Welcome to Goon Island

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Welcome To Goon Island
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Studio album by
Released28 July 2008
Genre Art punk, post-punk, electropunk, neo-psychedelia, dance-punk
Label Mute Records
Producer Ross Orton
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 60/100 [1]
Review scores
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Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Artrocker Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
BBC (favorable) [4]
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The Independent (unfavorable) [6]
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The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
This Is Fake DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]

Welcome To Goon Island is the first album by XX Teens, released by Mute Records. It had been set for a mainstream release on 28 July 2008 but was made available from selected independent record shops four weeks before that date. Each of those stores gave away free posters of the album.

Contents

The song "Darlin'" was included in "NME's Tracks Of The Year 2007". [10]

Track listing

  1. "The Way We Were" - 3:48
  2. "B-54" - 3:19
  3. "Round" - 3:03
  4. "Ba (Ba-Ba Ba)" - 2:56
  5. "Onkawara" - 3:26
  6. "(Reprise)" - 0:43
  7. "Only You" - 2:23
  8. "My Favourite Hat" - 4:21
  9. "Darlin'" - 4:12
  10. "Sun Comes Up" - 4:05
  11. "For Brian Haw" - 5:40
  12. "How to Reduce the Chances of Being a Terror Victim" - 3:54

References

  1. "Welcome To Goon Island by XX Teens". Metacritic . Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. Allmusic review
  3. Artrocker review
  4. Quinn, Michael. "BBC - Music - Review of XX Teens - Welcome To Goon Island" . Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  5. "Chart Attack". Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  6. "Album: XX Teens, Welcome to Goon Island (Mute)". Independent.co.uk . 27 July 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  7. "JustPressPlay review" . Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  8. "XX Teens - Welcome To Goon Island - The Skinny" . Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  9. "DIY" . Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  10. NME's tracks of 2007