Classics (Ratatat album)

Classics
Studio album by
Ratatat
ReleasedAugust 22, 2006
RecordedNovember 2003 – March 2006
Genre
Length42:31
LabelXL Recordings
ProducerEvan Mast, Mike Stroud
Ratatat chronology
Ratatat Remixes Vol. 1
(2004) 		Classics
(2006) 		Ratatat Remixes Vol. 2
(2007)
Singles from Classics
  1. "Wildcat"
    Released: July 25, 2006
  2. "Lex"
    Released: October 30, 2006
  3. "Loud Pipes"
    Released: 2007
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic69/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Pitchfork Media6.0/10[4]

Classics is the second full-length album from Ratatat, released on August 22, 2006. As with their first album, Classics is almost entirely instrumental, with the only exception being a large cat-like sound sample used in "Wildcat."

During a September 15, 2006 interview on radio station KEXP, the band revealed that part of the album was recorded in upstate New York in a house owned by Björk.[citation needed]

This album produced three singles: "Lex", "Wildcat", and "Loud Pipes".

The track "Tropicana" was featured in the 2007 film Knocked Up and "Loud Pipes" was featured in the video game MLB 07: The Show.

  1. ^ a b c "AllMusic Review by Marisa Brown". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "Classics by Ratatat". Metacritic. Retrieved October 14, 2016. Anyone disappointed by the last Daft Punk album might enjoy this funky, largely instrumental second album for the New York duo.
  3. ^ Allmusic review
  4. ^ "Pitchfork Media review". Pitchfork.com. 2006-08-21. Retrieved 2014-02-25.