| Zig Zaj | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 26, 2011 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 49:13 | |||
| Label | Lex Records | |||
| Producer | Boom Bip | |||
| Boom Bip chronology | ||||
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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]
| 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]
| 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 | |
Credits adapted from liner notes.
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