Album (Girls album)

Album
Studio album by Girls
Released	September 22, 2009
Recorded	2008
Genre	Indie pop, indie rock
Length	44:17
Label	True Panther Sounds
Producer	Chet "JR" White
Girls chronology
Album (2009) Broken Dreams Club (2010)
Singles from Album
"Hellhole Ratrace" Released: July 6, 2009 "Lust for Life" Released: September 7, 2009 "Laura" Released: November 9, 2009 "Morning Light" Released: February 22, 2010

Album is the debut album by the band Girls. It was released September 22, 2009 on True Panther Sounds.^[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The A.V. Club	B+[3]
The Guardian	[4]
Mojo	[5]
MSN Music	A−[6]
NME	9/10[7]
Pitchfork Media	9.1/10[8]
Q	[9]
Rolling Stone	[10]
Uncut	[11]

Initial critical response to Album was extremely positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 80, based on 22 reviews.^[1] Album was awarded the fifth spot on Spin magazine's best albums of 2009 list^[12] and tenth on Pitchfork Media's "The Top 50 Albums of 2009" list.^[13]

Track listing

All tracks written by Christopher Owens, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lust for Life"	2:25
2.	"Laura"	4:51
3.	"Ghost Mouth"	3:11
4.	"God Damned"	2:17
5.	"Big Bad Mean Motherfucker"	2:15
6.	"Hellhole Ratrace"	6:56
7.	"Headache"	4:00
8.	"Summertime"	5:39
9.	"Lauren Marie"	4:58
10.	"Morning Light"	2:36
11.	"Curls"	2:08
12.	"Darling"	2:59

Australia and Brazil bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Solitude"	3:44
14.	"Life in San Francisco"	2:21

Korea and Japan bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Solitude"	3:44
14.	"Oh Boy!"	2:41
15.	"Life in San Francisco"	2:21
16.	"End of the World" (Arthur Kent, Sylvia Dee)	3:35

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue #
United States	September 22, 2009	True Panther Sounds	CD	TRUE-010
			LP	TRUE-010-1
United Kingdom	September 28, 2009	Fantasytrashcan	CD	FANTASY003
			LP	FANTASY003LP
Australia	October 10, 2009	Pod/Inertia	CD (with 2 bonus tracks)	PODCD0735
Japan	October 21, 2009	Turnstile/Fantasytrashcan	CD (with 4 bonus tracks)	YRCG-90027
Brazil	June 28, 2010	Lab 344	CD (with 2 bonus tracks)	5051083047111

Personnel

• Chet "JR" White. - producer
• Tom Marzella - drums (track 10)
• Garett Godard drums (tracks 2, 3, 5, 12)
• Myles Benham Cooper. - beach sounds (track 7)
• Christopher Owens - cover art, girls photos
• Sandy Kim - photography (band)
• John Goodmansos - mixing
• John Golden - mastering

References

1. "Reviews for Album by Girls". Metacritic. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
2. Lymangrover, Jason. "Album – Girls". AllMusic. Retrieved September 26, 2009.
3. Bevan, David (September 29, 2009). "Girls: Album". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on October 5, 2009. Retrieved October 24, 2009.
4. Dean, Will (September 25, 2009). "Girls: Album". The Guardian. London. Retrieved September 26, 2009.
5. "Girls: Album". Mojo (194): 103. January 2010.
6. Christgau, Robert (December 2009). "Consumer Guide". MSN Music. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
7. Jonze, Tim (September 27, 2009). "Album review: Girls – 'Album' (Fantasytrashcan/Turnstile)". NME. Retrieved September 28, 2009.
8. Breihan, Tom (September 25, 2009). "Girls: Album". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved September 26, 2009.
9. "Girls: Album". Q (279): 111. October 2009.
10. O'Donnell, Kevin (September 21, 2009). "Album : Girls". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 26, 2009. Retrieved September 26, 2009.
11. Richards, Sam (September 22, 2009). "Girls – Album". Uncut. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
12. "The 40 Best Albums of 2009". Spin. December 31, 2009. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
13. "Staff Lists: The Top 50 Albums of 2009". Pitchfork Media. December 17, 2009. Retrieved December 1, 2011.

External links

• Album at Discogs (list of releases)