All Hour Cymbals is the debut studio album by Brooklyn-based experimental rock group Yeasayer. It was released by We Are Free on 23 October 2007, and 24 March 2008 in the UK.

All Hour Cymbals
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 23, 2007
GenreExperimental rock, worldbeat, neo-psychedelia
Length46:54
LabelWe Are Free
ProducerYeasayer
Yeasayer chronology
All Hour Cymbals
(2007)
Odd Blood
(2010)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]
The A.V. ClubA[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[3]
The Irish Times     [4]
NME8/10[5]
Pitchfork7.8/10[6]
The Skinny     [7]
Spin     [8]
Uncut     [9]
XLR8R8/10[10]

All Hour Cymbals received positive reviews from publications and websites such as Entertainment Weekly,[3] NME,[5] Pitchfork,[6] and Spin.[8] Pitchfork placed it at number 197 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[11]

As of 2012, sales in the United States have exceeded 55,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[12]

Track listing edit

No.TitleLength
1."Sunrise"4:07
2."Wait for the Summer"4:53
3."2080"5:24
4."Germs"3:13
5."Ah, Weir"1:21
6."No Need to Worry"5:26
7."Forgiveness"3:40
8."Wait for the Wintertime"4:52
9."Worms"4:07
10."Waves"4:57
11."Red Cave" (hidden track)4:59

Notes edit

  1. ^ Leahey, Andrew. "All Hour Cymbals – Yeasayer". AllMusic. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  2. ^ O'Neal, Sean (November 6, 2007). "Yeasayer: All Hour Cymbals". The A.V. Club. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  3. ^ a b Day, Adrienne (November 9, 2007). "All Hour Cymbals". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  4. ^ Carroll, Jim (December 28, 2007). "Yeasayer: All Hour Cymbals (We Are Free)". The Irish Times. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Yeasayer: All Hour Cymbal". NME. November 8, 2007. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  6. ^ a b Harvey, Eric (October 25, 2007). "Yeasayer: All Hour Cymbals". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  7. ^ Jackson, Barry (November 7, 2007). "Yeasayer – All Hour Cymbals". The Skinny. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  8. ^ a b Modell, Josh (December 2007). "Yeasayer: All Hour Cymbals". Spin. 23 (12): 128. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  9. ^ "Yeasayer: All Hour Cymbals". Uncut (125). October 2007.
  10. ^ Ware, Tony (November 26, 2007). "Yeasayer: All Hour Cymbals". XLR8R. Archived from the original on April 20, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  11. ^ Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s". Pitchfork. p. 1. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  12. ^ "Yeasayer's 'Fragrant World': Drugs, Weird Visuals and Scavenger Hunts". Billboard.