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Ratatat
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
 
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All Artists: Ratatat
Title: Ratatat
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 1
Label: Xl Recordings
Release Date: 4/20/2004
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Style: Indie & Lo-Fi
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 634904017224

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Curtis K. from CODY, WY
Reviewed on 2/22/2007...
'Seventeen Years' is an instrumental classic; that one song makes the album worth having.

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My H3 isn't complete without it
Raoul Duke | Rocky Mountains, USA | 03/01/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I too first heard this band on a web H3 Hummer commercial, and knew right away that I needed at least 3 copies to play in each of my H3's that I own. So I sent my butler out to buy a copy for me, because honestly who wants to mingle with the common folk? Needless to say all my friends at the country club were jealous because I had the H3 soundtrack that they all desperately needed to complete their lives. Unfortunately that was a month ago, and I've since then had to pawn all my cd's in order to pay for gas."
Original Instrumental
Goshou | Michigan | 09/13/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Ratatat sets forth to create something incredibly hard to create: a comprehensive album without a single true lyric. Sure, they have a guy talk at the beginning of a few songs, but he's never incorporated into any of the songs. This means several things: first the songs need to be more interesting musically than normal, because we don't have a story to pull us along; secondly, we can't get distracted by bad lyrics, only bad melodies - something I am happy to report do not exist on this lp. Ratatat pulls this off beautifully, bringing out the positive qualities of instrumentals and shirking the negative ones.



So the human instrument of voice may not be heard on it; but the subtle chord and melody changes from the guitar and keyboards put the idea of cluttering up these songs with words to shame.



The album starts of with a very heavy backbeat under the dancable song "Seventeen Years;" then, gradually, as the song goes on, it mellows out and ends at another place entirely from where it started. They never go back. That's not to say there aren't any up-beat, big back-beat songs, but not to the extent they start out with. I think it's a great kick-off to the album. Their mellow, Gibbard-esque songs lend themselves to repeated listens, and Cherry is reportedly one of the best make-out songs of the college generation. There's a lot to the disc, so it rewards repeated listens. An album worth owning, and an album worth living with."