Giraffe is the third full-length album by British musician Richard Warren, released under his pseudonym, Echoboy. It was released on February 10, 2003 on Mute Records in the United Kingdom and on February 25 of that year in the United States.[1] It was produced by Flood.[2]
| Giraffe | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 10, 2003 (UK) | |||
| Genre | Electropop | |||
| Length | 50:43 | |||
| Label | Mute Records | |||
| Producer | Flood | |||
| Echoboy chronology | ||||
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Critical reception
editAlthough Giraffe received generally favorable reviews from critics,[3] not all reviews were favorable. Michael Idov of Pitchfork Media awarded the album a rating of 4.7 out of 10, describing the album as "50 minutes of structured wankery, as performed by a lone Brit with the questionable talent to put a chorus to a verse..."[4]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (71%)[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [5] |
| Pitchfork Media | (4.7/10)[4] |
| Stylus Magazine | (C+)[6] |
| Exclaim! | (favorable)[2] |
| PopMatters | (mixed)[1] |
| MusicOMH | (favorable)[7] |
| Robert Christgau |  [8] |
Track listing
edit- Automatic Eyes
- Don't Destroy Me
- Comfort of the Hum
- Summer Rhythm
- High Speed in Love
- Fun in You
- Lately Lonely
- Good on T.V.
- Wasted Spaces
- Nearly All the Time
Personnel
edit- Rob Bailey Guitar (Electric)
- Kevin Bales Drums
- Dark Moor Mixing Assistant
- Flood Producer
- Pauline Kirke Cello
- Rob Kirwan Drum Programming, Engineer, Mixing
- Liz Chi Yen Liew Violin
- Nilesh "Nilz" Patel Mastering
- Mick Rock Photography
- Paddy Taylor Design
- Jayne Williamson Vocals
References
edit- ^ a b Begrand, Adrian (26 March 2003). "Echoboy: Giraffe". PopMatters. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ a b Ostroff, Joshua (March 2003). "Giraffe Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Giraffe". Metacritic. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ a b Idov, Michael (24 June 2003). "Giraffe". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ Phares, Heather. "Giraffe Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ Lindsay, Cam (1 September 2003). "Giraffe Review". Stylus. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ Murphy, John (10 February 2003). "Echoboy – Giraffe". MusicOMH. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (2003). "Echoboy". Retrieved 12 December 2014.