Mondo (album)
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| Mondo | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | April 24, 2012 |
| Recorded | 2006–2012 |
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| Producer | Danger Mouse |
| Singles from Mondo | |
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 59/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Beats per Minute | 84%[2] |
| Daily Express | 5/5[3] |
| Drowned in Sound | 6/10[4] |
| Islington Gazette |   [5] |
| Loud and Quiet | 8/10[6] |
| musicOMH | [7] |
| Pitchfork Media | 4.6/10[8] |
| PopMatters | 6/10[9] |
| Rolling Stone | [10] |
Mondo is the debut studio album of Los Angeles–based indie pop band Electric Guest. It was released on April 24, 2012 on Downtown Records and Across The Universe labels.
The single, "This Head I Hold" was featured on an episode of Dancing with the Stars,[11] as well as in an ad for Crate & Barrel.[12] The song "Awake" is featured in the soundtrack of the 2012 video game Forza Horizon.
Mondo features heavy production, and draws from genres such as synth-pop, R&B, Motown-style soul, slacker California rock, psychedelia, and bubblegum pop.[13][14][15] With encouragement from Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton, Asa Taccone and his roommate, Michael Compton, refined their songs into an album from 2009 to 2011.[16]
Track listing
- "Holes" (2:45)
- "This Head I Hold" (2:55)
- "Under the Gun" (3:42)
- "Awake" (5:00)
- "Amber" (3:50)
- "The Bait" (3:06)
- "Waves" (3:06)
- "Troubleman" (8:48)
- "American Daydream" (2:48)
- "Control" (2:18)
- "Holiday" (3:08) [Japan Bonus Track]
- "Jenny" (4:15) [Japan Bonus Track]