Elephant Eyelash
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| Elephant Eyelash | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 26, 2005 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 41:02 | |||
| Label | Anticon | |||
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| Why? chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 76/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Cokemachineglow | 68/100[3] |
| Exclaim! | favorable[4] |
| Pitchfork | 7.8/10[5] |
| PopMatters |  [6] |
| Stylus Magazine | D[7] |
Elephant Eyelash is the second studio album by American band Why?. It was released by Anticon on September 26, 2005.[8] Prior to the formation of the band in 2004, Yoni Wolf had used "Why?" as his stage name for his solo work. At the release of the album, most[who?] considered this the debut Why? album;[citation needed] however in later years, the band counted Oaklandazulasylum as their debut album.[9][failed verification]
The title refers to an erection.[10] 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."[10]
At Metacritic, 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".[1]
Josh Berquist of PopMatters gave the album 8 stars out of 10, calling it "one of the best records released this year."[6]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Crushed Bones" | 3:30 |
| 2. | "Yo Yo Bye Bye" | 2:51 |
| 3. | "Rubber Traits" | 4:01 |
| 4. | "The Hoofs" | 1:57 |
| 5. | "Fall Saddles" | 2:44 |
| 6. | "Gemini (Birthday Song)" | 5:28 |
| 7. | "Waterfalls" | 2:50 |
| 8. | "Sanddollars" | 3:44 |
| 9. | "Speech Bubbles" | 2:57 |
| 10. | "Whispers into the Other" | 3:28 |
| 11. | "Act Five" | 3:20 |
| 12. | "Light Leaves" | 4:10 |
