Does You Inspire You

Does You Inspire You
Studio album by Chairlift
Released July 22, 2008
Genre Indie pop, dream pop, electronic
Length 43:50 (original release)
52:04 (2009 reissue)
Label Kanine Records, Columbia
Chairlift chronology

Does You Inspire You
(2008)		 Something
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau [2]
NME [3]
Pitchfork Media (5.6/10) [4]
Prefix (7.5/10) [5]
Rolling Stone [6]
Spin [7]
The Guardian [8]

Does You Inspire You is the debut album of American indie band Chairlift. After briefly going out of print on its original Kanine Records label, the album was rereleased by Columbia Records on April 21, 2009 with two additional tracks not included on the original release and a longer version of "Make Your Mind Up". The lead single "Bruises" was featured in an iPod commercial,[9] and the video for "Evident Utensil" was nominated for an award in the "Breakthrough Video" category at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.[10]

Track listing

  1. "Garbage" – 4:43
  2. "Planet Health" – 4:17
  3. "Earwig Town" – 3:02
  4. "Bruises" – 4:00
  5. "Somewhere Around Here" – 4:30
  6. "Evident Utensil" – 2:51
  7. "Territory" – 6:04
  8. "Le Flying Saucer Hat" † – 3:17
  9. "Make Your Mind Up" ‡ – 4:24 (5:18 on reissue)
  10. "Dixie Gypsy" † – 4:03
  11. "Don't Give A Damn" – 4:21
  12. "Chameleon Closet" – 1:59
  13. "Ceiling Wax" – 3:39

References

  1. ↑ Leahey, Andrew. Does You Inspire You at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Does You Inspire You". Robert Christgau.
  3. ↑ NME review
  4. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
  5. ↑ Prefix review
  6. ↑ Rolling Stone review
  7. ↑ Spin review
  8. ↑ Guardian review
  9. ↑ Suzanne Baran (September 16, 2008). "Chairlift Gets A Boost From iPod Nano Ad". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
  10. ↑ "2009 MTV Video Music Awards: Breakthrough Video". MTV. Retrieved 2009-08-08.