Contra is the second studio album by the American indie rock band Vampire Weekend, produced by band member Rostam Batmanglij and released in January 2010 on XL Recordings. The album title is intended as a thematic allegory and reference to the Nicaraguan ies and the 1987 video game Contra. The album received critical praise and debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200. It was recognized as one of The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far by Pitchfork in August 2014.
Contra is still a Vampire Weekend album and it's certainly one that past fans will presently like. Vampire Weekend's second album, Contra, finds the New York-based band pushing its eclectic, intellectual indie rock further using a mash-up of musical genres, clever wordplay and emotional heft. 80. Contra is the sound of a band driving themselves to very satisfying extremes. New York prepsters stick to their Paul Simon-goes-indie formula on successful second album.
1. Horchata 2. White Sky 3. Holiday 4. California English 5. Taxi Cab 6. Run 7. Cousins 8. Giving Up The Gun 9. Diplomat's Son 10.
When Vampire Weekend released the single Harmony Hall in January, some publications were quick to join the dots between their return and fashion’s supposed volte-face to prep style. Vampire Weekend are back and it’s good news for everyone, reads Esquire. Firstly, it heralds the return of their warbling Ivy League pop, something the world has clearly been staggering on without for way too long now. Of course, Vampire Weekend hasn’t been making that kind of music or dressing that way for a long time
It's a sweatless calypso, buttoned-up and breezy. Considering the ferocious objections to Vampire Weekend's self-titled debut, "Horchata", and the rest of Contra, is brave music. It's like they've spent the past two years building a bionic version of the band- not only brighter and tighter, but weirder.
Like Contra, the album debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 - making Vampire Weekend the first rock band on an independent label to enter the charts at number one with two consecutive albums - and it also won the Grammy for Best Alternative Album in 2014. Early in 2016, Batmanglij announced he had left Vampire Weekend but would continue to play with them in the future. That year, the band began work on their fourth album with collaborators including Rechtshaid, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Danielle Haim, and Dirty Projectors' Dave Longstreth
Lord knows they have their detractors, but whatever you might think of them, the simple fact is Vampire Weekend are now one of the most unique bands on the. Horchata. The band's second album, Contra, was released in 2010, becoming Vampire Weekend's first album to debut at the Number One spot on the Billboard 200, and. The General Society Library was the largest free circulating library prior to the founding of the public library system, and is now the second oldest library in the.
Design – Asher Sarlin, Rostam Batmanglij. Engineer – Fernando Lodeiro.
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| A1 | Horchata | 3:27 |
| A2 | White Sky | 2:59 |
| A3 | Holiday | 2:18 |
| A4 | California English | 2:30 |
| A5 | Taxi Cab | 3:56 |
| A6 | Run | 3:53 |
| B1 | Cousins | 2:25 |
| B2 | Giving Up The Gun | 4:46 |
| B3 | Diplomat's Son | 6:01 |
| B4 | I Think Ur A Contra | 4:26 |
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XL CD 429, XLCD429 | Vampire Weekend | Contra (CD, Album) | XL Recordings, XL Recordings | XL CD 429, XLCD429 | Europe | 2010 |
| LAB 10028-2 | Vampire Weekend | Contra (CD, Album) | XL Recordings, Lab 344 | LAB 10028-2 | Brazil | 2010 |
| XL LP 429 | Vampire Weekend | Contra (LP, Album) | XL Recordings | XL LP 429 | Europe | 2010 |
| XLCD429JX | Vampire Weekend | Contra (CD, Ltd) | XL Recordings | XLCD429JX | Japan | 2010 |
| XL CD 429 | Vampire Weekend | Contra (CD, Album) | XL Recordings | XL CD 429 | US | 2010 |
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