Contact! Contact!

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Contact! Contact!
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Studio album by
Released14 May 2007
RecordedAugust 2006 – January 2007 at Bankhead Farm, Fife, Scotland; and Perry Vale, London, England
Genre Indie rock
Length47:15
Label Gravity DIP, Banquet
Producer Robin Sutherland
Nicolaas Weststeyn
Tellison chronology
Tellison EP
(2006)
Contact! Contact!
(2007)
The Wages of Fear
(2011)
Singles from Contact! Contact!
  1. "Reader"
    Released: 6 February 2006
  2. "Henry Went to Paris"
    Released: 2 August 2007
  3. "Gallery"
    Released: 26 November 2007
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Alternative Ulster Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
RockfeedbackStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]
Rock Sound (9/10) [4]

Contact! Contact! is the debut studio album by English indie rock band Tellison, initially released on 14 May 2007 on Gravity DIP Records. It was later re-released on 12 November 2007 on Banquet Records. [5]

Contents

The album was recorded over a six-month period between Scotland and England with two producers, Robin Sutherland and Nicolaas Weststeyn. [6]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Stephen Davidson; music composed by Tellison. [7]

No.TitleLength
1."Hanover Start Clapping"2:42
2."Reader"2:44
3."Gallery"4:17
4."Tender Is the Night"3:54
5."Fire"2:59
6."New York City, New York"3:40
7."Amory"2:35
8."Ambulance"2:59
9."Architects"4:39
10."Henry Went to Paris"3:46
11."Disaster! Disaster!"3:40
12."Hospital" (contains an untitled hidden track, a cover of "Song 1" by defunct Derby band Cable.)13:02

Release history

CountryDateLabelFormatCatalogue #Ref.
United Kingdom14 May 2007Gravity DIP RecordsCompact Disc, Digital DownloadDIP036 [8]
12 November 2007 Banquet Records Compact Disc, Digital DownloadBANQUET002 [9]

Personnel

The following personnel contributed to Contact! Contact!: [7]

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