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Excellent Italian Greyhound is Shellac's fourth album, released on June 5, 2007. The album's title is a reference to drummer Todd Trainer's Italian Greyhound, Uffizi, who appears on the album's cover. The album was recorded at Electrical Audio and mastered at Abbey Road by Steve Rooke. The drawings for Excellent Italian Greyhound were created by Jay Ryan from the band Dianogah. As well as a hand screened obi sleeve surrounding the jacket, there are several pictures taken by Joel Larson. As with 1000 Hurts, the vinyl pressing of the album includes an unmarked CD version at no extra charge (CD and LP+CD releases are similarly priced). The band encourages listeners to purchase the vinyl to hear the record as it was intended.

Excellent Italian Greyhound
Studio album by Shellac
Released	June 5, 2007
Recorded	2006
Genre	Noise rock post-hardcore math rock experimental rock
Length	42:19
Label	Touch & Go
Producer	Shellac
Shellac chronology
1000 Hurts (2000) Excellent Italian Greyhound (2007) Dude Incredible (2014)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The A.V. Club	B−[3]
The Boston Phoenix	[4]
Drowned in Sound	7/10[5]
OndaRock	7/10[6]
Pitchfork Media	7.0/10[7]
Rock Hard	9.0/10[8]
Sputnikmusic	[9]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[10]

In November 2009, NME included the album on their list of "The Top 100 Greatest Albums Of The Decade".[11]

Voice-over artist, Ken Nordine, appears uncredited on the song "Genuine Lulabelle". The introduction to "Spoke" includes a cover version of the "Rotosound Strings" radio commercial from The Who's 1967 album The Who Sell Out.

In the run-out groove, there is a text etching. Side One - "Pronto Prova..." Side Two - "A Isamu Sta Lapa!"

The song "Genuine Lulabelle" features clips of the Homestar Runner character Strong Bad reciting lines from the song.

Track listing

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2007	Top Heatseekers	17
2007	Top Independent Albums	45

References

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Excellent Italian Greyhound es el cuarto álbum de estudio de la banda de post-hardcore Shellac. Fue lanzado el 5 de junio de 2007, bajo Touch and Go Records. El título del álbum es una referencia a Uffizi, el pequeño lebrel italiano ("italian greyhound", en inglés) de Todd Trainer, baterista de Shellac. Fue grabado en Electrical Audio, el estudio de grabación profesional de Steve Albini, cantante y guitarrista de la banda, y fue masterizado en el famoso Abbey Road, por Steve Rooke.

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