Length 35:35 Artist Tokyo Police Club Producer Rob Schnapf | Label Mom + Pop Music Release date 8 June 2010 | |
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Released June 8, 2010 (2010-06-08) Recorded at Sunset Sound Yogurt Factory and Kingsize Soundlabs, Los Angeles. Mixed at Sonora Recorders, Los Angeles. Champ
(2010) Ten Songs, Ten Years, Ten Days
(2014) Genres Indie rock, Heartland rock Nominations Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year Similar Forcefield, Elephant Shell, Ten Songs - Ten Years - Ten Days | ||
Tokyo police club favourite food
Champ is an LP by Tokyo Police Club that was released on June 8, 2010. Champ is the band's second studio album, after the release of Elephant Shell in 2008. Tokyo Police Club released the album's first single, "Breakneck Speed" for free download on their website on March 26, 2010. The next singles released off the album were "Wait Up (Boots of Danger)" followed by "Gone".
Contents
Tokyo police club breakneck speed
Reception
As with their debut EP, A Lesson In Crime, Champ was met with a mixed to positive press response, being lauded for their upbeat consistency from one album to the next. Slant Magazine gave it 3/5 stars, calling the band "smart guys with ambitions to be more than another forgotten blog band". Similarly Rolling Stone magazine gave them 3.5/5 stars, praising the way they fused "light-speed guitars with ebullient melodies", saying, "Rarely has crafting such high-velocity guitar pop seemed so easy."
Track listing
All songs by Monks, Wright, Hook, and Alsop.
Songs
1Favourite Food3:56
2Favourite Colour2:38
3Breakneck Speed3:44