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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.[1] The next singles released off the album were "Wait Up (Boots of Danger)"[2] followed by "Gone".[3]
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| Studio album by Tokyo Police Club | ||||
| Released | June 8, 2010 | |||
| Studio | Sunset Sound Yogurt Factory & Kingsize Soundlabs (Los Angeles) | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, alternative rock, heartland rock, synth-pop | |||
| Length | 35:35 | |||
| Label | Mom + Pop Music | |||
| Producer | Rob Schnapf | |||
| Tokyo Police Club chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Champ | ||||
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Reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (71/100)[4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [5] |
| Alternative Press | (80/100) [4] |
| BLARE Magazine | [6] |
| onethirtybpm | (75%)[7] |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.6/10)[8] |
| Slant Magazine | [9] |
| TORO | [10] |
| TorontoMusicScene | [11] |
| SPIN Magazine | [12] |
| Robert Christgau | A−[13] |
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".[14] Similarly Rolling Stone 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."[15]
Track listing
All songs by Monks, Wright, Hook, and Alsop.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Favourite Food" | 3:55 |
| 2. | "Favourite Colour" | 2:38 |
| 3. | "Breakneck Speed" | 3:44 |
| 4. | "Wait Up (Boots of Danger)" | 3:08 |
| 5. | "Bambi" | 2:44 |
| 6. | "End of a Spark" | 3:37 |
| 7. | "Hands Reversed" | 3:19 |
| 8. | "Gone" | 3:04 |
| 9. | "Big Difference" | 2:57 |
| 10. | "Not Sick" | 2:56 |
| 11. | "Frankenstein" | 3:29 |
| Total length: | 35:38 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 12. | "First Date Kit (feat. Born Ruffians)" | 2:35 |
| Total length: | 38:13 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Favourite Food" | 3:55 |
| 2. | "Favourite Colour" | 2:38 |
| 3. | "Breakneck Speed" | 3:44 |
| 4. | "Wait Up (Boots of Danger)" | 3:08 |
| 5. | "Bambi" | 2:44 |
| 6. | "End of a Spark" | 3:37 |
| 7. | "Hands Reversed" | 3:19 |
| 8. | "Gone" | 3:04 |
| 9. | "Big Difference" | 2:57 |
| 10. | "Not Sick" | 2:56 |
| 11. | "Frankenstein" | 3:29 |
| 12. | "Hundred Dollar Day" | 3:53 |
| 13. | "Bambi (Acoustic)" | |
| 14. | "Gone (Matt & Kim Remix)" | 2:08 |
| 15. | "I'm On Your Side (Demo)" | |
| 16. | "Breakneck Speed (Demo)" | |
| 17. | "Polka Breakneck (Interlude)" | |
| 18. | "Wait Up (Passion Pit Remix)" | |
| 19. | "Wait Up (Dom Remix)" | |
| 20. | "Breakneck Speed (Andy Rourke Remix)" | |
| 21. | "Favourite Color (Bad Biz Remix)" | |
| 22. | "Once I Was The Keeper" | |
| 23. | "First Date Kit (Born Ruffians + Tokyo Police Club)" | 2:35 |
| 24. | "Young Vincent Price" | |
| Total length: | N/A | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Favourite Food" | 3:55 |
| 2. | "Favourite Colour" | 2:38 |
| 3. | "Breakneck Speed" | 3:44 |
| 4. | "Wait Up (Boots of Danger)" | 3:08 |
| 5. | "Bambi" | 2:44 |
| 6. | "End of a Spark" | 3:37 |
| 7. | "Hands Reversed" | 3:19 |
| 8. | "Gone" | 3:04 |
| 9. | "Big Difference" | 2:57 |
| 10. | "Not Sick" | 2:56 |
| 11. | "Frankenstein" | 3:29 |
| Total length: | 35:38 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Hundred Dollar Bill" | 3:53 |
| 2. | "Bambi (Acoustic)" | |
| Total length: | N/A | |
Personnel
Tokyo Police Club
- Dave Monks – songwriting, musician
- Graham Wright – songwriting, musician
- Josh Hook – songwriting, musician
- Greg Alsop – songwriting, musician
Technical
- Rob Schnapf – producer, mix engineer
- Doug Boehm – engineer, mix engineer
- Chris Szczech – assistant mix engineer
- Clinton Welander – assistant engineer
- Chris Claypool – assistant engineer
- Zac Carper – assistant engineer
- Alan Yoshida – mastering
- Chris Zane – additional production (track 1)
- Dean Marino – additional engineering (track 11)
- Jay Sadlowski – additional engineering (track 11)
Art and management
- Rich Cohen – management
- Nous Vous – design and art direction
- Tom Jackson – photography
References
- "Tokyo Police Club – Breakneck Speed". Retrieved 2010-05-24.
- "Tokyo Police Club – Wait Up (Boots of Danger)".
- "Tokyo Police Club – Gone".
- "Champ reviews at Metacritic.com". Retrieved 2010-06-15.
- Leahey, Andrew. "Review: Champ". Allmusic. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
- "BLARE Magazine review".
- "One Thirty BPM review".
- "Pitchfork Media review".
- "Slant Magazine review".
- "TORO review". Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
- "TorontoMusicScene review". Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
- "SPIN Magazine review".
- "Robert Christgau review".
- "Slant Magazine - Tokyo Police Club Champ Album Review".
- "Rolling Stone - Tokyo Police Club Champ Album Review". Archived from the original on September 6, 2010.
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