Fantastic Playroom
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| Fantastic Playroom | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 6 July 2007 | |||
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| Length | 39:07 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
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| New Young Pony Club chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Fantastic Playroom | ||||
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 69/100[5] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| Drowned in Sound | 6/10[7] |
| The Guardian | [8] |
| musicOMH |  [9] |
| NME | 7/10[10] |
| Now | 4/5[11] |
| Pitchfork | 8.2/10[12] |
| PopMatters | 9/10[2] |
| The Times | [13] |
Fantastic Playroom is the debut studio album by English band New Young Pony Club. It was released on 6 July 2007 by Island Records. The album debuted at number 54 on the UK Albums Chart,[14] selling 4,804 copies in its first week.[15] As of March 2010, it had sold 32,986 copies in the United Kingdom.[15] Fantastic Playroom was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2007,[16] and the band performed "The Bomb" on the awards night.
All tracks are written by Tahita Bulmer and Andy Spence, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Get Lucky" | 3:43 |
| 2. | "Hiding on the Staircase" | 3:31 |
| 3. | "Ice Cream" | 3:12 |
| 4. | "The Bomb" | 4:19 |
| 5. | "Jerk Me" | 4:07 |
| 6. | "The Get Go" | 4:29 |
| 7. | "Talking, Talking" | 4:03 |
| 8. | "Grey" | 4:13 |
| 9. | "F.A.N." | 3:35 |
| 10. | "Tight Fit" | 3:55 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Descend" | 4:57 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Descend" | 6:05 |
| 12. | "The Bomb" (Phones Collateral Damage Mix) | 6:44 |
| 13. | "Fade in That Blank" | 3:28 |
| 14. | "Take Me I'm Yours" (writers: Glenn Tilbrook, Chris Difford) | 3:37 |
| 15. | "Ice Cream" (music video) | |
| 16. | "The Bomb" (music video) |
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Fantastic Playroom.[19]
New Young Pony Club
- Tahita Bulmer – vocals, additional production
- Lou Hayter – keyboards
- Sarah Jones – drums
- Andy Spence – guitar, production
- Igor Volk – bass
Additional personnel
- Dean Chalkey – photography
- Guy Davie – mastering
- Tom Elmhirst – mixing
- Nilesh Patel – mastering
- Richard Robinson – artwork
