Contra

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Annotation

Tracks 11-16 are bonus tracks.

Annotation last modified on 2013-10-20 11:21 UTC.

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Horchata
assistant engineer:
Fernando Lodeiro (engineer, Avatar Studios, NY)
engineer:
Justin Gerrish, Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter) and Shane Stoneback (American engineer, producer, and musician)
producer:
Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
mixer:
Justin Gerrish and Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
additional guest bass drum, marimba, percussion, shakers and shekere:
Mauro Refosco (percussionist)
additional guest cello:
Hamilton Berry
additional guest double bass:
Nat Baldwin
additional guest percussion and shekere:
Marcus Farrar
additional guest viola and violin:
Jonathan Chu
keyboard and lead vocals:
Ezra Koenig
additional guest vocals:
Anne Donlon
recording of:
Horchata
lyricist:
Ezra Koenig and Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
composer:
Baio (Chris Baio), Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter) and Chris Tomson
3.63:27
2White Sky
assistant engineer:
Fernando Lodeiro (engineer, Avatar Studios, NY)
engineer:
Justin Gerrish, Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter) and Shane Stoneback (American engineer, producer, and musician)
producer and mixer:
Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
assistant mixer:
Shane Stoneback (American engineer, producer, and musician)
guitar family:
Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
background vocals:
Baio (Chris Baio)
lead vocals:
Ezra Koenig
recording of:
White Sky
lyricist:
Ezra Koenig
composer:
Baio (Chris Baio), Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter) and Chris Tomson
42:59
3Holiday
assistant engineer:
Fernando Lodeiro (engineer, Avatar Studios, NY)
engineer:
Justin Gerrish, Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter) and Shane Stoneback (American engineer, producer, and musician)
producer:
Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
mixer:
Justin Gerrish and Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
guitar and lead vocals:
Ezra Koenig
guitar family:
Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
recording of:
Holiday
lyricist:
Ezra Koenig
composer:
Baio (Chris Baio), Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter) and Chris Tomson
42:18
4California English
assistant engineer:
Fernando Lodeiro (engineer, Avatar Studios, NY)
engineer:
Justin Gerrish, Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter) and Shane Stoneback (American engineer, producer, and musician)
producer:
Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
mixer:
Justin Gerrish and Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
additional guest cello:
Hamilton Berry
additional guest viola and violin:
Jonathan Chu
additional synthesizer and background vocals:
Baio (Chris Baio)
guitar and lead vocals:
Ezra Koenig
guitar family:
Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
recording of:
California English
lyricist:
Ezra Koenig
composer:
Baio (Chris Baio), Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter) and Chris Tomson
3.42:30
5Taxi Cab
assistant engineer:
Fernando Lodeiro (engineer, Avatar Studios, NY)
engineer:
Justin Gerrish, Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter) and Shane Stoneback (American engineer, producer, and musician)
producer:
Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
mixer:
Justin Gerrish and Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
additional guest cello:
Hamilton Berry
additional guest double bass:
Nat Baldwin
additional guest viola and violin:
Jonathan Chu
guitar family:
Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
lead vocals:
Ezra Koenig
recording of:
Taxi Cab
lyricist:
Ezra Koenig
composer:
Ezra Koenig and Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
3.23:56
6Run
assistant engineer:
Fernando Lodeiro (engineer, Avatar Studios, NY)
engineer:
Justin Gerrish, Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter) and Shane Stoneback (American engineer, producer, and musician)
producer:
Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
mixer:
Justin Gerrish and Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
guitar and lead vocals:
Ezra Koenig
recording of:
Run
lyricist:
Ezra Koenig
composer:
Baio (Chris Baio), Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter) and Chris Tomson
3.43:53
7Cousins
assistant engineer:
Melchor M (Melchor 'Melesio' Magaña)
engineer:
Tito Fuentes and Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
