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Vampire Weekend | 
 enlarge | Artist: Vampire Weekend
Label: Xl Recordings
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
Buy New: $8.42
You Save: $3.56 (30%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  122 reviews
Sales Rank: 78
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 40318
UPC: 634904031824
EAN: 0634904031824
ASIN: B0010V4TZU
Release Date: January 29, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Shipping: International shipping available
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| Tracks:
| • | Mansard Roof | | • | Oxford Comma | | • | A-Punk | | • | Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa | | • | M79 | | • | Campus | | • | Bryn | | • | One (Blake's Got A New Face) | | • | I Stand Corrected | | • | Walcott | | • | The Kids Don't Stand A Chance |
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Amazon.com
It would take a lot for Vampire Weekend's debut to rise above the stench of privileged hype that surrounds it. A bunch of kids who formed the band in their Columbia dorm room borrow wholesale from Afrobeat and angular '80s stuff, and they quickly become an online buzz band before releasing a single album? Thankfully the record, and the band, are great fun: playful, pop-wise, and smart enough to pull their shtick off with aplomb. Organ and drums are often the focal point of the music, bringing to mind a goofier, happier Clinic (if that group's record-collecting habits were more scattershot). On the excellently named (and better sounding) "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa," Vampire Weekend asks, "Does it feel so unnatural / To Peter Gabriel too?," immediately disarming--with self-aware brazenness--any criticism of their pomo/postcolonialist borrowing of "ethnic" music. It's clear that these dudes have not only inherited the nerd-rock omnivore's mantle from the Talking Heads, they've actually and already improved upon it. --Mike McGonigal
Product Description
This NY four-piece draw on their diverse backgrounds and interests, experimenting with African guitar music, the Western classical canon, hazy memories of Cape Cod summers, winters in upper Manhattan, and reggaeton. "Equal parts shruggy New York indie strumming and groovy Afro-pop, Vampire Weekend's organ-and-drum runs highlight narratives about relationships, punctuation, and sometimes both" - Spin. Named "Hot New Kids" in Rolling Stone's "Hot" issue. Vinyl contains MP3 coupon.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 117 more reviews...
 If only hipsters knew better...... July 24, 2008
Ok for the first couple of listens. A little to obvious. Paul Simon does it so much better. If only the cool kids knew their music history.
 A Must Buy for Happy People July 21, 2008
This album is wonderful: In the car, at the gym, prepping for a day/night out, at a party, on the go, etc. Get the picture? It's fresh, fun, witty and all over fantastic. Some of the best tracks are A-Punk, Oxford Comma, M79, and Walcott. The upbeat sound and catchy lyrics are paired with an original voice and perspective. I highly recommend it.
 Blechhh!! Seriously? Unfortunately, one can't re-sell MP3 downloads. July 20, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Couldn't get through the album a second time. Too cute, pretentious, confectionary, and hip-sterical for me...
Solid Album Lacking that Something Special July 14, 2008
Vampire Weekend's album is quite exceptional for a debut, but after listening to it four or five times I started thinking would this album of worked if it was Vampire Weekend's second or third album? Sadly the answer to that question was no which wasn't a big surprise because that happens with a lot of bands for example The Fratellis album Costello Music would of been an excellent sophomore album but you can't go back in time and stop them from making it. Vampire Weekend does have some amazing songs on here, but quite a few of them are mediocore and bland such as Bryn, I Stand Corrected, and The Kids Don't Stand a Chance. I will say that the good songs on the CD are amazing. My personal favorites are Oxford Comma, Campus, and Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa. I hope that on their next album they do amazing or they might not last that long.
Ironic or not? July 12, 2008
This album is a lot of fun. It's a quick and engaging listen, however I still haven't made up my mind if i think it's going to wear well in the long run. Probably this is the album that will remind me of the summer of '08, IF i hear it in a few years..
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