Contact! Contact!

Contact! Contact!
Studio album by Tellison
Released May 14, 2007
(see release history)
Recorded August 2006–January 2007 at Bankhead Farm, Fife, Scotland; and Perry Vale, London, England
Genre Indie rock
Length 47:15
Label Gravity DIP, Banquet
Producer Robin Sutherland
Nicolaas Weststeyn
Tellison chronology
Tellison EP
(2006)		 Contact! Contact!
(2007)		 The Wages of Fear
(2011)
Singles from Contact! Contact!
  1. "Reader"
    Released: February 6, 2006
  2. "Henry Went to Paris"
    Released: August 2, 2007
  3. "Gallery"
    Released: November 26, 2007
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Alternative Ulster [1]
Kerrang! [2]
Rockfeedback [3]
Rock Sound (9/10)[4]

Contact! Contact! is the debut studio album by English indie rock band Tellison, initially released May 14, 2007 on Gravity DIP Records. It was later re-released on November 12, 2007 on Banquet Records.[5]

The album was recorded over a six month period between Scotland and England with two producers, Robin Sutherland and Nicolaas Weststeyn.[6]

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics written by Stephen Davidson; music composed by Tellison.[7]

No. Title Length
1. "Hanover Start Clapping"   2:42
2. "Reader"   2:44
3. "Gallery"   4:17
4. "Tender Is the Night"   3:54
5. "Fire"   2:59
6. "New York, New York, New York"   3:40
7. "Amory"   2:35
8. "Ambulance"   2:59
9. "Architects"   4:39
10. "Henry Went to Paris"   3:46
11. "Disaster! Disaster!"   3:40
12. "Hospital" (contains an untitled hidden track, a cover of "Song 1" by defunct Derby band Cable.) 13:02

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalogue # Ref.
United Kingdom May 14, 2007 Gravity DIP Records Compact Disc, Digital Download DIP036 [8]
November 12, 2007 Banquet Records Compact Disc, Digital Download BANQUET002 [9]

Personnel

The following personnel contributed to Contact! Contact!:[7]

Tellison

Additional Musicians

Production

References

  1. ^ "Album Review: Tellison – Contact! Contact!". Worldpress.com. http://defythis.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/album-review-tellison-contact-contact/. Retrieved 2009-03-24. 
  2. ^ "Tellison: Contact! Contact! (Banquet) KKKK. Their treble-layered harmonies and quirky energetic songs recall the sense, if not the sound, of The Get Up Kids in their early days... a wonderful sense of hope, regret and youthful abandon", Kerrang! (1180): 54, 14 November 2007 
  3. ^ "Tellison - Contact! Contact! (Gravity Dip)". Rockfeedback. http://www.rockfeedback.com/review/1382/tellison-contact-contact-gravity-dip/. Retrieved 2009-07-26. 
  4. ^ "Rock Sound Review". Banquet Records. http://www.banquetrecords.com/index.jsp?item=7216. Retrieved 2007-11-12. 
  5. ^ "Contact! Contact! ~ Tellison (Artist)". Amazon.co.uk. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000R9IXS0/ref=dm_dp_cdp?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1248632997&sr=301-1. Retrieved 2007-09-25. 
  6. ^ "Tellison Bio". Drowned in Sound. http://drownedinsound.com/directory/artists/Tellison. Retrieved 2009-07-26. 
  7. ^ a b (2007) Album notes for Contact! Contact! by Tellison [CD]. Banquet Records.
  8. ^ "TELLISON 'CONTACT! CONTACT!". Gravity DIP. http://gravitydip.com/release.jsp?DIP036. Retrieved 2009-11-25. 
  9. ^ "Tellison - Contact! Contact!: CD". Play.com. http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/3384477/Contact-Contact-/Product.html. Retrieved 2009-09-15. 

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