Fantastic Playroom

Fantastic Playroom
Studio album by New Young Pony Club
Released 6 July 2007 (2007-07-06)
Genre
Length 39:07
Label Island
Producer
New Young Pony Club chronology
Fantastic Playroom
(2007)		 The Optimist
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic69/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
BBC Musicfavourable[3]
Drowned in Sound6/10[4]
The Guardian[5]
musicOMH[6]
NME7/10[7]
Now4/5[8]
Pitchfork Media8.2/10[9]
PopMatters9/10[10]
The Times[11]

Fantastic Playroom is the debut studio album by English electronic music band New Young Pony Club, released on 6 July 2007 by Island Records. The album debuted at number fifty-four on the UK Albums Chart,[12] selling 4,804 copies in its first week.[13] As of March 2010, it had sold 32,986 copies in the United Kingdom.[13] Fantastic Playroom was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2007,[14] and the band performed "The Bomb" on the awards night.

Track listing

All tracks written by Tahita Bulmer and Andy Spence, except where noted. 

No. Title Length
1. "Get Lucky"   3:43
2. "Hiding on the Staircase"   3:31
3. "Ice Cream"   3:12
4. "The Bomb"   4:19
5. "Jerk Me"   4:07
6. "The Get Go"   4:29
7. "Talking, Talking"   4:03
8. "Grey"   4:13
9. "F.A.N."   3:35
10. "Tight Fit"   3:55

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Fantastic Playroom.[17]

New Young Pony Club
Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[18] 79
UK Albums Chart[19] 54

Release history

Region Date Label
Ireland 6 July 2007[20] Island
United Kingdom 9 July 2007[21]
Germany 17 July 2007[22] Universal
Australia 10 August 2007[23] Modular
United States 28 August 2007[24]
Japan 24 October 2007[16] Universal

References

  1. ↑ "Fantastic Playroom – New Young Pony Club". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  2. ↑ Kellman, Andy. "Fantastic Playroom – New Young Pony Club". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  3. ↑ Latham, Nickie (4 July 2007). "Review of New Young Pony Club – Fantastic Playroom". BBC Music. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  4. ↑ Denney, Alex (11 July 2007). "New Young Pony Club – Fantastic Playroom". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 26 July 2007.
  5. ↑ Simpson, Dave (6 July 2007). "New Young Pony Club, Fantastic Playroom". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  6. ↑ Shepherd, Sam. "New Young Pony Club – Fantastic Playroom (Modular)". musicOMH. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Beaumont, Mark (13 July 2011). "New Young Pony Club". NME. IPC Media. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  8. ↑ Keller, Jason (25 October – 1 November 2007). "New Young Pony Club". Now. 27 (8). Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  9. ↑ Mitchum, Rob (26 July 2007). "New Young Pony Club: Fantastic Playroom". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 26 July 2007.
  10. ↑ O'Neil, Tim (24 October 2007). "New Young Pony Club: Fantastic Playroom". PopMatters. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  11. ↑ Dalton, Stephen (7 July 2007). "New Young Pony Club: Fantastic Playroom". The Times. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2007.
  12. ↑ Zywietz, Tobias. "CHART: CLUK Update 21.07.2007 (wk28)". Zobbel. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  13. 1 2 "Key Releases: 13.03.10.". Music Week. HighBeam Research. 13 March 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  14. ↑ "Mercury Prize: The nominees". BBC News Online. 3 September 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  15. ↑ "Fantastic Playroom (Bonus Track Version) by New Young Pony Club". iTunes Store (GB). Apple. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  16. 1 2 ファンタスティック・プレイルーム [Fantastic Playroom] (in Japanese). Universal Music Japan. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  17. ↑ Fantastic Playroom (CD liner notes). New Young Pony Club. Island Records. 2007. 602517349681.
  18. ↑ "ARIA Top 100 Albums – Week Commencing 20th August 2007" (PDF). ARIA Charts. Pandora Archive. p. 6. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  19. ↑ "New Young Pony Club" (select "Albums" tab). Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  20. ↑ "New Young Pony Club – Fantastic Playroom". Tower Records Ireland. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  21. ↑ "New Young Pony Club – Fantastic Playroom". Island Records. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  22. ↑ "New Young Pony Club | Fantastic Playroom" (in German). Universal Music Germany. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  23. ↑ "Fantastic Playroom – New Young Pony Club". JB Hi-Fi. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  24. ↑ "New Young Pony Club: Fantastic Playroom". Amazon.com. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
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