Producer Britt Myers Artist Chairlift Label Kanine Records | Does You Inspire You
(2008) Something
(2012) Release date 30 September 2008 Genres Indie pop, Dream pop | |
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Released July 22, 2008 (2008-07-22) Length 43:50 (original release)
52:04 (2009 reissue) Dream pop albums Something, Alpinisms, Youth Novels, It's Blitz!, 5:55 | ||
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Does You Inspire You is the debut studio album by American indie band Chairlift, released on July 22, 2008 on Kanine Records.
Contents
Release
After briefly going out of print on its original Kanine Records label, the album was re-released by Columbia Records on April 21, 2009 with two additional tracks not included on the original release and a longer version of "Make Your Mind Up". The lead single "Bruises" was featured in an iPod commercial, and the video for "Evident Utensil" was nominated for an award in the "Breakthrough Video" category at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.
Critical reception
Does You Inspire You received mostly positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on 16 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
Alex Miller of NME praised the album stating, "Swathed as it is in the kind of ’80s arrangements of flutes and chiming guitars that have rarely been allowed beyond Carol Decker’s lushest, most velveteen fantasies, this album is an open goal to accusations of trend-following revivalism."
Track listing
- "Garbage" – 4:43
- "Planet Health" – 4:17
- "Earwig Town" – 3:02
- "Bruises" – 4:00
- "Somewhere Around Here" – 4:30
- "Evident Utensil" – 2:51
- "Territory" – 6:04
- "Le Flying Saucer Hat" † – 3:17
- "Make Your Mind Up" ‡ – 4:24 (5:18 on reissue)
- "Dixie Gypsy" † – 4:03
- "Don't Give A Damn" – 4:21
- "Chameleon Closet" – 1:59
- "Ceiling Wax" – 3:39
Songs
1Garbage4:45
2Planet Health4:19
3Earwig Town3:03