Car Alarm is the eighth studio album by The Sea and Cake, released on Thrill Jockey.

Car Alarm
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 21, 2008 (2008-10-21)
StudioSoma Electronic Music Studios
GenreIndie rock, post-rock
Length38:30
LabelThrill Jockey
The Sea and Cake chronology
Everybody
(2007)
Car Alarm
(2008)
The Moonlight Butterfly
(2011)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Pitchfork8.0/10[3]
PopMatters[4]
Slant Magazine[5]
Spinfavorable[6]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Aerial"4:18
2."A Fuller Moon"4:08
3."On a Letter"3:45
4."CMS Sequence"1:06
5."Car Alarm"3:16
6."Weekend"2:42
7."New Schools"3:33
8."Window Sills"3:45
9."Down in the City"3:25
10."Pages"3:58
11."The Staircase"2:59
12."Mirrors"1:37
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Also Ran"2:59

Personnel

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Charts

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Chart Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[7] 12

References

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  1. ^ "Car Alarm by The Sea and Cake". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  2. ^ Bush, John. "Car Alarm - The Sea and Cake". AllMusic. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  3. ^ Richardson, Mark (October 24, 2008). "The Sea and Cake: Car Alarm". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  4. ^ Newton, Elizabeth (October 20, 2008). "The Sea and Cake: Car Alarm". PopMatters. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  5. ^ McBee, Wilson (October 16, 2008). "The Sea and Cake: Car Alarm". Slant Magazine. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  6. ^ Zimmerman, Shannon (November 7, 2008). "The Sea and Cake, 'Car Alarm' (Thrill Jockey)". Spin. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  7. ^ "The Sea and Cake - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 9, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
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