Zig Zaj

Zig Zaj
Studio album by Boom Bip
Released	September 26, 2011 (2011-09-26)
Genre	Pop
Length	49:13
Label	Lex Records
Producer	Boom Bip
Boom Bip chronology
Blue Eyed in the Red Room (2005) Zig Zaj (2011)

Zig Zaj is the third solo studio album by Boom Bip. ^[1] It was released through Lex Records on September 26, 2011. ^[1] It features guest appearances from Alex Kapranos, Money Mark, Luke Steele, and Josh Klinghoffer. ^[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	66/100 [3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
BBC	favorable [5]
Dusted Magazine	unfavorable [6]
The Phoenix	[7]
Pitchfork	6.6/10 [8]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66, based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". ^[3]

John Bush of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, saying, "compared to Seed to Sun or Blue Eyed in the Red Room , whose fascination with sound was positively contagious, Zig Zaj sounds like an overly safe record, the type that most producers would avoid if they wanted to keep innovating." ^[4]

In 2011, The Guardian included it on the "Top 10 Autumn Albums" list, ^[9] while Mike Diver of BBC included it on the "Best Albums of September 2011" list. ^[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"All Hands"	3:26
2.	"Goodbye Lovers & Friends"	5:20
3.	"Pele"	3:30
4.	"Do as I Do"	5:28
5.	"Reveal"	5:10
6.	"Manabozh"	3:49
7.	"New Order"	4:54
8.	"Automaton"	4:00
9.	"Tumtum"	9:46
10.	"Mascot & the Moth"	3:56
Total length:		49:13

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Boom Bip – music
• Mike Noyce – vocals (1)
• Josiah Steinbrick – acoustic guitar (1), bass guitar (7, 9), synthesizer (7, 9), percussion (7, 9)
• Alex Kapranos – vocals (2)
• Kevin Stevens – drums (2)
• Cate Le Bon – vocals (4)
• Money Mark – vocals (6), effects (6)
• Luke Steele – vocals (7)
• Marty Sataman – synthesizer (7)
• Josh Klinghoffer – guitar (7, 9), synthesizer (7, 9), percussion (7, 9)
• Chris Shaw – mixing
• Ehquestionmark – artwork

References

1. Mitchell, Paul (August 29, 2011). "Boom Bip: Me And People". The Skinny . Archived from the original on June 23, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
2. Cragg, Michael (September 8, 2011). "New music: Boom Bip – New Order". The Guardian . Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
3. "Zig Zaj by Boom Bip". Metacritic . CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on February 25, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
4. Bush, John. "Boom Bip - Zig Zaj". AllMusic . Archived from the original on January 27, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
5. Stubbs, David (2011). "Boom Bip - Zig Zaj - Review". BBC . Archived from the original on January 9, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
6. Burnett, Joseph (October 18, 2011). "Dusted Reviews: Boom Bip - Zig Zaj". Dusted Magazine. Archived from the original on April 6, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
7. Lundy, Zeth (October 4, 2011). "Boom Bip - Zig Zaj". The Phoenix . Archived from the original on October 20, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
8. Neyland, Nick (September 21, 2011). "Boom Bip: Zig Zaj". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on March 17, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
9. Empire, Kitty; Bainbridge, Luke; Hoby, Hermione; Jonze, Tim; Cragg, Michael (September 4, 2011). "Top 10 autumn albums - review". The Guardian . Archived from the original on September 26, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
10. Diver, Mike (October 3, 2011). "The best albums of September 2011". BBC . Archived from the original on October 21, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.

External links

• Zig Zaj at Discogs (list of releases)