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Product Identifiers

ProducerRostam Batmanglij

Record LabelXL

UPC0634904042929

eBay Product ID (ePID)12050119486

Product Key Features

ArtistVampire Weekend

Era2010s

FormatCD

Release Year2010

LanguageEnglish

FeaturesStudio Recording

Release TitleContra

TypeAlbum

InstrumentOrgan

Run Time2197 Sec

GenrePop, Alternative, Rock

Additional Product Features

DrumsRostam Batmanglij, Christopher Tomson

Reviews"It retains all of the band's sunny key elements: clean electric guitars, buoyant keyboards and poppy African rhythms...", 4 stars out of 5 -- "Brainy, confident and generally awesome....The drums are bigger, the guitars are faster, and the songs are outfitted with synth beats and hip-hop, reggae and electro accents.", Ranked #13 in Uncut's "The 50 Best Albums of 2010" -- "Clever and catchy songs loaded with Clash allusions.", "CONTRA opener 'Horchata' displays a caliber of pop songcraft and melodic intuition that gives The Shins' James Mercer a run for his harmony...", 4 stars out of 5 -- "With its melodic beauty, orchestral invention, rhythmic subtlety and metaphysical wit -- it's still unmistakably Vampire Weekend.", "CONTRA is more fully formed, a '70s-style record-type record. It's their version of the Talking Heads' MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD..."

VocalsEzra Koenig

Group MemberChris Baio, Rostam Batmanglij, Ezra Koenig, Christopher Tomson

DistributionAda

MixingShane Stoneback, Rostam Batmanglij, Justin Gerrish

Number of Discs1

EngineerShane Stoneback, Rostam Batmanglij, Justin Gerrish

Additional InformationContra makes the global sound local, mixing baile funk, ska, and electronics into the band's sweet Afro-indie pop.

Number of Audio ChannelsStereo

BassChris Baio

KeyboardsRostam Batmanglij

Number of Tracks10

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States