Haha Sound

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Haha Sound
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Studio album by
Released11 August 2003 (2003-08-11)
Genre
Length44:27
Label Warp Records
Broadcast chronology
The Noise Made by People
(2000)
Haha Sound
(2003)
Tender Buttons
(2005)

Haha Sound is the second studio album by English indie electronic band Broadcast. It was released on 11 August 2003 by Warp Records.

Contents

Haha Sound earned critical acclaim and became Broadcast's first charting album in the United States, where it reached the top 10 of the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart. [6]

Recording

Recording sessions for the album took place in fragments at various locations: Keenan recorded vocal tracks with her head in a cardboard box which gave it a "closeness and deadness that makes it sit in the mix a bit nicer," while drummer Bullock recorded drum tracks in a neighborhood church before overdubbing guitar tracks and additional arrangements. [7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 82/100 [8]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [9]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [10]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [11]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Muzik 5/5 [14]
Pitchfork 8.2/10 [15]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [16]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [17]

Haha Sound received highly favourable reviews from music critics. [8] Paul Clarke called the album "a dizzying ride" in his review for Jockey Slut . [18] Pitchfork placed Haha Sound at number 121 on its list of the best albums of the 2000s. [19] In 2007, the record was listed by The Guardian as one of "1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die". [20]

Track listing

Songwriting credits are adapted from ASCAP. [21]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Colour Me In"
2:51
2."Pendulum"
  • Cargill
  • Keenan
4:21
3."Before We Begin"
  • Cargill
  • Keenan
3:22
4."Valerie"
  • Cargill
  • Keenan
  • Stevens
4:04
5."Man Is Not a Bird"
  • Cargill
  • Keenan
4:52
6."Minim"
  • Cargill
  • Keenan
3:00
7."Lunch Hour Pops"
  • Cargill
  • Keenan
3:36
8."Black Umbrellas"
  • Cargill
1:08
9."Ominous Cloud"
  • Cargill
  • Keenan
3:46
10."Distorsion"
  • Cargill
  • Keenan
  • Stevens
2:02
11."Oh How I Miss You"
  • Cargill
1:17
12."The Little Bell"
  • Cargill
  • Keenan
2:48
13."Winter Now"
  • Cargill
  • Keenan
  • Tim Felton
3:48
14."Hawk"
  • Cargill
  • Keenan
3:32
Total length:44:27
Japanese edition bonus track [22]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Stupido"
  • Cargill
  • Keenan
3:38
Total length:48:05

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [23]

Charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [24] 130
UK Dance Albums (OCC) [25] 4
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [26] 13
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [27] 50
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [6] 8

Release history

RegionDateFormatEditionLabelCatalogue no.Ref.
United Kingdom11 August 2003 CD Standard Warp WARPCD106 [28]
SpecialWARPCD106X
LP StandardWARPLP106
United States12 August 2003CDWARPCD106 [29]
Japan2003BeatBRC76 [22]
United Kingdom9 March 2015LPWarpWARPLP106R [30]

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