- Ratatat (album)
Infobox Album | Name = Ratatat
Type =Album
Artist =Ratatat
Released =April 20 ,2004
Recorded = July 2001 to May 2003
Genre = Alternative, Electronic
Length = 45:25
Label =XL Recordings
Producer = Evan Mast, Mike Stroud
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5kq67ue030j0 link]
*Pitchfork (8.4/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21474/Ratatat_Ratatat 4/28/04] |Last album =
This album = "Ratatat"
(2004)
Next album = "Ratatat Remixes Vol. 1 "
(2004)"Ratatat" is
Ratatat 's 2004eponymous debutalbum . It was recorded between July 2001 and May 2003 in Mast'sCrown Heights ,Brooklyn apartment; and mixed in June 2003 before its release in 2004.The album is essentially
instrumental , although it has occasional voice excerpts (referred to in the liner notes as "spoken interludes") by local MC and rapperYoung Churf . The track "Spanish Armada" contains a French horn played byMichal Emanovsky . Other tracks of note are "Germany to Germany ", later released as a single; and "Cherry", an homage to Ratatat's original name.The most well known song on the album is "
Seventeen Years ". It was featured in atelevision advertisement titled "Accessorize" for theHummer H2 in 2004 on the British television showSoccer AM as the original background music for The Crossbar Challenge segment; and in Level One Productions's ski movieShanghai Six [ [http://www.level1productions.com/movies.php?id=26 Level 1 Productions ] ] . It was also played during Rob's party in the 2008 monster movieCloverfield . The song "Bustelo" was used in several Jaguar commercials in mid-2006.Track listing
#"
Seventeen Years " - 4:26
#"El Pico" - 4:41
#"Crips" - 3:47
#"Desert Eagle" - 4:25
#"Everest" - 4:10
#"Bustelo" - 2:27
#"Breaking Away" - 4:19
#"Lapland" - 4:56
#"Germany to Germany " - 3:38
#"Spanish Armada" - 2:58
#"Cherry" - 5:38References
External links
* [http://www.ratatatmusic.com/ Official Ratatat Website]
* [http://xlrecordings.com/broadcast/~cherry/ Official Cherry video]
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