The Ladybug Transistor (album)

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The Ladybug Transistor
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 7, 2003 (2003-10-07)
StudioWavelab Studios [1]
Genre Indie pop
Label Merge Records [2]
Producer Craig Schumacher [3]
The Ladybug Transistor chronology
Argyle Heir
(2001)
The Ladybug Transistor
(2003)
Can't Wait Another Day
(2007)
Professional ratings
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Pitchfork Media 7.0/10 [6]

The Ladybug Transistor is an album by the Brooklyn indie pop band The Ladybug Transistor. [7] [3] It was released in 2003 by Merge Records. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music wrote that "the blend of 70s-era AOR rock and wistful chamber pop helped make the album one of the year's most pleasant surprises." [5] The Tucson Weekly called the album "the band's best record yet," writing that it "takes off with a flourish and spins through 13 songs played on 12-string guitars, keyboards, strings and horns." [1]

Track listing

  1. "These Days In Flames"
  2. "In December"
  3. "3=Wild"
  4. "Song For The Ending Day"
  5. "Choking On Air"
  6. "The Places You'll Call Home"
  7. "Gospel"
  8. "Please Don't Be Long"
  9. "NY-San Anton"
  10. "Hangin' On The Line"
  11. "A Burial At Sea"
  12. "Splendor In The Grass"
  13. "The Last Gent"

Personnel

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References

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  2. "The Ladybug Transistor - The Ladybug Transistor". www.mergerecords.com.
  3. 1 2 "The Ladybug Transistor | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  4. The Ladybug Transistor at AllMusic
  5. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 62.
  6. "The Ladybug Transistor: Ladybug Transistor". Pitchfork.
  7. Mills, Fred. "The Ladybug Transistor". Detroit Metro Times.