Chunk of Change

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Chunk of Change
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EP by
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2008 (2008-09-16)
Genre Indie Pop
Length29:15
Label
Passion Pit chronology
Chunk of Change
(2008)
Manners
(2009)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 71/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash Favorable [2]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [3]
entertainment.ie Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Hot Press 3/5 [5]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
NME 7/10 [7]
Now 3/5 [8]
Pitchfork 7.9/10 [9]
PopMatters 6/10 [10]
URB Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Chunk of Change is the debut extended play (EP) by American electropop band Passion Pit, released on September 16, 2008, by Frenchkiss Records and Columbia Records. A video for the single "Sleepyhead" was released in October 2008, directed by The Wilderness. The track was featured in the debut trailer for the 2011 video game LittleBigPlanet 2 . "Better Things" was sampled by the alternative hip hop duo Chiddy Bang for their 2009 song "Truth".

Contents

Background

The tracks "Better Things" and "Sleepyhead" were added for the commercial release of the EP. [12] "Sleepyhead" was eventually included on Passion Pit's debut studio album, Manners (2009).

Reception

Pitchfork 's Tyler Grisham praised the EP, writing that it "deftly walks the line between beat-driven, Hot Chip floor geeking and twee atmospherics". [9]

Patrick Lyons of Seterogum writing for the EPs 10th anniversary, had still praised the EP with a groovy tone of teenage romance that Passion Pit held for its humble beginnings, "Angelakos’ bedroom pop was endearingly homespun and laptop-lo-fi at a time when that was still a novelly twee concept, but it sparkled and moved with expertise beyond its sonic constraints.". [13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Michael Angelakos, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."I've Got Your Number"6:12
2."Smile Upon Me"5:49
3."Cuddle Fuddle"4:32
4."Live to Tell the Tale"5:15
5."Better Things"4:32
6."Sleepyhead" (Angelakos, Mary O'Hara)2:55

Sample credits

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Chunk of Change. [14]

Charts

Chart performance for Chunk of Change
Chart (2009)Peak
position
Australian Hitseekers Albums (ARIA) [15] 13
France (SNEP) [16] 58
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [17] 35

Release history

Release history for Chunk of Change
RegionDateLabelRef.
United StatesSeptember 16, 2008 [18]
AustraliaFebruary 13, 2009 Sony [19]
FranceFebruary 16, 2009 [20]
United KingdomColumbia [21]

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