Elephant Shell

Elephant Shell

Infobox Album
Name = Elephant Shell
Type = Album
Artist = Tokyo Police Club


Released = April 22, 2008
Recorded = December 18, 2007
Genre = Indie rock
Length = 27:58
Label = Saddle Creek Records (North America), Memphis Industries (Europe)
Producer = Jon Drew, Peter Katis, Chris Zane, Tokyo Police Club
Reviews = * AbsolutePunk.net (84%) [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=313473 link]
* Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jxfyxz9jldae link]
* Billboard [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/albums/e3iaeef0c1a4b682082fb4a1c3a56b22ce1 link]
* TMM rating-10|7 [http://www.themusicmagazine.co.uk/page.php?al=Tokyo_Police_Club_Elephant_Shell link]
* NME (7/10) [http://www.nme.com/reviews/tokyo-police-club/9627 link]
* Pitchfork Media (6.3/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/50057-elephant-shell link]
* QRO Magazine (7.9/10) [http://www.qromag.com/alphacontent/reviews/album_reviews/view/tokyo_police_club_:_elephant_shell/ link]
*Rolling Stone Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/19750370/review/20253418/elephant_shell]
* Three Imaginary Girls (8.9/10) [http://www.threeimaginarygirls.com/recordreview/2008apr/elephantshell link]
Last album = "Smith EP"
(2007)
This album = "Elephant Shell"
(2008)
Next album =
Misc = Singles
Name = Elephant Shell
Type = studio
single 1 = Your English Is Good
single 1 date = July 2007
single 2 = Tessellate
single 2 date = April 2008
single 3 = In A Cave
single 3 date = June 2008

"Elephant Shell" is the first LP to be released by Tokyo Police Club. It was released in the US, Canada, and Australia on April 22, 2008, and was released in the UK and Continental Europe on May 5, 2008. "In a Cave", "Juno", and "Tessellate" have been posted on the band's official MySpace. The album was leaked on the internet on March 7, 2008. In response to the leak, Saddle Creek Records is offering the album as a high-quality MP3 download for $9.00 on their website. The American iTunes store pre-released the album on March 25. Starting April 25, MTV.ca streamed the album free online (The Leak).Debuted at #1 in the Billboard Top Heatseekers charts.Debuted at #10 in the Canadian album chart.

Track listing

#"Centennial" - 1:54
#"In a Cave" - 2:49
#"Graves" - 2:36
#"Juno" - 2:15
#"Tessellate" - 2:39
#"Sixties Remake" - 2:05
#"The Harrowing Adventures Of..." - 2:51
#"Nursery, Academy" - 2:27
#"Your English Is Good" - 3:13
#"Listen to the Math" - 2:58
#"The Baskervilles" - 2:17
#"Friends of P" - 2:45
#"New New Song" - 2:02

*(Songs 12 and 13 are only accessible on the UK Version. Track 12 is a cover of a song by The Rentals.)

Bonus disc track listing

#"Centennial (Remix by Dntel)" - 4:37
#"Tessellate (Remix by Tom Campesinos!)" - 4:16
#"Nursery, Academy (Remix by Flowers Forever)" - 2:38
#"Listen to the Math (Remix by The Good Life)" - 3:18
#"Tessellate (Remix by Field Music)" - 3:28

Free Downloads

The songs "In a Cave" and "Juno" were both released as free downloads before the actual physical release of the album.


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