Ping Pong (Jacuzzi Boys album)

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Ping Pong
Ping Pong Jacuzzi Boys.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 21, 2016
RecordedJulyAugust 2015
Length39:14
Label Self-released
Producer Jim Kissling [1]
Jacuzzi Boys chronology
Jacuzzi Boys
(2013)
Ping Pong
(2016)
Singles from Ping Pong
  1. "Boys Like Blood"
    Released: August 18, 2016 [2]
  2. "Lucky Blade"
    Released: October 6, 2016 [3]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Album of the Year59/100 [4]
Metacritic 63/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Magnet Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Pitchfork 6.6/10 [7]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Pretty Much AmazingC [9]
The Spill Magazine 7.0/10 [10]

Ping Pong is the fourth studio album by American surf rock band, Jacuzzi Boys. The album was self-released on October 21, 2016.

Contents

Track listing

All music is composed by Jacuzzi Boys, except where otherwise indicated.

No.TitleLength
1."Lucky Blade"3:31
2."Boys Like Blood"3:12
3."Refrigeration"2:21
4."Seventeen"4:04
5."Can't Fight Forever"3:40
6."Easy Motion"1:55
7."New Cross"1:17
8."Zoo"2:47
9."Gamma"3:09
10."Strange Exchange"3:22
11."Iodine"3:29
12."Tip Of My Tongue / Edge Of My Brain"6:27
Total length:39:14

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