| All Hour Cymbals | ||||
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| Released | October 23, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Experimental rock, worldbeat, neo-psychedelia | |||
| Length | 46:54 | |||
| Label | We Are Free | |||
| Producer | Yeasayer | |||
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All Hour Cymbals is the debut studio album by Brooklyn-based experimental rock group Yeasayer. It was released by We Are Free on 23 October 2007, and 24 March 2008 in the UK.
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The A.V. Club | A [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− [3] |
| The Irish Times |  [4] |
| NME | 8/10 [5] |
| Pitchfork | 7.8/10 [6] |
| The Skinny | [7] |
| Spin | [8] |
| Uncut | [9] |
| XLR8R | 8/10 [10] |
All Hour Cymbals received positive reviews from publications and websites such as Entertainment Weekly , [3] NME , [5] Pitchfork , [6] and Spin . [8] Pitchfork placed it at number 197 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s. [11]
As of 2012, sales in the United States have exceeded 55,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. [12]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sunrise" | 4:07 |
| 2. | "Wait for the Summer" | 4:53 |
| 3. | "2080" | 5:24 |
| 4. | "Germs" | 3:13 |
| 5. | "Ah, Weir" | 1:21 |
| 6. | "No Need to Worry" | 5:26 |
| 7. | "Forgiveness" | 3:40 |
| 8. | "Wait for the Wintertime" | 4:52 |
| 9. | "Worms" | 4:07 |
| 10. | "Waves" | 4:57 |
| 11. | "Red Cave" (hidden track) | 4:59 |
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