This Is the Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank

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This Is the Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank
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Studio album by
Released11 September 2008
Genre Math rock
Label Richter Collective [1]
Producer J. Robbins [1]
Adebisi Shank chronology
This Is the Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank
(2008)
This Is the Second Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank
(2010)
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Review scores
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Sputnikmusic4.5/5 [3]

This Is the Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank is the first studio album by Irish math rock band Adebisi Shank. [1] [4] [5] It was released on 11 September 2008 through Richter Collective.

Contents

It was recorded over the course of nine days with producer J. Robbins. [5] Drowned in Sound wrote that the album helped "ignite a sustained fruitful period for independent guitar music in Ireland." [6]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "while the album may be short in duration, the range of ideas presented here is vast: [the band] experiment constantly with varying tempos and time signatures and prefer to leave motifs underdeveloped rather than over-repetitive." [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Larry Kaye, Vinny McCreith and Mick Roe

No.TitleLength
1."YouMe"3:06
2."DODR"3:10
3."Colin Skehan"2:50
4."Shunk"2:53
5."Mini Rockers"3:29
6."Agassi Shank"2:27
7."I Answer To "Doc""2:40
8."Snakehips"2:37

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References

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