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.infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent haudio"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary album" style="font-style: italic; color: inherit; background-color: lightsteelblue; font-size: 125%;">Vampire Weekend</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:VampireWeekendCD2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/27/VampireWeekendCD2.jpg/220px-VampireWeekendCD2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/VampireWeekendCD2.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Album" title="Album">Studio album</a> by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="/wiki/Vampire_Weekend" title="Vampire Weekend">Vampire Weekend</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">January 29, 2008</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">2007</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Studio</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"> <ul><li>Lerner E573</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Tomson" title="Chris Tomson">Tomson</a> family barn</li> <li>17 Moultrie</li> <li>14-16 Bedford Street</li> <li>Meserole and Diamond</li> <li>Meserole and Dobbin</li> <li>Hicks and Joralemon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Baio" title="Chris Baio">Baio</a>'s mom's house</li> <li>Treefort (<a href="/wiki/DUMBO" class="mw-redirect" title="DUMBO">DUMBO</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indie_pop" title="Indie pop">Indie pop</a><sup id="cite_ref-Pitchfork_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pitchfork-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AllMusic_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllMusic-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamber_pop" title="Chamber pop">chamber pop</a><sup id="cite_ref-AllMusic_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllMusic-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afropop" class="mw-redirect" title="Afropop">Afropop</a><sup id="cite_ref-AllMusic_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllMusic-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worldbeat" title="Worldbeat">worldbeat</a><sup id="cite_ref-Blender_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blender-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="duration"><span class="min">34</span>:<span class="s">13</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/XL_Recordings" title="XL Recordings">XL</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Rostam_Batmanglij" title="Rostam Batmanglij">Rostam Batmanglij</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Vampire_Weekend" title="Vampire Weekend">Vampire Weekend</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="color:inherit; background: transparent; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"> </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>Vampire Weekend</b></i><br />(2008) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="/wiki/Contra_(album)" title="Contra (album)">Contra</a></i><br />(2010) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Singles</a> from <i> Vampire Weekend </i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left"> <ol><li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/Mansard_Roof_(song)" title="Mansard Roof (song)">Mansard Roof</a>"</span><br />Released: October 23, 2007</span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/A-Punk" title="A-Punk">A-Punk</a>"</span><br />Released: February 28, 2008</span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/Oxford_Comma_(song)" title="Oxford Comma (song)">Oxford Comma</a>"</span><br />Released: May 26, 2008</span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod_Kwassa_Kwassa" title="Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa">Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa</a>"</span><br />Released: August 18, 2008</span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"The Kids Don't Stand a Chance"</span><br />Released: November 18, 2008</span></li></ol> </div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Vampire Weekend</b></i> is the debut studio album by American <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a> band <a href="/wiki/Vampire_Weekend" title="Vampire Weekend">Vampire Weekend</a>, released on January 29, 2008 by <a href="/wiki/XL_Recordings" title="XL Recordings">XL Recordings</a>. The album was produced by band member <a href="/wiki/Rostam_Batmanglij" title="Rostam Batmanglij">Rostam Batmanglij</a>, with mixing assistance from Jeff Curtin and Shane Stoneback. Released after a year of building internet buzz, the album showcased the band's unique hybrid of <a href="/wiki/Indie_pop" title="Indie pop">indie pop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chamber_music" title="Chamber music">chamber music</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Afropop" class="mw-redirect" title="Afropop">Afropop</a> influences.<sup id="cite_ref-AllMusic_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllMusic-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the United States, the album debuted at number 17 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the album's 11th week in the UK chart, it peaked at number 15.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album also reached number 37 in Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-acharts_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-acharts-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was accompanied by the singles "<a href="/wiki/Mansard_Roof_(song)" title="Mansard Roof (song)">Mansard Roof</a>", "<a href="/wiki/A-Punk" title="A-Punk">A-Punk</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Oxford_Comma_(song)" title="Oxford Comma (song)">Oxford Comma</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod_Kwassa_Kwassa" title="Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa">Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa</a>", and "<a href="/wiki/The_Kids_Don%27t_Stand_a_Chance" class="mw-redirect" title="The Kids Don't Stand a Chance">The Kids Don't Stand a Chance</a>". </p><p>The album was ranked as the 5th-best album of 2008 by <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the 56th-best album of the decade by <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-100_Best_Albums_of_the_Decade_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100_Best_Albums_of_the_Decade-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 51st on <i><a href="/wiki/Pitchfork_(website)" title="Pitchfork (website)">Pitchfork</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s list of the Top 200 Albums of the 2000s.