Alvvays (album)

*Alvvays*
Alvvays
Alvvays Studio Album
Date of issue	July 22, 2014
Genre	Indie pop , dream pop , jungle pop
Duration	32:49
Producers	Chad Van Gaalen
A country	Canada
Language of songs	English
Label	Polyvinyl (USA); Royal Mountain (Canada); Transgressive (Europe)
Alvvays Timeline
Singles with Alvvays
	"Adult Diversion"; "Archie, Marry Me"; "Party Police"; "Next of Kin";

Alvvays is Canada's indie pop group Alvvays ' self-titled debut studio album , released July 22, 2014.

Reviews
Cumulative rating
A source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100 ^[1]
Critics' ratings
A source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Cuepoint	B + ^[3]
Entertainment weekly	A− ^[4]
The guardian	^[five]
Mojo	^[6]
NME	8/10 ^[7]
Pitchfork media	7.6 / 10 ^[8]
Popmatters	7/10 ^[9]
Rolling stone	^[ten]
Slant magazine	^[eleven]

Content

About the album

The album was recorded in March 2012 in Calgary , in the studio of Ched VanGaalen, who produced the album. ^[12] Graham Walsh from Holy Fuck and John Agello, who previously worked on music by Patti Smith , Sonic Youth , Alice Cooper and many others, also worked ^{on the} album and mixing it. ^[13]

The album received positive reviews from music critics. Thus, the Rolling Stone music magazine, in its review, called the album “an indie pop miracle,” and later added it to the list of “50 Best Albums of 2014”. ^[14] ^[15] The album also hit the list of "50 Best Albums of 2014" from the music edition of NME . ^[sixteen]

The singles “Adult Diversion” and “Archie, Marry Me” attracted the most attention to the group and the album. The latter became the group’s most popular single and took 11th place in the list of “50 best songs of 2014” from Rolling Stone ^[17] .

Album cover

For the cover of the album, a photograph of National Geographic full-time photographers Helen and Frank Schrader was used. The picture shows Tehran schoolgirls in January 1968 . ^[18]

Singles and videos

Singles

"Adult Diversion"
"Archie, Marry Me"
"Party Police"
"Next of Kin"

Video

Adult Diversion (October 28, 2013) [1]
"Archie, Marry Me" (July 30, 2014) [2]
“Next of Kin” (September 18, 2014) [3]

List of Songs

No.	Title	Duration
one.	"Adult Diversion"	3:28
2.	"Archie, Marry Me"	3:17
3.	"Ones Who Love You"	3:47
four.	"Next of Kin"	3:48
five.	"Party Police"	3:48
6.	The Agency Group	4:31
7.	"Dives"	2:57
eight.	"Atop a Cake"	3:20
9.	"Red Planet"	3:59
32:55

Bonus Track for Japanese Edition
No.	Title	Duration
ten.	"Underneath Us"	2:39
35:33

Record Members

Molly Rankin - vocals , guitar
Alec O'Hanley - guitar, vocals, keyboards , drum machine
Kerry McLellan - keyboards, vocals
Brian Murphy - Bass
Eric Amlen - Drums (Tracks: 2, 3, 5, and 6)
Chris Dodge - Drums (Tracks: 1.4 & 8)
Chad VanGaalen - programming , tambourine , bongo , sound engineer , producer
Graham Walsh - tracking
Jeff McMurrich - tracking
John Agnello - Mixing
Ian McGettigan - Mixing (optional)
Alec O'Hanley - Mixing (optional)
Greg Kalby - Mastering
Steve Fallon - Mastering

