Zig Zaj
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| Zig Zaj | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 26, 2011 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 49:13 | |||
| Label | Lex Records | |||
| Producer | Boom Bip | |||
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Zig Zaj is the third solo studio album by Boom Bip.[1] It was released through Lex Records on September 26, 2011.[1] It features guest appearances from Alex Kapranos, Money Mark, Luke Steele, and Josh Klinghoffer.[2]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 66/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [4] |
| BBC | favorable[5] |
| Dusted Magazine | unfavorable[6] |
| The Phoenix | [7] |
| Pitchfork | 6.6/10[8] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66, based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]
John Bush of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, saying, "compared to Seed to Sun or Blue Eyed in the Red Room, whose fascination with sound was positively contagious, Zig Zaj sounds like an overly safe record, the type that most producers would avoid if they wanted to keep innovating."[4]
In 2011, The Guardian included it on the "Top 10 Autumn Albums" list,[9] while Mike Diver of BBC included it on the "Best Albums of September 2011" list.[10]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "All Hands" | 3:26 |
| 2. | "Goodbye Lovers & Friends" | 5:20 |
| 3. | "Pele" | 3:30 |
| 4. | "Do as I Do" | 5:28 |
| 5. | "Reveal" | 5:10 |
| 6. | "Manabozh" | 3:49 |
| 7. | "New Order" | 4:54 |
| 8. | "Automaton" | 4:00 |
| 9. | "Tumtum" | 9:46 |
| 10. | "Mascot & the Moth" | 3:56 |
| Total length: | 49:13 | |
