Elephant Shoe

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Elephant Shoe
Elephant shoe.jpg
Studio album by
Released13 September 1999 (1999-09-13)
Studio
Genre Sadcore
Length56:50
Label Go! Beat
Producer Arab Strap
Arab Strap chronology
Mad for Sadness
(1999)
Elephant Shoe
(1999)
The Red Thread
(2001)
Singles from Elephant Shoe
  1. "Cherubs"
    Released: 1999 (1999)(EP)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Alternative Press 4/5 [3]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
NME 7/10 [5]
Pitchfork 8.4/10 [6]
Spin 8/10 [7]

Elephant Shoe is the third studio album by Scottish indie rock band Arab Strap, released on 13 September 1999 by Go! Beat.

Contents

The album's title is a phrase sometimes used by children who are afraid of saying "I love you", [4] where they mouth "I love you" under their breath, but when asked what they had said, answer "elephant shoe" or elephant juice, because the mouth shapes are the same.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Malcolm Middleton and Aidan Moffat.

No.TitleLength
1."Cherubs"4:59
2."One Four Seven One"5:28
3."Pyjamas"4:39
4."Autumnal"7:24
5."Leave the Day Free"5:19
6."Direction of Strong Man"4:23
7."Tanned"6:31
8."Aries the Ram"4:49
9."The Drinking Eye"5:24
10."Pro-(Your) Life"3:34
11."Hello Daylight"4:17

Charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [8] 59
UK Albums (OCC) [9] 79

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