Haha Sound

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Haha Sound
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Studio album by
Broadcast
Released11 August 2003 (2003-08-11)
Genre
Length44:27
LabelWarp Records
Broadcast chronology
The Noise Made by People
(2000) 		Haha Sound
(2003) 		Tender Buttons
(2005)

Haha Sound is the second studio album by English indie electronic band Broadcast. It was released on 11 August 2003 by Warp Records.

Haha Sound earned critical acclaim and became Broadcast's first charting album in the United States, where it reached the top 10 of the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart.[6]

Recording

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Recording sessions for the album took place in fragments at various locations: Keenan recorded vocal tracks with her head in a cardboard box which gave it a "closeness and deadness that makes it sit in the mix a bit nicer," while drummer Bullock recorded drum tracks in a neighborhood church before overdubbing guitar tracks and additional arrangements.[7]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[8]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarStar[9]
BlenderStarStarStarStar[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[10]
The GuardianStarStarStarStarStar[11]
The IndependentStarStarStar[12]
MojoStarStarStarStar[13]
Muzik5/5[14]
Pitchfork8.2/10[15]
QStarStarStarStar[16]
UncutStarStarStarStar[17]

Haha Sound received highly favourable reviews from music critics.[8] Paul Clarke called the album "a dizzying ride" in his review for Jockey Slut.[18] Pitchfork placed Haha Sound at number 121 on its list of the best albums of the 2000s.[19] In 2007, the record was listed by The Guardian as one of "1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die".[20]

Track listing

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Songwriting credits are adapted from ASCAP.[21]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Colour Me In"
2:51
2."Pendulum"
  • Cargill
  • Keenan
4:21
3."Before We Begin"
  • Cargill
  • Keenan
3:22
4."Valerie"
  • Cargill
  • Keenan
  • Stevens
4:04
5."Man Is Not a Bird"
  • Cargill
  • Keenan
4:52
6."Minim"
  • Cargill
  • Keenan
3:00
7."Lunch Hour Pops"
  • Cargill
  • Keenan
3:36
8."Black Umbrellas"
  • Cargill
1:08
9."Ominous Cloud"
  • Cargill
  • Keenan
3:46
10."Distorsion"
  • Cargill
  • Keenan
  • Stevens
2:02
11."Oh How I Miss You"
  • Cargill
1:17
12."The Little Bell"
  • Cargill
  • Keenan
2:48
13."Winter Now"
  • Cargill
  • Keenan
  • Tim Felton
3:48
14."Hawk"
  • Cargill
  • Keenan
3:32
Total length:44:27
Japanese edition bonus track[22]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Stupido"
  • Cargill
  • Keenan
3:38
Total length:48:05

Personnel

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Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[23]

  • Broadcast – recording
  • Neil Bullock – drums (tracks 1–12, 14)
  • House – sleeve design
  • P. Jenkins – drums (track 13)
  • Nick Webb – mastering

Charts

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Chart (2003) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[24] 130
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[25] 4
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[26] 13
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[27] 50
US Top Dance Albums (Billboard)[6] 8

Release history

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Region Date Format Edition Label Catalogue no. Ref.
United Kingdom 11 August 2003 CD Standard Warp WARPCD106 [28]
Special WARPCD106X
LP Standard WARPLP106
United States 12 August 2003 CD WARPCD106 [29]
Japan 2003 Beat BRC76 [22]
United Kingdom 9 March 2015 LP Warp WARPLP106R [30]

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