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Contact! Contact! Studio album by Tellison Released May 14, 2007
(see release history)Recorded August 2006–January 2007 at Bankhead Farm, Fife, Scotland; and Perry Vale, London, England Genre Indie rock Length 47:15 Label Gravity DIP, Banquet Producer Robin Sutherland
Nicolaas WeststeynTellison chronology Tellison EP
(2006)Contact! Contact!
(2007)The Wages of Fear
(2011)Singles from Contact! Contact! - "Reader"
Released: February 6, 2006 - "Henry Went to Paris"
Released: August 2, 2007 - "Gallery"
Released: November 26, 2007
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Alternative Ulster [1] Kerrang! [2] Rockfeedback [3] Rock Sound (9/10)[4] Contact! Contact! is the debut studio album by English indie rock band Tellison, initially released May 14, 2007 on Gravity DIP Records. It was later re-released on November 12, 2007 on Banquet Records.[5]
The album was recorded over a six month period between Scotland and England with two producers, Robin Sutherland and Nicolaas Weststeyn.[6]
Contents
Track listing
All lyrics written by Stephen Davidson; music composed by Tellison.[7]
No. Title Length 1. "Hanover Start Clapping" 2:42 2. "Reader" 2:44 3. "Gallery" 4:17 4. "Tender Is the Night" 3:54 5. "Fire" 2:59 6. "New York, New York, New York" 3:40 7. "Amory" 2:35 8. "Ambulance" 2:59 9. "Architects" 4:39 10. "Henry Went to Paris" 3:46 11. "Disaster! Disaster!" 3:40 12. "Hospital" (contains an untitled hidden track, a cover of "Song 1" by defunct Derby band Cable.) 13:02 Release history
Country Date Label Format Catalogue # Ref. United Kingdom May 14, 2007 Gravity DIP Records Compact Disc, Digital Download DIP036 [8] November 12, 2007 Banquet Records Compact Disc, Digital Download BANQUET002 [9] Personnel
The following personnel contributed to Contact! Contact!:[7]
Tellison
- Stephen H Davidson — lead vocals, rhythm guitar, lyrics
- Peter J Phillips — lead guitar, vocals, keyboards
- Andrew J Tickell — bass guitar, backing vocals
- Henry S Danowski — drums, percussion, keyboards
Additional Musicians
- Al Brown - violin
Production
References
- ^ "Album Review: Tellison – Contact! Contact!". Worldpress.com. http://defythis.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/album-review-tellison-contact-contact/. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
- ^ "Tellison: Contact! Contact! (Banquet) KKKK. Their treble-layered harmonies and quirky energetic songs recall the sense, if not the sound, of The Get Up Kids in their early days... a wonderful sense of hope, regret and youthful abandon", Kerrang! (1180): 54, 14 November 2007
- ^ "Tellison - Contact! Contact! (Gravity Dip)". Rockfeedback. http://www.rockfeedback.com/review/1382/tellison-contact-contact-gravity-dip/. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
- ^ "Rock Sound Review". Banquet Records. http://www.banquetrecords.com/index.jsp?item=7216. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
- ^ "Contact! Contact! ~ Tellison (Artist)". Amazon.co.uk. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000R9IXS0/ref=dm_dp_cdp?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1248632997&sr=301-1. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
- ^ "Tellison Bio". Drowned in Sound. http://drownedinsound.com/directory/artists/Tellison. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
- ^ a b (2007) Album notes for Contact! Contact! by Tellison [CD]. Banquet Records.
- ^ "TELLISON 'CONTACT! CONTACT!". Gravity DIP. http://gravitydip.com/release.jsp?DIP036. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
- ^ "Tellison - Contact! Contact!: CD". Play.com. http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/3384477/Contact-Contact-/Product.html. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
External links
Categories:- 2000s indie rock album stubs
- 2007 albums
- Debut albums
- Indie rock albums by British artists
- "Reader"
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