Cape Dory (album)

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Cape Dory
Cape Dory.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 18, 2011
Genre Indie pop, surf pop
Length28:33
Label Fat Possum
Tennis chronology
Cape Dory
(2011)
Young & Old
(2012)

Cape Dory is the debut studio album by American indie pop band Tennis, released on January 18, 2011, on Fat Possum Records. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The A.V. Club A− [4]
Consequence of Sound A− [5]
NME 6/10 [6]
Paste 8.8/10 [7]
Pitchfork 6.2/10 [8]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Prefix9.0/10 [10]

Cape Dory was generally well received. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 24 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". [2] Cape Dory was listed at number five on Spinner's 40 Best Albums of 2011. [11] No Ripcord placed the album at number 41 on its of Top 50 Albums of 2011, commenting that "for a brief thirty minutes, [Patrick] Riley and [Alania] Moore opt to share a reliable set of savory pop nostalgia." [12]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Take Me Somewhere"2:48
2."Long Boat Pass"2:59
3."Cape Dory"2:23
4."Marathon"2:45
5."Bimini Bay"3:12
6."South Carolina"2:32
7."Pigeon"3:02
8."Seafarer"3:03
9."Baltimore"2:51
10."Waterbirds"2:59
Total length:28:33

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [13] 135
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [14] 20
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [15] 22
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [16] 33

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