producer:
Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
mixer:
Justin Gerrish and Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
guitar and lead vocals:
Ezra Koenig
guitar family:
Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
part of:
TheNeedleDrop: Top 100 Songs of the 2010s (number: 66)
recording of:
Cousins
lyricist:
Ezra Koenig
composer:
Baio (Chris Baio), Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter) and Chris Tomson
42:25
8Giving Up the Gun
programming:
Ezra Koenig
assistant engineer:
Fernando Lodeiro (engineer, Avatar Studios, NY)
engineer:
Justin Gerrish, Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter) and Shane Stoneback (American engineer, producer, and musician)
producer:
Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
mixer:
Justin Gerrish and Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
additional guest cello:
Hamilton Berry and Seth Rosenfeld
additional guest double bass:
Nat Baldwin
additional guest frame drum:
Jeff Curtin
guitar family:
Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
additional guest vocals:
Anne Donlon and Libby Gery
lead vocals:
Ezra Koenig
recording of:
Giving Up the Gun
lyricist:
Ezra Koenig
composer:
Baio (Chris Baio), Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter) and Chris Tomson
additional instruments arranger:
Jesse Novak
44:46
9Diplomat’s Son
assistant engineer:
Fernando Lodeiro (engineer, Avatar Studios, NY)
engineer:
Justin Gerrish, Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter) and Shane Stoneback (American engineer, producer, and musician)
producer:
Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
mixer:
Justin Gerrish and Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
additional guest cello:
Hamilton Berry
additional guest viola and violin:
Jonathan Chu
frame drum, guitar family, shakers and snare drum:
Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
lead vocals:
Ezra Koenig and Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
samples:
Hussel by M.I.A. feat. Afrikan Boy
recording of:
Diplomat’s Son
lyricist:
Ezra Koenig and Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
composer:
Baio (Chris Baio), Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter) and Chris Tomson
3.66:01
10I Think Ur a Contra
assistant engineer:
Fernando Lodeiro (engineer, Avatar Studios, NY)
engineer:
Justin Gerrish, Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter) and Shane Stoneback (American engineer, producer, and musician)
producer:
Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
mixer:
Justin Gerrish and Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
additional guest cello:
Hamilton Berry
additional guest frame drum and shakers:
Jeff Curtin
additional guest shakers:
Shane Stoneback (American engineer, producer, and musician)
guitar family:
Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
piano and lead vocals:
Ezra Koenig
recording of:
I Think Ur a Contra
lyricist:
Ezra Koenig
composer:
Ezra Koenig and Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter)
44:36
11Ottoman
engineer:
Robin Baynton, Van Coppock and Shane Stoneback (American engineer, producer, and musician)
assistant mixer:
Thomas Moulin
mixer:
Renaud Letang
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use it’s imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2008)
mixed at:
Mutato Muzika in West Hollywood, California, United States and Studios Ferber in Paris, Île-de-France, France
engineered at:
Mutato Muzika in West Hollywood, California, United States, Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom and Treefort Recordings
recording of:
Ottoman
lyricist:
Ezra Koenig
composer:
Baio (Chris Baio), Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter) and Chris Tomson
publisher:
Vampire Weekend Music
3.54:03
12Giant
recording of:
Giant
32:48
13California English, Pt. 2
recording of:
California English, Part 2
32:56
14Cousinz (Toy Selectah Mex More remix)
remixer:
Toy Selectah
23:21
15Contra Melt B
recording of:
Contramelt B
34:37
16White Sky (Basement Jaxx club mix)
remixer:
Basement Jaxx
remix of:
White Sky by Vampire Weekend
recording of:
White Sky
lyricist:
Ezra Koenig
composer:
Baio (Chris Baio), Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij (American producer & songwriter) and Chris Tomson
36:44

Credits

Release

assistant mastering:Joe LaPorta (NYC mastering engineer & drum'n'bass producer) (in 2009-07)
mastering:Emily Lazar (founder and mastering engineer at "The Lodge" NY) (in 2009-07)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/2707772 [info]
ASIN:JP: B00409HCHQ [info]