Contra

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

Annotation

Japanese verions of this release with 2 bonus tracks. Jewel case comes protected in outer cardboard sleeve. Main booklet has lyrics in English and credits for first 10 songs only, separate booklet in Japanese with lyrics and info.
Release date in "OBI" incorrectly states release as 10-07-12 (YY-MM-DD)

Recorded in Treefort Studios in Dupmbo, Brooklyn; Topetitud in Mexico City, Mexico; Avatar Studios NYC in Manhattan; Hicks and Joralemon in Brooklyn
All tracks mastered at the lodge

(P)2010 Vampire Weekend under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd.
(C)2010 Vampire Weekend under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd.

Rights Society: JASRAC

Annotation last modified on 2023-09-14 09:00 UTC.

Tracklist

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#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 (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
3.73:27
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
3.652:59
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
4.152:18
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 (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
3.72:30
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 (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
3.153:56
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
3.33:53
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
4.152:25
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 (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
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 (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
3.556:01
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 (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)
3.554:36
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 its 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
32:49