It's Frightening

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It's Frightening
It's Frightening Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 19, 2009 (2009-05-19)
Genre Indie rock
Length34:42
Label TBD Records, Mute
Producer Britt Daniel
White Rabbits chronology
Fort Nightly
(2007)
It's Frightening
(2009)
Milk Famous
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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BBC (unfavourable) [2]
Drowned In Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Pitchfork Media 7.4/10 [5]

It's Frightening is the second album by the American indie rock band, the White Rabbits. It was released May 19, 2009 on TBD Records, with "Percussion Gun" being the first single. [6]

Contents

The album was produced by Britt Daniel of Spoon and mixed by Mike McCarthy.

The songs "Right Where They Left" and "Percussion Gun" were used in the teen drama Gossip Girl (episode title: Dr. Estrangeloved). "Percussion Gun" was also featured on EA Sports game, 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa .

Track listing

  1. "Percussion Gun" (3:08)
  2. "Rudie Fails" (3:24)
  3. "They Done Wrong / We Done Wrong" (4:30)
  4. "Lionesse" (3:10)
  5. "Company I Keep" (4:10)
  6. "The Salesman (Tramp Life)" (2:50)
  7. "Midnight and I" (3:34)
  8. "Right Where They Left" (3:29)
  9. "The Lady Vanishes" (3:29)
  10. "Leave It at the Door" (3:00)

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. BBC review
  3. "Drowned In Sound review". Archived from the original on 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
  4. Rolling Stone review
  5. Pitchfork Media review
  6. "White Rabbits' It's Frightening gets tracklist, release date :: Music :: News :: Paste". Pastemagazine.com. 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2012-02-25.