Take-Offs and Landings

Infobox Album | Name = Take-Offs and Landings
Type = Album
Artist = Rilo Kiley


Released = July 31, 2001
Recorded =
Genre = Indie rock
Length = 50:39
Label = Barsuk Records
Producer = Rilo Kiley
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:zy5ibkj9aak0 link]

| Last album = "The Initial Friend E.P." (1999)
This album = "Take-Offs and Landings" (2001)
Next album = "The Execution of All Things" (2002)

"Take-Offs and Landings" is Rilo Kiley's debut full-length album, originally released in 2001 on the independent label Barsuk Records. It was re-released in 2007.

Of Rilo Kiley's albums, Take-Offs and Landings contains the most songs sung by band member Blake Sennett, who sings lead on "August," "Small Figures In A Vast Expanse," "Rest of My Life," and a hidden track. Jenny Lewis sings lead on the other tracks, except for two "Variations on a Theme" tracks, which are instrumental.

The album's hidden track is officially titled "Spectacular Views." However, since a later Rilo Kiley song (specifically the closing track on "The Execution of All Things") has the same name, it is often referred to as "Salute My Shorts!," in reference to Sennett's acting role on the television show "Salute Your Shorts".

Track listing

(all songs written by Lewis and Sennett)
#"Go Ahead" – 3:34
#"Science vs. Romance" – 5:43
#"Wires and Waves" – 3:17
#"Pictures of Success" – 6:51
#"August" – 3:18
#"Bulletproof" – 1:57
#"Plane Crash in C" – 5:11
#"Variations on a Theme (Science vs. Romance)" – 0:36
#"Small Figures in a Vast Expanse" – 3:19
#"Don't Deconstruct" – 2:37
#"Always" – 4:00
#"We'll Never Sleep (God Knows We'll Try)" – 2:54
#"Rest of My Life" – 2:10
#"Variations on a Theme (Plane Crash in C)" – 1:35
#"Spectacular Views (Salute My Shorts!)"

Additional musicians

*Phillip Watt - trumpet on "Pictures of Success," "Plane Crash in C," and "Don't Deconstruct"
*Alex Greenwald - synths on "Pictures of Success" and "Plane Crash in C"
*Shana Levy - keyboard on "Go Ahead"
*Larissa Brantner - violin on "Don't Deconstruct" and "Rest of My Life"
*Aram Arsalanian - keyboard on "Plane Crash in C"
*Ben Boyer - drums on "We'll Never Sleep (God Knows We'll Try)"

External links

* [http://www.rilokiley.com Rilo Kiley official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/rilokiley Rilo Kiley on MySpace.com]
* [http://www.barsuk.com Barsuk Records]