Classics (Ratatat album)

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Classics
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 22, 2006
RecordedNovember 2003 – March 2006
Genre
Length42:31
Label XL Recordings
Producer Evan Mast, Mike Stroud
Ratatat chronology
Ratatat Remixes Vol. 1
(2004)
Classics
(2006)
Ratatat Remixes Vol. 2
(2007)
Singles from Classics
  1. "Wildcat"
    Released: July 25, 2006
  2. "Lex"
    Released: October 30, 2006
  3. "Loud Pipes"
    Released: 2007
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 69/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Pitchfork Media 6.0/10 [4]

Classics is the second full-length album from Ratatat, released on August 22, 2006. As with their first album, Classics is almost entirely instrumental, with the only exception being a large cat-like sound sample used in "Wildcat."

Contents

During a September 15, 2006 interview on radio station KEXP, the band revealed that part of the album was recorded in upstate New York in a house owned by Björk.[ citation needed ]

This album produced three singles: "Lex", "Wildcat", and "Loud Pipes".

The track "Tropicana" was featured in the 2007 film Knocked Up and "Loud Pipes" was featured in the video game MLB 07: The Show .

The track "Nostrand" was featured in a Music video called "Typolution".

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Montanita"5:02
2."Lex"4:30
3."Gettysburg"5:28
4."Wildcat"4:21
5."Tropicana"4:37
6."Loud Pipes"3:47
7."Kennedy"3:35
8."Swisha"3:50
9."Nostrand"3:05
10."Tacobel Canon"4:29
11."Truman" (iTunes Store album only)3:30

References

  1. 1 2 3 "AllMusic Review by Marisa Brown". AllMusic .
  2. "Classics by Ratatat". Metacritic . Retrieved October 14, 2016. Anyone disappointed by the last Daft Punk album might enjoy this funky, largely instrumental second album for the New York duo.
  3. Allmusic review
  4. "Pitchfork Media review". Pitchfork.com. August 21, 2006. Retrieved February 25, 2014.