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All Hour Cymbals

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All Hour Cymbals
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 23, 2007
GenreExperimental rock, worldbeat, neo-psychedelia
Length46:54
LabelWe Are Free
ProducerYeasayer
Yeasayer chronology
All Hour Cymbals
(2007)
Odd Blood
(2010)

All Hour Cymbals is the debut studio album by Brooklyn-based experimental rock group Yeasayer. It was released by We Are Free on 23 October 2007, and 24 March 2008 in the UK.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The A.V. ClubA[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[3]
The Irish Times[4]
NME8/10[5]
Pitchfork7.8/10[6]
The Skinny[7]
Spin[8]
Uncut[9]
XLR8R8/10[10]

All Hour Cymbals received positive reviews from publications and websites such as Entertainment Weekly,[3] NME,[5] Pitchfork,[6] and Spin.[8] Pitchfork placed it at number 197 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[11]

As of 2012, sales in the United States have exceeded 55,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[12]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Sunrise"4:07
2."Wait for the Summer"4:53
3."2080"5:24
4."Germs"3:13
5."Ah, Weir"1:21
6."No Need to Worry"5:26
7."Forgiveness"3:40
8."Wait for the Wintertime"4:52
9."Worms"4:07
10."Waves"4:57
11."Red Cave" (hidden track)4:59

Notes

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  1. ^ Leahey, Andrew. "All Hour Cymbals – Yeasayer". AllMusic. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  2. ^ O'Neal, Sean (November 6, 2007). "Yeasayer: All Hour Cymbals". The A.V. Club. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  3. ^ a b Day, Adrienne (November 9, 2007). "All Hour Cymbals". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  4. ^ Carroll, Jim (December 28, 2007). "Yeasayer: All Hour Cymbals (We Are Free)". The Irish Times. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Yeasayer: All Hour Cymbal". NME. November 8, 2007. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  6. ^ a b Harvey, Eric (October 25, 2007). "Yeasayer: All Hour Cymbals". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  7. ^ Jackson, Barry (November 7, 2007). "Yeasayer – All Hour Cymbals". The Skinny. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  8. ^ a b Modell, Josh (December 2007). "Yeasayer: All Hour Cymbals". Spin. 23 (12): 128. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  9. ^ "Yeasayer: All Hour Cymbals". Uncut (125). October 2007.
  10. ^ Ware, Tony (November 26, 2007). "Yeasayer: All Hour Cymbals". XLR8R. Archived from the original on April 20, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  11. ^ Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s". Pitchfork. p. 1. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  12. ^ "Yeasayer's 'Fragrant World': Drugs, Weird Visuals and Scavenger Hunts". Billboard.