Does You Inspire You is the debut studio album by American indie band Chairlift, released on July 22, 2008, on Kanine Records and reissued in 2009 by Columbia Records.
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| Released | July 22, 2008 | |||
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| Length | 43:50 (original release) 52:04 (2009 reissue) | |||
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| Producer | Britt Myers | |||
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Release
editAfter briefly going out of print on its original Kanine Records label, the album was re-released by Columbia Records on April 21, 2009, with two additional tracks not included on the original release and a longer version of "Make Your Mind Up". The lead single "Bruises" was featured in an iPod commercial,[1] and the video for "Evident Utensil" was nominated for an award in the "Breakthrough Video" category at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.[2]
Critical reception
edit| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 68/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Guardian | [11] |
| NME |   [6] |
| Pitchfork | (5.6/10) [7] |
| Prefix | (7.5/10) [8] |
| Robert Christgau |  [5] |
| Rolling Stone |  [9] |
| Spin | [10] |
Does You Inspire You received mostly positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on 16 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[12]
Alex Miller of NME praised the album stating, "Swathed as it is in the kind of '80s arrangements of flutes and chiming guitars that have rarely been allowed beyond Carol Decker's lushest, most velveteen fantasies, this album is an open goal to accusations of trend-following revivalism."[6]
As of April 2009 the album has sold 11,000 copies in United States.[13]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by and arranged by Chairlift
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Garbage" | 4:43 |
| 2. | "Planet Health" | 4:17 |
| 3. | "Earwig Town" | 3:02 |
| 4. | "Bruises" | 4:00 |
| 5. | "Somewhere Around Here" | 4:30 |
| 6. | "Evident Utensil" | 2:51 |
| 7. | "Territory" | 6:04 |
| 8. | "Make Your Mind Up" | 4:24 |
| 9. | "Don't Give a Damn" | 4:21 |
| 10. | "Chameleon Closet" | 1:59 |
| 11. | "Ceiling Wax" | 3:39 |
| Total length: | 43:50 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 8. | "Le Flying Saucer Hat" | 3:17 |
| 9. | "Make Your Mind Up" | 5:18 |
| 10. | "Dixie Gypsy" | 4:03 |
| 11. | "Don't Give a Damn" | 4:21 |
| 12. | "Chameleon Closet" | 1:59 |
| 13. | "Ceiling Wax" | 3:39 |
| Total length: | 52:04 | |
References
edit- ^ Suzanne Baran (September 16, 2008). "Chairlift Gets A Boost From iPod Nano Ad". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
- ^ "2009 MTV Video Music Awards: Breakthrough Video". MTV. Archived from the original on August 7, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ "Does You Inspire You by Chairlift". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ Leahey, Andrew. Does You Inspire You at AllMusic
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Does You Inspire You". Robert Christgau.
- ^ a b NME.COM (24 October 2008). "Chairlift - NME.COM". NME. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Chairlift: Does You Inspire You Album Review - Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Album Review: Chairlift - Does You Inspire You". Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 17 April 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Chairlift, 'Does You Inspire You?' (Kanine) - SPIN". 11 October 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ Rogers, Jude (23 October 2008). "Rock & pop review: Chairlift: Does You Inspire You". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Does You Inspire You – Chairlift". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
- ^ "Billboard". 2009-04-18.