| Cape Dory | ||||
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| Released | January 18, 2011 | |||
| Genre | Indie pop, surf pop | |||
| Length | 28:33 | |||
| Label | Fat Possum | |||
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Cape Dory is the debut studio album by American indie pop band Tennis, released on January 18, 2011, on Fat Possum Records. [1]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 76/100 [2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [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 |   [9] |
| Prefix | 9.0/10 [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]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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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