<sup id="cite_ref-pitchfork.com_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pitchfork.com-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> ranked the album number 430 on its list of "<a href="/wiki/The_500_Greatest_Albums_of_All_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time">The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Wenner,_Jann_S._2012_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wenner,_Jann_S._2012-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recording_history">Recording history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vampire_Weekend_(album)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Recording history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The album was recorded in a variety of environments including a basement where there was "a good set up for recording drums", a barn, the apartments of two band members, and Tree Fort studio in <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>. The locations bore an effect on the sound that was produced, demonstrated by a session recorded early in 2007 at a barn, which resulted in "really echoey drums".<sup id="cite_ref-October_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-October-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album draws influence from <a href="/wiki/African_pop" class="mw-redirect" title="African pop">African pop</a> styles such as <a href="/wiki/Soukous" title="Soukous">soukous</a> and <a href="/wiki/Congolese_rumba" title="Congolese rumba">Congolese rumba</a> while incorporating string textures and <a href="/wiki/Harpsichord" title="Harpsichord">harpsichords</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group jokingly described this hybrid of <a href="/wiki/Indie_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Indie music">indie</a>, afropop, and <a href="/wiki/Chamber_pop" title="Chamber pop">chamber pop</a> as "<a href="/wiki/Upper_West_Side" title="Upper West Side">Upper West Side</a> <a href="/wiki/Soweto" title="Soweto">Soweto</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-AllMusic_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllMusic-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2007, the lead singer Ezra Koenig, said that the band had "some of the tracks [...] for a long time", so they were aware of how the album would sound but that it was "just a matter of tightening it up and remixing it a little". Koenig also said that the band was "really excited" and "psyched" about two songs in particular, which were recorded around September 2007, called "I Stand Corrected" and "M79".<sup id="cite_ref-October_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-October-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The album's cover depicts the chandelier in <a href="/wiki/St._Anthony_Hall" title="St. Anthony Hall">St. Anthony Hall</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a> semi-<a href="/wiki/Collegiate_secret_societies_in_North_America" title="Collegiate secret societies in North America">secret society</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The photo is a Polaroid picture from one of the band's early shows at Columbia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vampire_Weekend_(album)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The album sold over 27,000 copies in the first week of its release, debuting at number 17 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a> and as of 20 January 2010, has sold nearly half a million copies.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The album was ranked as the 5th-best album of 2008 by <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the 56th-best album of the decade by <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-100_Best_Albums_of_the_Decade_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100_Best_Albums_of_the_Decade-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 51st on <i><a href="/wiki/Pitchfork_(website)" title="Pitchfork (website)">Pitchfork</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s list of the Top 200 Albums of the 2000s.<sup id="cite_ref-pitchfork.com_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pitchfork.com-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> ranked the album number 430 on its list of "<a href="/wiki/The_500_Greatest_Albums_of_All_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time">The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Wenner,_Jann_S._2012_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wenner,_Jann_S._2012-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album was also ranked 24 on <i>Rolling Stone</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s list of 100 greatest debut albums of all time, citing them for having inspired a wave of indie bands with world music influences, despite largely criticizing the album on its release.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon" title="Paul Simon">Paul Simon</a> has spoken out in favor of the album, responding to the derision of some for perceived similarities to Simon's 1986 album <i><a href="/wiki/Graceland_(album)" title="Graceland (album)">Graceland</a></i> and confirming that he does not consider the album to contain any stolen work.