Classics (Ratatat album)

Classics
Studio album by Ratatat
Released	August 22, 2006
Recorded	November 2003 – March 2006
Genre	Indie rock[1] electronica neo-psychedelia[1] experimental rock[1]
Length	42:31
Label	XL Recordings
Producer	Evan Mast, Mike Stroud
Ratatat chronology
Ratatat Remixes Vol. 1 (2004) Classics (2006) Ratatat Remixes Vol. 2 (2007)
Singles from Classics
"Wildcat" Released: July 25, 2006 "Lex" Released: October 30, 2006 "Loud Pipes" Released: 2007

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	69/100[2]
Review scores
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.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
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

References

1. "AllMusic Review by Marisa Brown". AllMusic.
2. "Classics by Ratatat". Metacritic. Retrieved October 14, 2016. Anyone disappointed by the last Daft Punk album might enjoy this funky, largely instrumental second album for the New York duo.
3. Allmusic review
4. "Pitchfork Media review". Pitchfork.com. 2006-08-21. Retrieved 2014-02-25.

External links

• Classics at Discogs (list of releases)