Cape Dory (album)

For other uses, see Cape Dory.
Cape Dory
Studio album by Tennis
Released January 18, 2011
Genre Indie pop, surf pop
Length 28:33
Label Fat Possum
Tennis chronology
Cape Dory
(2011)		 Young & Old
(2012)

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
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The A.V. ClubA-[4]
Consequence of SoundA-[5]
PopMatters[6]
Prefix Magazine9.0/10[7]
Paste8.8/10[8]
NME6/10[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, Riley and 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

  1. ↑ "Cape Dory - Tennis". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  2. 1 2 http://www.metacritic.com/music/cape-dory/tennis
  3. ↑ "Cape Dory - Tennis". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  4. ↑ http://www.avclub.com/articles/tennis-cape-dory,50181/
  5. ↑ http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/01/album-review-tennis-cape-dory/
  6. ↑ http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/135911-tennis-cape-dory/
  7. ↑ http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/tennis/cape-dory/45589/
  8. ↑ http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/01/tennis-cape-dory.html
  9. ↑ http://www.nme.com/reviews/tennis/12049
  10. ↑ http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/108-spinners-40-best-albums-of-2011.php
  11. ↑ http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/112-no-ripcords-top-50-albums-of-2011.php
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 4/22/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.