Released 7 April 2003 Length 45:38 Artist Athlete Label Parlophone | Recorded Late 2001–early 2003 Vehicles & Animals
(2003) Tourist
(2005) Release date 7 April 2003 | |
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Producer Victor Van Vugt, Athlete, Bird & Bush Genres Indie rock, Alternative rock, Post-Britpop Similar Beyond the Neighbourhood, Tourist, Black Swan, So Much for the City, Sunshine Hit Me | ||
Vehicles & Animals is the debut studio album by British indie rock band Athlete. It was released on 7 April 2003.
Contents
This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.
Critical reception
Critical reaction to Vehicles & Animals was generally positive. Review aggregator Metacritic, which assigns a normalised score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, awarded the album a rating of 63 based on 17 reviews, suggesting "generally favorable reviews". Time Out called the album a "gloriously understated and wonderfully consistent debut". Playlouder gave the record four out of five, hailing the tracks as "impeccably polished radio-friendly gems" – The Times similarly labelled the album a "British pop gem". Ben Gilbert of Dotmusic gave the album seven out of ten, describing the album as a "promising debut".
Accolades
In 2003 the album was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, an annual award honouring the year's best albums from the UK and Ireland – the prize was ultimately won by Boy in Da Corner by Dizzee Rascal. In December, British music magazine Q named Vehicles & Animals as the 32nd best album released that year, calling it "the year's best wobbly indie-rock album". In April 2005, the album was awarded platinum certification by the British Phonographic Industry for having sold over 300,000 units in the UK.
Track listing
All tracks written by Athlete.
Personnel
The following people are credited on the album:
Production
Artwork
Release history
The album was released in various countries:
Songs
1El Salvador3:26
2Westside4:02
3One Million4:17