Partie Traumatic

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Partie Traumatic
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 7, 2008
RecordedDecember 2007 – April 2008
Studio West Heath Studios, London, England
Genre Indie rock, indie pop
Length38:09
Label Almost Gold / Columbia (USA)
Mercury (EU)
Producer Bernard Butler
Black Kids chronology
Partie Traumatic
(2008)
ROOKIE
(2017)
Singles from Partie Traumatic
  1. "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You"
    Released: April 7, 2008
  2. "Hurricane Jane"
    Released: June 23, 2008
  3. "Look at Me (When I Rock Wichoo)"
    Released: September 8, 2008
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club B [3]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
MSN Music (Consumer Guide)A− [6]
NME 8/10 [7]
Pitchfork 3.3/10 [8]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Partie Traumatic is the debut album by American Indie rock band Black Kids, released by Almost Gold on July 7, 2008 in the United Kingdom, and released by Columbia Records on July 22, 2008 in North America. [12] The album debuted at #5 on the UK Albums chart and placed on several year-end best albums lists.

Contents

According to bassist Owen Holmes, the album got its title from an instructional Artie Traum DVD on how to play the guitar which Holmes and Reggie Youngblood rented from their local library. The band played with the name Artie Traum, calling him Partie Traum and eventually Partie Traumatic. [13]

Track listing

All songs written by Black Kids

  1. "Hit the Heartbrakes" – 3:44
  2. "Partie Traumatic" – 3:10
  3. "Listen to Your Body Tonight" – 3:08
  4. "Hurricane Jane" – 4:32
  5. "I'm Making Eyes at You" – 4:30
  6. "I've Underestimated My Charm (Again)" – 3:55
  7. "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You" – 3:37
  8. "Love Me Already" – 4:04
  9. "I Wanna Be Your Limousine" – 3:16
  10. "Look at Me (When I Rock Wichoo)" – 4:10

Usage in media

"Hit the Heartbrakes" was used in the mobile phone game, First Touch Soccer 2015 . "Partie Traumatic" was used in Midnight Club: Los Angeles . "Hurricane Jane" was used in the football game by Konami, Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 . "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You" was used as The Twelves remix version in the EA Sports game, FIFA 09 and also the 2008 comedy film Role Models .

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts) [14] 88
UK Albums Chart 5
US Billboard 200 127

Honors

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