Released October 17, 2006 Length 44:45 Release date 17 October 2006 | Recorded 2006 | |
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Nominations Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album Similar Shiny Toy Guns albums, Electronica albums |
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We Are Pilots is the debut studio album by American electronic rock band Shiny Toy Guns. After previously being independently released throughout 2005, it was officially released on October 17, 2006 through Universal Motown in the United States and Mercury Records in the United Kingdom, with linear notes of the album referring to it as "version 3.0". Production, recording, and writing dates back as far as the early 2000s, with several songs being written during founding members Gregori Chad Petree and Jeremy Dawson's previous project, Dangerous Insects. Musically, We Are Pilots primarily uses influences of both rock music and electronic music whilst also incorporating elements of alternative rock, indie rock, pop, electropop, post-punk revival and disco, with the band receiving comparisons to The Killers and Franz Ferdinand.
Contents
- Shiny toy guns you are the one with lyrics
- Shiny toy guns we are pilots with lyrics
- Track listing
- Bonus Tracks and Special Editions
- Version 1
- Version 2
- Usage in other media
- Personnel
- Nominations
- Songs
- References
We Are Pilots received generally positive reviews from music critics, with some complimenting its "refreshing" and "retro" sound whilst others criticized it as "lifeless" and "unoriginal". It topped the Billboard Heatseekers Album chart whilst also reaching number 90 on the Billboard 200. It was nominated for Best Electronic/Dance Album at the 50th Grammy Awards. The album spawned three singles: "Le Disko", "You Are the One" and "Rainy Monday", all of which peaked within the Alternative Songs chart.
Shiny toy guns we are pilots with lyrics
Track listing
All songs written by Jeremy Dawson, except where noted.
- "You Are the One" (Dawson, Chad Petree, Stephen Petree) – 4:22
- "Le Disko" (Dawson, S. Petree) – 3:28
- "Starts with One" (C. Petree) – 3:46
- "When They Came for Us" – 4:25
- "Don't Cry Out" (Dawson, C. Petree) – 4:15
- "Chemistry of a Car Crash" (C. Petree, Dan Leone) – 3:51
- "Waiting" (C. Petree) – 4:21
- "Rainy Monday" (S. Petree, C. Petree) – 3:59
- "Jackie Will Save Me" – 3:59
- "Shaken" (Dawson, S. Petree) – 3:44
- "We Are Pilots" – 4:15
Bonus Tracks and Special Editions
Version 1
We Are Pilots was first released by Stormwest International on January 1, 2005.
- "Don't Cry Out" – 4:15
- "Rainy Monday" – 3:59
- "Photograph" – 3:54
- "Le Disko" – 3:28
- "Shaken" – 3:56
- "Turn to Real Life" – 3:30
- "We Are Pilots" – 4:02
- "Weather Girl" – 4:42
- "Waiting" – 4:25
- "When They Came for Us" – 4:27
- "Joel's Theme" – 2:52
- "Sky Fell Over Me" – 3:56
- "Ritz" – 2:46
- "Rocketship" – 3:28
- "I Promise You Walls" – 4:11
Version 2
The second version of We Are Pilots was released by Sidecho Records in November 2005. For this album the tracks were re-recorded and the track listing re-organized; several tracks were removed and two new tracks were added. It also included a more complete CD booklet with lyrics and different artwork.
- "Le Disko" – 3:23
- "You Are the One" – 4:20
- "Don't Cry Out" – 4:06
- "Rainy Monday" – 3:55
- "We Are Pilots" – 4:04
- "Shaken" – 3:44
- "Turn to Real Life" – 3:26
- "Waiting" – 4:19
- "When They Came for Us" – 4:23
- "Weather Girl" – 4:38
- "Photograph" – 3:50
- "Stripped" – 3:30
Usage in other media
"Weather Girl" was used in the movie "Getting That Girl." in early 2014.
Personnel
Nominations
Songs
1Don't Cry Out4:10
2Rainy Monday4:00
3Photograph3:50