Relayted

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Relayted
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 11, 2010 (2010-05-11)
Genre Indie rock, [1] soft rock [2]
Length55:00
Label Jagjaguwar
Producer Ryan Olson
Gayngs chronology
Relayted
(2010)
Affiliyated
(2011)

Relayted is the first studio album by Minneapolis indie rock collective Gayngs. [3] It was released via Jagjaguwar on May 11, 2010. [4] Inspired by 10cc's "I'm Not in Love", every song on the album was recorded at 69 BPM. [5] On May 14, 2010, the album release show was held at First Avenue. [6] The album peaked at number 27 on Billboard 's Heatseekers Albums chart. [7] As of 2011, it has sold 13,000 copies. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [8]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The A.V. Club B+ [10]
BBC Music favorable [11]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [12]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [13]
NME 9/10 [14]
Pitchfork 6.5/10 [15]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [16]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [17]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Relayted received an average score of 78, based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [8]

Steven Hyden of The A.V. Club gave the album a grade of B+, calling it "a record fueled by the soft-rock solipsism of 10cc and loads of antidepressants." [10] Barry Nicolson of The Skinny gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "Dipping its toe in everything from soft-rock to hip-hop to R&B and sixties soul, the songs all manage the trick of sounding roughly the same, completely unique, and uniformly superb." [17]

NME placed Relayted at number 13 on the "75 Best Albums of 2010" list. [18] Pitchfork placed "The Gaudy Side of Town" at number 99 on the "Top 100 Tracks of 2010" list. [19]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Gaudy Side of Town"7:07
2."The Walker"4:50
3."Cry" (Godley & Creme)5:22
4."No Sweat"6:05
5."False Bottom"2:54
6."The Beatdown"3:00
7."Crystal Rope"3:24
8."Spanish Platinum"4:22
9."Faded High"7:28
10."Ride"3:49
11."The Last Prom on Earth"6:33

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [7] 27

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