Some Loud Thunder

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Some Loud Thunder
Studio album by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Released January 29, 2007
Genre Indie rock
Length 45:15
Label self-released (US)
Wichita (UK)
V2 (UK)
Professional reviews
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah chronology
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
(2005)		 Some Loud Thunder
(2007)

Some Loud Thunder is the second album by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, an indie rock band from Brooklyn. It was released on January 29 2007 in the UK and January 30 in the USA, but people who pre-ordered the album were able to legally download it from Insound starting January 16 2007. The album was produced by Dave Fridmann, known for his work with Mercury Rev and The Flaming Lips.

The album debuted at #47 on the Billboard charts with 19,000 copies sold.[1] "Satan Said Dance" was #95 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.[2]

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Alec Ounsworth, except where noted.

  1. "Some Loud Thunder"
  2. "Emily Jean Stock"
  3. "Mama, Won't You Keep Them Castles in the Air and Burning?"
  4. "Love Song No. 7"
  5. "Satan Said Dance"
  6. "Upon Encountering the Crippled Elephant"
  7. "Goodbye to Mother and the Cove" (Ounsworth, Tyler Sargent, Sean Greenhalgh)
  8. "Arm and Hammer"
  9. "Yankee Go Home"
  10. "Underwater (You and Me)"
  11. "Five Easy Pieces"
  12. "The Sword Song" (Japanese release and iTunes bonus track)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Jonathan Cohen, "Better 'Late' Than Never: Jones Debuts At No. 1", Billboard.com, February 7, 2007.
  2. ^ No byline (December 11, 2007). "The 100 Best Songs of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-21