Gorilla Manor

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Gorilla Manor
Localn-gorill 02.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 2, 2009 (UK)
February 16, 2010 (US)
Studio Red Rockets Glare
(Rancho Park, California),
Hot Pie Studios
(Pasadena, California)
Genre
Length52:40
Label Infectious
Frenchkiss Records
Producer Local Natives
Local Natives chronology
Gorilla Manor
(2009)
Hummingbird
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [1]
Review scores
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BBC Music (positive) [3]
Drowned in Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Fly Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [8]
Paste 7.4/10 [9]
Pitchfork (8.4/10) [10]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Tiny Mix Tapes TMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT empty.svgTMT empty.svg [12]

Gorilla Manor is the debut album by Los Angeles based indie rock band Local Natives. It was released in the United Kingdom on November 2, 2009, on Infectious Records, [13] and February 16, 2010, by Frenchkiss Records in the United States. [14]

Contents

The album was self-funded by the band and recorded by Raymond Richards in his own Red Rockets Glare Studio, in West Los Angeles. It was produced in collaboration by Richards and the band. [15] It was mixed by Dan Long and Hugo Nicholson. Gorilla Manor was named after the house they all shared in Orange County, where most of the album was written. “It was insanely messy and there were always friends over knocking around on guitars or our thrift store piano,” said guitarist Ryan Hahn. [15]

The album debuted in the Billboard 200 and at #3 in the New Artist Chart. [16]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Local Natives, except "Warning Sign" by David Byrne and Chris Frantz

No.TitleLength
1."Wide Eyes"4:26
2."Airplanes"3:58
3."Sun Hands"4:51
4."World News"4:32
5."Shape Shifter"5:30
6."Camera Talk"3:45
7."Cards & Quarters"4:00
8."Warning Sign" (Talking Heads cover)4:12
9."Who Knows Who Cares"3:53
10."Cubism Dream"4:00
11."Stranger Things"5:46
12."Sticky Thread"3:48
Total length:52:40
Amazon MP3 bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Only Son (B-Side)"4:02
Total length:56:42
iTunes bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Sun Hands (KEXP Session)"5:44
14."Camera Talk (KEXP Session)"3:51
Total length:62:15

Personnel

Release history

RegionDateLabelCatalog
United Kingdom November 2, 2009 Infectious Records INFECT109CD
United States February 16, 2010 Frenchkiss Records FKR042

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