Take-Offs and Landings

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Take-Offs and Landings
Take-Offs and Landings cover
Studio album by Rilo Kiley
Released July 31, 2001
Genre Indie Rock
Length 50:39
Label Barsuk Records
Producer Rilo Kiley
Professional reviews
Rilo Kiley chronology
The Initial Friend E.P.
(1999)		 Take-Offs and Landings
(2001)		 The Execution of All Things
(2002)

Take-Offs and Landings is Rilo Kiley's debut full-length album, originally released in 2001 on the independent label Barsuk Records. It was re-released in 2007.

Of Rilo Kiley's albums, Take-Offs and Landings contains the most songs sung by band member Blake Sennett, who sings lead on "August," "Small Figures In A Vast Expanse," "Rest of My Life," and a hidden track. Jenny Lewis sings lead on the other tracks, except for two "Variations on a Theme" tracks, which are instrumental.

The album's hidden track is officially titled "Spectacular Views." However, since a later Rilo Kiley song has the same name, it is often referred to as "Salute My Shorts!," in reference to Sennett's acting role on the television show Salute Your Shorts.

[edit] Track listing

(all songs written by Lewis and Sennett)

  1. "Go Ahead" – 3:34
  2. "Science vs. Romance" – 5:43
  3. "Wires and Waves" – 3:17
  4. "Pictures of Success" – 6:51
  5. "August" – 3:18
  6. "Bulletproof" – 1:57
  7. "Plane Crash in C" – 5:11
  8. "Variations on a Theme (Science vs. Romance)" – 0:36
  9. "Small Figures in a Vast Expanse" – 3:19
  10. "Don't Deconstruct" – 2:37
  11. "Always" – 4:00
  12. "We'll Never Sleep (God Knows We'll Try)" – 2:54
  13. "Rest of My Life" – 2:10
  14. "Variations on a Theme (Plane Crash in C)" – 1:35
  15. "Spectacular Views (Salute My Shorts!)"

[edit] Additional musicians

  • Phillip Watt - trumpet on "Pictures of Success," "Plane Crash in C," and "Don't Deconstruct"
  • Alex Greenwald - synths on "Pictures of Success" and "Plane Crash in C"
  • Shana Levy - keyboard on "Go Ahead"
  • Larissa Brantner - violin on "Don't Deconstruct" and "Rest of My Life"
  • Aram Arsalanian - keyboard on "Plane Crash in C"
  • Ben Boyer - drums on "We'll Never Sleep (God Knows We'll Try)"

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