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No Shouts, No Calls 
Studio album by Electrelane Released April 30, 2007 Recorded Mid 2006 - November 2006 at Planet Roc in Berlin and Key Club Recording in Benton Harbor, Michigan Genre Rock
Post-rockLength 47:26 Label Too Pure Electrelane chronology Axes
(2005)No Shouts, No Calls
(2007)Singles from No Shouts, No Calls - "To the East"
Released: March 12, 2007 - "In Berlin"
Released: November 26, 2007
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]The A.V. Club (B+)[2] BBC Collective 
[3]Drowned in Sound (9/10)[4] The Guardian [5]NME (6/10)[6] Pitchfork Media (7.8/10)[7] PopMatters (8.0/10)[8] Stylus Magazine (A-)[9] Tiny Mix Tapes [10]Robert Christgau 
[11]No Shouts, No Calls is the fourth album by English rock group Electrelane. It was released on CD and LP in 2007 by Too Pure.
No Shouts, No Calls is also their first album to be entirely digitally recorded and mixed.[12] The group began writing material in Berlin's Planet Roc studios in the summer of 2006, at the height of the World Cup. During that period, the band became fans of the sport, going so far as to rearrange their recording schedules around the event and including a sample of a match between Hertha BSC Berlin and FC Moskva in the song "Five" of their new album.
In September and October, they were at Key Recording in Benton Harbor recording and mixing their album. In November, the band announced on their official website that they had finished recording and had titled their album No Shouts, No Calls. The album was released in on 23 April 2007 in Japan, 3 May 2007 in the USA and 30 April 2007 elsewhere. The first single, titled "To the East," was released on 12 March 2007. The album received generally positive reviews, with Heather Phares of Allmusic calling some songs "among the band's finest work";[13] detractors included Leonie Cooper of The Guardian, who mentioned the band had a "penchant for turning every tune [into] a proggy wig-out."[14] James Reed of the Boston Globe picked the album as one of the best of 2007.[15]
Contents
Track listing
All songs written by Electrelane and Verity Susman, except where noted.
- "The Greater Times" (Electrelane) – 3:42
- "To the East" – 4:54
- "After the Call" – 3:04
- "Tram 21" – 4:30
- "In Berlin" – 4:14
- "At Sea" – 4:47
- "Between the Wolf and the Dog" – 4:05
- "Saturday" – 3:55
- "Five" – 6:25
- "Cut and Run" – 3:27
- "The Lighthouse" – 4:22
The Japanese release contains the following bonus tracks:
- "Carolina Wren"
- "Sea of the Edge"
Personnel
- Verity Susman – guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Emma Gaze – drums
- Mia Clarke – guitar, vocals
- Ros Murray – organ, bass, cello, ukulele, vocals
- Jessica Ruffins – engineer, mixing
- Bill Skibbe – engineer, mixing
- Steve Rooke – mastering
Release history
Region Date Label Format Catalog United Kingdom April 30, 2007 Too Pure CD PURE 201CD 12" LP PURE 201LP Japan May 1, 2007 WEA CD WEA 10026 United States May 8, 2007 Too Pure, Beggars Banquet CD PURE 142 References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ The A.V. Club review
- ^ BBC Collective review
- ^ Drowned in Sound review
- ^ The Guardian review
- ^ NME review
- ^ Pitchfork Media review
- ^ PopMatters review
- ^ Stylus Magazine review
- ^ Tiny Mix Tapes review
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "No Shouts, No Calls". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=14068.
- ^ Pollock, Jesse (2007-03-08). "Electrelane Interview". FecalFace.com. http://www.fecalface.com/SF/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=534&Itemid=92. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
- ^ Phares, Heather (2004). "No Shouts No Calls". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1030967. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
- ^ Cooper, Leonie (2007-04-27). "Electrelane, No Shouts No Calls". The Guardian. http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,2066338,00.html. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
- ^ Reed, James (2007-12-16). "The Best CDs of 2007". The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2007/12/16/james_reed/. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
External links
- "To the East" (video) - provided by Too Pure through YouTube
Categories:- 2007 albums
- Electrelane albums
- Too Pure albums
- "To the East"
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