Turtleneck & Chain

Turtleneck & Chain
Studio album by The Lonely Island
Released May 10, 2011
Genre Comedy rap, hip-hop, electro
Length 38:55
Label Universal Republic
Producer No I.D., T-Minus, CHOPS,[1] Michael Woods, DJ Frank E, Stargate, Drew Money
The Lonely Island chronology
Incredibad
(2009)		 Turtleneck & Chain
(2011)
Singles from Turtleneck & Chain
  1. "I Just Had Sex feat. Akon"
    Released: December 19, 2010
  2. "The Creep (feat. Nicki Minaj"
    Released: January 30, 2011
  3. "We're Back!"
    Released: April 2, 2011
  4. "Motherlover feat. Justin Timberlake"
    Released: April 19, 2011
  5. "Turtleneck and Chain feat. Snoop Dogg"
    Released: 2011
  6. "Jack Sparrow feat. Michael Bolton"
    Released: May 7, 2011
  7. "Mama"
    Released: May 9, 2011
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Entertainment Weekly (B)[3]
Los Angeles Times [4]
Rolling Stone [5]
BLARE Magazine [6]
The A.V. Club (A)[7]
The Tune [8]

Turtleneck & Chain is the second studio album of the American comedy troupe The Lonely Island, whose members are Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone. The album was released May 10, 2011, on Universal Republic Records. Many of the songs on the album debuted on Saturday Night Live as SNL Digital Shorts ("I Just Had Sex", "Jack Sparrow", "Shy Ronnie 2: Ronnie & Clyde", "Motherlover", "The Creep", "Threw It on the Ground", "Reba (Two Worlds Collide)", and "Great Day". "We're Back" premiered on Jimmy Fallon's show). The CD version of the album also includes a DVD featuring some of the digital shorts. Collaborators on the album include Snoop Dogg, Akon, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Nicki Minaj, Michael Bolton, Santigold, John Waters,[9] and Beck.

Contents

Track listing

CD
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "We're Back!"   Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, B. Long, B. Lamela 1:50
2. "Mama"   Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone 1:59
3. "I Just Had Sex" (featuring Akon) Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, Justin Franks, Jerrod Bettis 2:46
4. "Jack Sparrow" (featuring Michael Bolton) Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, Michael Woods 3:07
5. "Attracted to Us" (featuring Beck) Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, Beck Hansen, Cole M. Greif-Neill 1:52
6. "Rocky"   Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, Larry James Hamilton, Albert Savoy, Elijah Walker, Mark Potsic 2:33
7. "My Mic – Interlude"   Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone 0:22
8. "Turtleneck & Chain" (featuring Snoop Dogg) Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, Calvin Broadus, Jim Coleman 2:44
9. "Shy Ronnie 2: Ronnie & Clyde" (featuring Rihanna) Samberg, Fenty, Schaffer, Taccone, T. Williams 2:26
10. "Trouble on Dookie Island"   Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, Long, Lamela 2:09
11. "Falcor vs. Atreyu – Classy Skit #1"   Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone 0:29
12. "Motherlover" (featuring Justin Timberlake) Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, Drew Campbell, Asa Taccone, Justin Timberlake 2:49
13. "The Creep" (featuring Nicki Minaj and John Waters) Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, S. Jung, Onika Maraj 2:39
14. "Watch Me Do Me – Classy Skit #2"   Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, Campbell 0:27
15. "Threw It on the Ground"   Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, Campbell 2:38
16. "Japan"   Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, Williams 2:30
17. "After Party" (featuring Santigold) Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, M. Midttun 2:52
18. "No Homo"   Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, Long, Byrd 2:02
19. "No Homo Outro"   Willie Clarke, Clarence Reid 0:41

Samples

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
US Billboard 200 3
US Rap Albums 1
Australian Albums Chart[12] 15
Australian Urban Albums Chart[13] 5
UK Albums Chart[14] 26

References

  1. ^ "No I.D. & T-Minus Land on Lonely Island CD". http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/05/no-i-d-t-minus-land-on-lonely-island-cd/. 
  2. ^ Jeffries, David. "Review: Turtleneck & Chain". http://www.allmusic.com/album/turtleneck-chain-r2170521. 
  3. ^ Greenwald, Andy. "Entertainment Weekly review". http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20486938,00.html. 
  4. ^ Wood, Mikael. "Los Angeles Times review". http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/05/album-review-the-lonely-islands-turtleneck-chain.html. 
  5. ^ Dolan, Jon. "Rolling Stone review". http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/turtleneck-chain-20110510. 
  6. ^ Rankin, Dan. "BLARE review". http://blaremagazine.com/2011/05/16/review-the-lonely-island-turtleneck-and-chain. 
  7. ^ Rabin, Nathan. "The A.V. Club review". http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-lonely-island-turtleneck-chain,56135/. 
  8. ^ Kasko, Jordy. "The Tune review". http://www.thetunemusic.com/2011/05/lonely-island-turtleneck-chain-2011.html. 
  9. ^ "New TLI Album "Turtleneck & Chain" Details!!!". TheLonelyIsland.blogspot.com. April 1, 2011. http://thelonelyisland.blogspot.com/2011/04/new-tli-album-details.html. Retrieved April 6, 2011. 
  10. ^ "Turtleneck & Chain (Deluxe Version) by The Lonely Island - Download Turtleneck & Chain (Deluxe Version) on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. 2011-05-10. http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/turtleneck-chain/id435845134. Retrieved 2011-05-18. 
  11. ^ "Music". TheLonelyIsland.com. Universal Republic. http://www.thelonelyisland.com/music. Retrieved April 6, 2011. 
  12. ^ "australian-charts.com - The Lonely Island - Turtleneck & Chain". Hung Medien. http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Lonely+Island&titel=Turtleneck+%26+Chain&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-05-22. 
  13. ^ "australian-charts.com - The Lonely Island - Turtleneck & Chain". Hung Medien. http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Lonely+Island&titel=Turtleneck+%26+Chain&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-05-22. 
  14. ^ "Album Top 40 from the Official UK Charts Company". Theofficialcharts.com. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/albums-chart/. Retrieved 2011-05-18. 
The Lonely Island
Film and
television
Discography
Studio albums
Incredibad • Turtleneck & Chain
Singles
"Dick in a Box" • "Jizz in My Pants" • "I'm on a Boat" • "Like a Boss" • "Boombox" • "I Just Had Sex" • "The Creep" • "We're Back!" • "Motherlover" • "Turtleneck & Chain" • "Jack Sparrow" • "We'll Kill U" • "3-Way (The Golden Rule)"
Other songs
Individual works
and appearances
Samberg
Schaffer
"After Hours" (music video) • "I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)" (music video)
Taccone
Role Models • Land of the Lost • MacGruber (sketch) • MacGruber (film)
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