiley song (the closing track to The Execution of All Things) has the same name, it is often referred to as "Salute My Shorts!," in reference to Sennett's acting role on the television show Salute Your Shorts.

As of July 2006 the album has sold 66,000 copies in United States. [4]

Track listing

Rilo Records Edition (all songs written by Lewis and Sennett)

  1. "Go Ahead" – 3:34
  2. "Science vs. Romance" – 5:43
  3. "Wires and Waves" – 3:17
  4. "Pictures of Success" – 6:51
  5. "August" – 3:18
  6. "Bulletproof" – 1:57
  7. "Plane Crash in C" – 5:11
  8. "Small Figures in a Vast Expanse" – 3:19
  9. "Don't Deconstruct" – 2:37
  10. "Always" – 4:00
  11. "We'll Never Sleep (God Knows We'll Try)" – 2:54
  12. "Rest of My Life" – 2:10
  13. "Variations on a Theme (Plane Crash in C)" – 1:35

Barsuk Records Edition (all songs written by Lewis and Sennett)

  1. "Go Ahead" – 3:34
  2. "Science vs. Romance" – 5:43
  3. "Wires and Waves" – 3:17
  4. "Pictures of Success" – 6:51
  5. "August" – 3:18
  6. "Bulletproof" – 1:57
  7. "Plane Crash in C" – 5:11
  8. "Variations on a Theme (Science vs. Romance)" – 0:36
  9. "Small Figures in a Vast Expanse" – 3:19
  10. "Don't Deconstruct" – 2:37
  11. "Always" – 4:00
  12. "We'll Never Sleep (God Knows We'll Try)" – 2:54
  13. "Rest of My Life" – 2:10
  14. "Variations on a Theme (Plane Crash in C)" – 1:35
  15. "Spectacular Views (Salute My Shorts!)"

Personnel

Additional musicians

  • Phillip Watt - trumpet on "Pictures of Success," "Plane Crash in C," and "Don't Deconstruct"
  • Alex Greenwald - synths on "Pictures of Success" and "Plane Crash in C"
  • Shana Levy - keyboard on "Go Ahead"
  • Larissa Brantner - violin on "Don't Deconstruct" and "Rest of My Life"
  • Aram Arsalanian - keyboard on "Plane Crash in C"
  • Ben Boyer - drums on "We'll Never Sleep (God Knows We'll Try)"
  • Danny Cooksey - Backing Vocals on "Silence VS Romance" and "Always"

References

  1. ↑ Love, Bret. "Take Offs and Landings – Rilo Kiley". AllMusic. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Guide Drafts for Rhapsody, 2007". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  3. ↑ Fields, Alison (January 22, 2002). "Rilo Kiley: Take Offs and Landings". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Major Moves - Rilo Kiley". Billboard. 22 July 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
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