Fits (album)

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Fits
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 22, 2009
Recorded2008
Genre
Length36:52
Label Downtown Records
Full Time Hobby
Producer White Denim
White Denim chronology
Exposion
(2008)
Fits
(2009)
Last Day of Summer
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
NME (8/10) [3]
Pitchfork Media (7.0/10) [4]
Planet Sound (5/10) [5]
Drowned In Sound (5/10) [6]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [8]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Daily Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Fits is White Denim's second LP on European label Full Time Hobby Records, [12] following up the critically acclaimed releases of 2008's EU debut Workout Holiday and US debut Exposion . [13] The band's third full-length album was released in Europe on June 22, 2009, and was released in the United States on October 20, 2009, on Downtown Records. [14] [15]

Contents

Prior to the album's release, on April 24, 2009, NME posted the song "Mirrored and Reverse" on their website, giving fans their first taste of Fits. [16] On June 8, 2009, Dallas-based music blog Gorilla vs. Bear released the song "I Start To Run." [17] A week before the album's official release, NME allowed readers to stream the entire album via their website. [18]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Radio Milk How Can You Stand It"3:53
2."All Consolation"2:55
3."Say What You Want"2:51
4."El Hard Attack DCWYW"1:58
5."I Start to Run"2:52
6."Sex Prayer"2:04
7."Mirrored and Reverse"3:54
8."Paint Yourself"3:25
9."I'd Have It Just the Way We Were"2:19
10."Everybody Somebody"2:53
11."Regina Holding Hands"3:29
12."Syncn"4:19

The album was later repackaged by Downtown Records as a 2 disc set with the U.S.-only album Exposion. [19]

Videos

Personnel

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