ARTIST: Ratatat
TITLE: Classics
LABEL: XL Recordings
GENRE: Instrumental Rock
BITRATE: 234kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 42m total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-08-22
RIP DATE: 2006-08-15

Track List
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1.  Montanita                        5:00
2.  Lex                              4:29
3.  Gettysburg                       5:27
4.  Wildcat                          4:20
5.  Tropicana                        4:36
6.  Loud Pipes                       3:46
7.  Kennedy                          3:34
8.  Swisha                           3:49
9.  Nostrand                         3:04
10. Tacobel Canon                    4:26

Release Notes:

http://www.ratatatmusic.com/
http://www.myspace.com/ratatatmusic
http://www.xlrecordings.com/


Goddamn ratatat rules. here's the CDDA. Stop with the bullshit plz.


Mike Stroud and Evan 'E*vax' Mast have finally completed work on their second
album, humbly titled 'Classics'. They'd have finished a lot sooner had their
self-titled debut, released in 2004, not done quite so well on their home turf.
After changing their name from Cherry to Ratatat just in time for their tour
with Interpol, the duo garnered a serious amount of praise for their first
single release, 'Seventeen Years' on Audiodregs Records.

The album was released shortly afterwards, and in addition to a glorious press
response ('a surprisingly buoyant thrash ... intensely pleasurable' Pitchfork),
Mast and Stroud found favour with a number of bands. This ended up taking them
on the road around North America and Europe playing shows with The Killers,
Franz Ferdinand, The Stills and Mouse On Mars.

They eventually packed away the flight cases after well over a year's worth of
touring, and set about making the follow-up. The record began life in Mast's new
Crown Heights apartment, but really found its feet when they spent 6 weeks out
of the city at a friend's house in upstate New York.

Of course, 'Classics' remains resolutely instrumental, but they have however
introduced a wealth of new sounds, from acoustic and slide guitar through to
sleigh bells and cello. Having laid out their blueprint with 'Ratatat', their
vastly improved production and writing makes 'Classics' a refinement of their
art. Throw in the remixes they've recently been commissioned to make, the
impending second volume of their mix tape, and their first ever full headline
tour of the US, and you have more than enough to be getting on with.