''Champ'' is an
LP by
Tokyo Police Club
Tokyo Police Club is an indie rock band from Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 2005, it consists of vocalist and bassist Dave Monks, keyboardist Graham Wright, guitarist Josh Hook, and drummer Greg Alsop. The band found early success with the ...
that was released on June 8, 2010. ''Champ'' is the band's second studio album, after the release of ''
Elephant Shell
''Elephant Shell'' is the first LP to be released by Tokyo Police Club. It was released in the United States, Canada and Australia on April 22, 2008 on Saddle Creek Records, and in the United Kingdom and Continental Europe on May 5, 2008. "In a ...
'' in 2008. Tokyo Police Club released the album's first single, "Breakneck Speed" for free download on their website on March 26, 2010. The next singles released off the album were "Wait Up (Boots of Danger)" followed by "Gone".
Reception
As with their debut
EP, ''
A Lesson In Crime'', ''Champ'' was met with a mixed to positive press response, being lauded for their upbeat consistency from one album to the next. ''Slant Magazine'' gave it 3/5 stars, calling the band "smart guys with ambitions to be more than another forgotten blog band". Similarly ''Rolling Stone'' gave them 3.5/5 stars, praising the way they fused "light-speed guitars with ebullient melodies", saying, "Rarely has crafting such high-velocity guitar pop seemed so easy."
Track listing
All songs by Monks, Wright, Hook, and Alsop.
Personnel
Tokyo Police Club
* Dave Monks – songwriting, musician
* Graham Wright – songwriting, musician
* Josh Hook – songwriting, musician
* Greg Alsop – songwriting, musician
Technical
*
Rob Schnapf
Rob Schnapf is an American record producer and musician. He was the co-producer (along with Tom Rothrock) of Elliott Smith's albums ''Either/Or'', '' XO'' (on which he also played guitar on the song " Baby Britain"), ''Figure 8'' and ''From a ...
– producer, mix engineer
*
Doug Boehm
Doug Boehm (born November 4, 1969)''U.S. Public Records Index'', Vols 1 & 2 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010. is an American record producer and sound engineer who specializes predominantly in the rock music genre and has worked ...
– engineer, mix engineer
* Chris Szczech – assistant mix engineer
*
Clinton Welander – assistant engineer
* Chris Claypool – assistant engineer
*
Zac Carper – assistant engineer
* Alan Yoshida – mastering
*
Chris Zane – additional production
(track 1)
* Dean Marino – additional engineering
(track 11)
* Jay Sadlowski – additional engineering
(track 11)
Art and management
* Rich Cohen – management
* Nous Vous – design and art direction
* Tom Jackson – photography
References
External links
Tokyo Police Club official website
2010 albums
Tokyo Police Club albums
Mom + Pop Music albums
Albums produced by Rob Schnapf
Albums recorded at Kingsize Soundlabs
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