Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (album)

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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Studio album by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Released	2005 (USA) 23 January 2006 (UK)
Recorded	2005
Genre	Indie rock
Length	38:36
Label	self-released (USA) Wichita Recordings (UK)
Producer(s)	Adam Lasus and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (tracks 1, 4, 6-8), Keith Souza (tracks 2, 3, 5, 10-12), and Tyler Sargent (track 9)
All Music Guide link Pitchfork Media (9.0/10) link Robert Christgau (A-) link Tiny Mix Tapes link Stylus Magazine (B+) link Playlouder link PopMatters (7/10) link Prefix Magazine (9.0/10) link
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah chronology
	Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (2005)	Some Loud Thunder (2007)

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is the debut album by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, self-released in the U.S. in 2005, and re-released in the UK on 23 January 2006. The album and the band rose to fame after buzz on MP3 blogs and a very positive ("9.0/10") review from influential music web site Pitchfork Media. Adam Lasus produced and mixed the record.

The success of the album started after bassist Tyler Sargent began mailing copies of the record out from his apartment. At last count, the album has sold upwards of 200,000 copies. Although the band still has no official record deal in the U.S., they have signed a distribution deal to get the album out to a wider audience. In the UK, the band signed to independent record label Wichita Recordings.

Pitchfork Media's glowing review of the album in July 2005 has been credited with giving the band their start. However, the album's opening track "Clap Your Hands!" received a spot on the Pitchfork Media's "15 Worst Releases of 2005" list. Pitchfork Media editor Ryan Schreiber dismissed the track as a "classic shitty underground rock pose."^[1]

1 Track listing
- 1.1 Bonus tracks
2 Samples
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Track listing

"Clap Your Hands!" – 1:48
"Let the Cool Goddess Rust Away" – 3:24
"Over and Over Again (Lost and Found)" – 3:09
"Sunshine and Clouds (And Everything Proud)" – 1:02
"Details of the War" – 3:30
"The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth" – 5:43
"Is This Love?" – 3:11
"Heavy Metal" – 4:01
"Blue Turning Gray" – 1:17
"In This Home on Ice" – 3:58
"Gimmie Some Salt" – 3:03
"Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood" – 4:34

[edit] Bonus tracks

The UK release, on Enhanced CD, contains a link to bonus live tracks. All songs were recorded live at The Black Cat in Washington, D.C. on 18 October 2005.