Cape Dory (album)

Cape Dory
Studio album by Tennis
Released January 18, 2011
Genre Indie pop, surf pop
Length 28:33
Label Fat Possum
Tennis chronology
Cape Dory
(2011)		 Young & Old
(2012)Young & Old2012

Cape Dory is the debut studio album by American indie pop band Tennis, released on January 18, 2011 on Fat Possum Records.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The A.V. ClubA-[4]
Consequence of SoundA-[5]
PopMatters[6]
Prefix Magazine9.0/10[7]
Paste8.8/10[8]
NME6/10[9]

Cape Dory was generally well received. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 24 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[2] Cape Dory was listed at number five on Spinner's 40 Best Albums of 2011.[10] No Ripcord placed the album at number 41 on its of Top 50 Albums of 2011, commenting that "for a brief thirty minutes, Riley and Moore opt to share a reliable set of savory pop nostalgia."[11]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Take Me Somewhere"2:48
2."Long Boat Pass"2:59
3."Cape Dory"2:23
4."Marathon"2:45
5."Bimini Bay"3:12
6."South Carolina"2:32
7."Pigeon"3:02
8."Seafarer"3:03
9."Baltimore"2:51
10."Waterbirds"2:59
Total length:28:33

References

  1. ↑ "Cape Dory - Tennis". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  2. 1 2 http://www.metacritic.com/music/cape-dory/tennis
  3. ↑ "Cape Dory - Tennis". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  4. ↑ http://www.avclub.com/articles/tennis-cape-dory,50181/
  5. ↑ http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/01/album-review-tennis-cape-dory/
  6. ↑ http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/135911-tennis-cape-dory/
  7. ↑ http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/tennis/cape-dory/45589/
  8. ↑ http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/01/tennis-cape-dory.html
  9. ↑ http://www.nme.com/reviews/tennis/12049
  10. ↑ http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/108-spinners-40-best-albums-of-2011.php
  11. ↑ http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/112-no-ripcords-top-50-albums-of-2011.php
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