Classics | ||||
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Released | August 22, 2006 | |||
Recorded | November 2003 – March 2006 | |||
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Length | 42:31 | |||
Label | XL Recordings | |||
Producer | Evan Mast, Mike Stroud | |||
Ratatat chronology | ||||
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Singles from Classics | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 69/100[2] |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Pitchfork Media | 6.0/10[4] |
Classics is the second full-length album from Ratatat, released on August 22, 2006. As with their first album, Classics is almost entirely instrumental, with the only exception being a large cat-like sound sample used in "Wildcat."
During a September 15, 2006 interview on radio station KEXP, the band revealed that part of the album was recorded in upstate New York in a house owned by Björk.[citation needed]
This album produced three singles: "Lex", "Wildcat", and "Loud Pipes".
The track "Tropicana" was featured in the 2007 film Knocked Up and "Loud Pipes" was featured in the video game MLB 07: The Show.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Montanita" | 5:02 |
2. | "Lex" | 4:30 |
3. | "Gettysburg" | 5:28 |
4. | "Wildcat" | 4:21 |
5. | "Tropicana" | 4:37 |
6. | "Loud Pipes" | 3:47 |
7. | "Kennedy" | 3:35 |
8. | "Swisha" | 3:50 |
9. | "Nostrand" | 3:05 |
10. | "Tacobel Canon" | 4:29 |
11. | "Truman" (iTunes Store album only) | 3:30 |
Anyone disappointed by the last Daft Punk album might enjoy this funky, largely instrumental second album for the New York duo.