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Relayted is the first studio album by Minneapolis indie rock collective Gayngs.[3] It was released via Jagjaguwar on May 11, 2010.[4] Inspired by 10cc's "I'm Not in Love", every song on the album was recorded at 69 BPM.[5] On May 14, 2010, the album release show was held at First Avenue.[6] The album peaked at number 27 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart.[7] As of 2011, it has sold 13,000 copies.[1]

Relayted
Studio album by Gayngs
Released	May 11, 2010 (2010-05-11)
Genre	Indie rock,[1] soft rock[2]
Length	55:00
Label	Jagjaguwar
Producer	Ryan Olson
Gayngs chronology
Relayted (2010) Affiliyated (2011)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100[8]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[9]
The A.V. Club	B+[10]
BBC Music	favorable[11]
The Guardian	[12]
MusicOMH	[13]
NME	9/10[14]
Pitchfork	6.5/10[15]
PopMatters	[16]
The Skinny	[17]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Relayted received an average score of 78, based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[8]

Steven Hyden of The A.V. Club gave the album a grade of B+, calling it "a record fueled by the soft-rock solipsism of 10cc and loads of antidepressants."[10] Barry Nicolson of The Skinny gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "Dipping its toe in everything from soft-rock to hip-hop to R&B and sixties soul, the songs all manage the trick of sounding roughly the same, completely unique, and uniformly superb."[17]

NME placed Relayted at number 13 on the "75 Best Albums of 2010" list.[18] Pitchfork placed "The Gaudy Side of Town" at number 99 on the "Top 100 Tracks of 2010" list.[19]

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Justin Vernon – vocals (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11), guitar (1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9), Rhodes piano (8), mixing
• Zach Coulter – human beatbox (1), vocals (1, 3, 7, 10), keyboards (1, 4, 11), piano (4), guitar (6)
• Michael Lewis – saxophone (1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 11)
• Phil Cook – electric piano (1), vocals (3), guitar (3), keyboards (4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11)
• Brad Cook – bass guitar (1, 7, 9, 11)
• James Buckley – phone call (1), organ (5), bass guitar (11)
• Joe Westerlund – drums (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11), vocals (8)
• Ivan Howard – vocals (2, 9, 11), piano (6)
• Nick Ryan – guitar (2, 8)
• Shön Troth – slide guitar (2, 6, 7)
• Jake Luck – keyboards (2, 7, 9), organ (4), trumpet (5)
• Nate Vernon – gun (2)
• Amish Kids – chainsaw (2)
• Danny Krzykowski – guitar (3)
• Grant Cutler – vocals (3)
• Maggie Morrison – vocals (3, 9, 11), electric piano (10)
• Adam Hurlbert – bass guitar (4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11), keyboards (5)
• Xander – piano (4)
• Channy Moon Casselle – vocals (4, 6, 9)
• Maggie Wander – vocals (4, 9)
• LeRon – vocals (4)
• Joe Mabbott – vocals (5)
• Mike Noyce – vocals (6, 9)
• Katy Morley – vocals (9)
• Ryan Olson – bass guitar (7, 11), programming, sequencing, arrangement
• Bruce Templeton – mastering
• Michael Gaughan – painting
• Eric Carlson – logo
• Daniel Murphy – layout

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[7]	27

References

External links

• Relayted at Discogs (list of releases)
• Relayted at Jagjaguwar

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