''Elephant Eyelash'' is the first studio album by American band Why?. It was released by

Anticon Anticon (often styled as anticon.) is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1998 by seven musicians and manager Baillie Parker. It is now collectively owned among six musicians, co-founder Parker, and man ...

on September 26, 2005. Prior to the formation of the band in 2004,

Yoni Wolf Jonathan Avram "Yoni" Wolf (born April 30, 1979) is an American alternative hip hop and indie rock musician and co-founder of the record label Anticon. From 1997 until 2004, Wolf released music under the stage name Why?. In 2004 he transferred t ...

had used "Why?" as his stage name for his solo work. The title refers to an erection. Why? said: "An 'elephant eyelash' is a hard-on. I like to make my own pantheon of slang. Isn't having a hard-on kind of vulnerable? It's an anticipation."

Critical reception

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, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''Elephant Eyelash'' received an average score of 76% based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Josh Berquist of ''

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'' gave the album 8 stars out of 10, calling it "one of the best records released this year."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. *

– music, production, recording, artwork *

Josiah Wolf Josiah Wolf is a drummer and vocalist from Cincinnati, Ohio. He is best known as the drummer, percussionist, and backing vocalist of the indie rock band Why?, of which his brother Yoni is the lead vocalist. History Josiah Wolf has been a member ...

– music, production, recording * Doug McDiarmid – music * Matt Meldon – music * Anna Stewart – additional vocals (3) * John Ringhoffer – trombone (5) * Dee Kesler – violin (5) *

Doseone Adam Drucker (born April 21, 1977), better known by his stage name Doseone, is an American rapping, rapper, hip hop producer, producer, poet and artist. He is a co-founder of the indie hip hop record label Anticon. He has also been a member of n ...

– additional vocals (6, 8) * Jel – drum programming (9) * Brian Wilson – additional vocals (10) * Colin Guthrie – recording (1, 12) * Jud Lee – recording (1, 12) * Mike Walti – recording (1, 12) * Tony Espinoza – mixing *

Brian Gardner Brian Knapp Gardner, also known as Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, is an American mastering engineer. He has worked on a number of recordings since the mid-1960s, including classic rock, funk, disco, alternative rock, R&B, hip hop, pop punk and dance- ...

– mastering *

Odd Nosdam David P. Madson (born 1976), better known by his stage name Odd Nosdam, is an American underground hip hop producer, DJ and visual artist. He is co-founder of the record label Anticon. He has remixed tracks by a variety of bands and artists in ...

– layout

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2005 debut albums Why? (American band) albums Anticon albums