References and notes

Notes

↑ Reviews for Alvvays by Alvvays ( Neopr .) . Metacritic . Date of treatment July 29, 2014.
↑ Thomas, Fred Alvvays - Alvvays (neopr.) . AllMusic . Date of treatment July 29, 2014.
↑ Christgau, Robert Expert Witness (neopr.) . Cuepoint (February 20, 2015). Date of treatment February 20, 2015.
↑ Anderson, Kyle. Albums: August 8, 2014 (Eng.) // Entertainment Weekly : magazine. - 2014 .-- 1 August.
↑ Bakare, Lanre . Alvvays: Alvvays review - breezy, literate indie-rock , The Guardian (July 24, 2014). Date of appeal April 30, 2016.
↑ Alvvays: Alvvays (Eng.) // Mojo : magazine. - Bauer Media Group , 2014 .-- September ( no. 250 ). - P. 94 .
↑ VanGaalen, Chad. Alvvays - 'Alvvays' (Eng.) // New Musical Express : magazine. - Mark Allen Group, 2014 .-- July 20.
↑ Berman, Stuart Alvvays: Alvvays (neopr.) . Pitchfork Media (July 21, 2014). Date of treatment July 29, 2014.
↑ Fennell, Sean Alvvays: Alvvays (neopr.) . PopMatters (July 31, 2014). Date of treatment July 31, 2014.
↑ Vozick-Levinson, Simon. Alvvays (Eng.) // Rolling Stone : magazine. - 2014 .-- 14 July.
↑ Rainis, James Alvvays: Alvvays (neopr.) . Slant Magazine (August 21, 2014). Date of treatment August 21, 2014.
↑ Toronto's Alvvays Recruit Chad VanGaalen to Produce Debut Album, Share New Video . Date accessed August 19, 2017.
↑ Alvvays - 'Alvvays' - NME (English) . NME Date accessed August 19, 2017.
↑ Alvvays , Rolling Stone . Date accessed August 19, 2017.
↑ 50 Best Albums of 2014 (Neopr.) . Rolling stone. Date accessed August 19, 2017.
↑ NME's Top 50 Albums Of 2014 - NME (English) , NME (November 25, 2014). Date accessed August 19, 2017.
↑ 50 Best Songs of 2014 (Neopr.) . Rolling stone. Date accessed August 19, 2017.
↑ 639420. School girls await a birthday appearance by their monarch. | National Geographic Creative (Neopr.) . www.natgeocreative.com. Date accessed August 19, 2017.

[1] Reviews for Alvvays by Alvvays ( Neopr .) . Metacritic . Date of treatment July 29, 2014.

[2] Thomas, Fred Alvvays - Alvvays (neopr.) . AllMusic . Date of treatment July 29, 2014.

[Christgau-3] Christgau, Robert Expert Witness (neopr.) . Cuepoint (February 20, 2015). Date of treatment February 20, 2015.

[4] Anderson, Kyle. Albums: August 8, 2014 (Eng.) // Entertainment Weekly : magazine. - 2014 .-- 1 August.

[5] Bakare, Lanre . Alvvays: Alvvays review - breezy, literate indie-rock , The Guardian (July 24, 2014). Date of appeal April 30, 2016.

[6] Alvvays: Alvvays (Eng.) // Mojo : magazine. - Bauer Media Group , 2014 .-- September ( no. 250 ). - P. 94 .

[7] VanGaalen, Chad. Alvvays - 'Alvvays' (Eng.) // New Musical Express : magazine. - Mark Allen Group, 2014 .-- July 20.

[8] Berman, Stuart Alvvays: Alvvays (neopr.) . Pitchfork Media (July 21, 2014). Date of treatment July 29, 2014.

[9] Fennell, Sean Alvvays: Alvvays (neopr.) . PopMatters (July 31, 2014). Date of treatment July 31, 2014.

[10] Vozick-Levinson, Simon. Alvvays (Eng.) // Rolling Stone : magazine. - 2014 .-- 14 July.

[11] Rainis, James Alvvays: Alvvays (neopr.) . Slant Magazine (August 21, 2014). Date of treatment August 21, 2014.

[12] Toronto's Alvvays Recruit Chad VanGaalen to Produce Debut Album, Share New Video . Date accessed August 19, 2017.

[13] Alvvays - 'Alvvays' - NME (English) . NME Date accessed August 19, 2017.

[14] Alvvays , Rolling Stone . Date accessed August 19, 2017.

[15] 50 Best Albums of 2014 (Neopr.) . Rolling stone. Date accessed August 19, 2017.

[16] NME's Top 50 Albums Of 2014 - NME (English) , NME (November 25, 2014). Date accessed August 19, 2017.

[17] 50 Best Songs of 2014 (Neopr.) . Rolling stone. Date accessed August 19, 2017.

[18] 639420. School girls await a birthday appearance by their monarch. | National Geographic Creative (Neopr.) . www.natgeocreative.com. Date accessed August 19, 2017.