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Product Identifiers
ProducerRostam Batmanglij
Record LabelXL
UPC0634904042929
eBay Product ID (ePID)12050119486
Product Key Features
ArtistVampire Weekend
Era2010s
FormatCD
Release Year2010
LanguageEnglish
FeaturesStudio Recording
Release TitleContra
TypeAlbum
InstrumentOrgan
Run Time2197 Sec
GenrePop, Alternative, Rock
Additional Product Features
DrumsRostam Batmanglij, Christopher Tomson
Reviews"It retains all of the band's sunny key elements: clean electric guitars, buoyant keyboards and poppy African rhythms...", 4 stars out of 5 -- "Brainy, confident and generally awesome....The drums are bigger, the guitars are faster, and the songs are outfitted with synth beats and hip-hop, reggae and electro accents.", Ranked #13 in Uncut's "The 50 Best Albums of 2010" -- "Clever and catchy songs loaded with Clash allusions.", "CONTRA opener 'Horchata' displays a caliber of pop songcraft and melodic intuition that gives The Shins' James Mercer a run for his harmony...", 4 stars out of 5 -- "With its melodic beauty, orchestral invention, rhythmic subtlety and metaphysical wit -- it's still unmistakably Vampire Weekend.", "CONTRA is more fully formed, a '70s-style record-type record. It's their version of the Talking Heads' MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD..."
VocalsEzra Koenig
Group MemberChris Baio, Rostam Batmanglij, Ezra Koenig, Christopher Tomson
DistributionAda
MixingShane Stoneback, Rostam Batmanglij, Justin Gerrish
Number of Discs1
EngineerShane Stoneback, Rostam Batmanglij, Justin Gerrish
Additional InformationContra makes the global sound local, mixing baile funk, ska, and electronics into the band's sweet Afro-indie pop.
Number of Audio ChannelsStereo
BassChris Baio
KeyboardsRostam Batmanglij
Number of Tracks10
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
