Contra (iTunes pre-order)

~ Release by Vampire Weekend (see all versions of this release, 11 available)

Annotation

Tracks 11 and 12 are bonus tracks.

Annotation last modified on 2013-10-20 11:45 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Horchata 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 (American cellist) 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	3.7	3:27
2	White 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	3.65	2:59
3	Holiday 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	4.15	2:18
4	California 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 (American cellist) 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	3.7	2:30
5	Taxi 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 (American cellist) 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) publisher: Rostam Batmanglij‐Music (publisher; do not use as label) and Vampire Weekend Music	3.15	3:56
6	Run 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	3.3	3:53
7	Cousins 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	4.15	2:25
8	Giving 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 (American cellist) 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	4	4:46
9	Diplomat’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 (American cellist) 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. (hip hop artist Maya Arulpragasam) 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	3.55	6:01
10	I 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 (American cellist) 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)	3.55	4:26
11	Giant recording of: Giant	3	2:50
12	California English, Part 2 recording of: California English, Part 2	3	2:57

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)

Release group

artist & repertoire support:	Imran Ahmed Kris Chen

associated singles/EPs:	Cousins Holiday Horchata White Sky

part of:	TheNeedleDrop: Top 50 Albums of 2010 (number: 11) (order: 11) Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s (number: 94) (order: 94) Grammy Award: Best Alternative Music Album nominees (number: 2011) (order: 101) TheNeedleDrop: Top 200 Albums of the 2010s (number: 155) (order: 155)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/214015 [info]
reviews:	https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13807-contra/ [info] https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/pbd3 [info]
other databases:	http://www.musik-sammler.de/album/315284 [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/vampire_weekend/contra/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000836109 [info]
Wikidata:	Q1859713 [info]

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Release information

Format:: Digital Media
Length:: 42:28

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: None
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

XL Recordings

Release events

United States
2010-01-11

Release group rating

4.15 (see all ratings)

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