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vampire_Weekend_(album)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Critical reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable floatright" style="width:24.2em;font-size:88%;text-align:center;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;padding:0;border-spacing:0"><caption style="font-size:115%">Professional ratings</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:#202122;background:#d1dbdf;font-size:100%">Aggregate scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">82/100<sup id="cite_ref-metacritic_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-metacritic-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:#202122;background:#d1dbdf;font-size:100%">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-AllMusic_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllMusic-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/The_A.V._Club" title="The A.V. Club">The A.V. Club</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">B−<sup id="cite_ref-AVClub_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AVClub-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Blender_(magazine)" title="Blender (magazine)">Blender</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Blender_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blender-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-The_Guardian_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Guardian-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/MSN_Music" title="MSN Music">MSN Music</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Robert_Christgau#Consumer_Guide" title="Robert Christgau">Consumer Guide</a>)</td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">A−<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/NME" title="NME">NME</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">8/10<sup id="cite_ref-NME_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NME-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Pitchfork_(website)" title="Pitchfork (website)">Pitchfork</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">8.8/10<sup id="cite_ref-Pitchfork_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pitchfork-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Q_(magazine)" title="Q (magazine)">Q</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="3.5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="3.5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/11px-Star_half.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/17px-Star_half.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/22px-Star_half.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Spin_(magazine)" title="Spin (magazine)">Spin</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>According to the review aggregator <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a>, <i>Vampire Weekend</i> received "universal acclaim" based on a <a href="/wiki/Weighted_arithmetic_mean" title="Weighted arithmetic mean">weighted average</a> score of 82 out of 100 from 38 critic scores.<sup id="cite_ref-metacritic_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-metacritic-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Reviewing the album for <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a>, Heather Phares wrote, "Everything is concise, concentrated, distilled, vivid; Vampire Weekend's world is extremely specific and meticulously crafted, and Vampire Weekend often feels like a concept album about preppy guys who grew up with classical music and recently got really into world music. Amazingly, instead of being alienating, the band's quirks are utterly winning."<sup id="cite_ref-AllMusic_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllMusic-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At <i><a href="/wiki/The_A.V._Club" title="The A.V. Club">The A.V. Club</a></i>, Gordon Scott claimed that, "The young band's saving grace is compactness, which not only saves thousands of dollars in kora-player and backup-singer bills, but also keeps things alert and accessible."<sup id="cite_ref-AVClub_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AVClub-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Talking about the band's array of musical styles in the review for <i><a href="/wiki/Blender_(magazine)" title="Blender (magazine)">Blender</a></i>, Ben Sisario felt that, "Vampire Weekend’s version of globalization is too tightly and smartly woven to be mere dilettantism, and at times Koenig is emphatic, even desperate, about escaping white-bred familiarity"<sup id="cite_ref-Blender_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blender-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a review for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Alexis_Petridis" title="Alexis Petridis">Alexis Petridis</a> claimed that, "Behind the penny loafers and songs about commas, there's a bold band that can balance dexterous originality with an innate pop sensibility."<sup id="cite_ref-The_Guardian_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Guardian-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Writing for <i><a href="/wiki/NME" title="NME">NME</a></i>, Sam Richards commented that, "A mischievous pop sensibility ensures all these little experiments come off as refreshing quirks rather than heinous transgressions."<sup id="cite_ref-NME_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NME-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At <i><a href="/wiki/Pitchfork_(website)" title="Pitchfork (website)">Pitchfork</a></i>, Nitsuh Abebe stated, "Bring any baggage you want to this record, and it still returns nothing but warm, airy, low-gimmick pop, peppy, clever, and yes, unpretentious--four guys who listened to some Afro-pop records, picked up a few nice ideas, and then set about making one of the most refreshing and replayable indie records in recent years."<sup id="cite_ref-Pitchfork_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pitchfork-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vampire_Weekend_(album)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236635009">.mw-parser-output .tracklist{border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr:nth-child(2n-1){background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist caption{text-align:left;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist td,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="col"]{text-align:left;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th.tracklist-length-header,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th.tracklist-number-header,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"],.mw-parser-output .tracklist-length,.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length td{padding-right:10px;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-number-header{width:2em;padding-left:10px}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-length-header{width:4em}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr.tracklist-total-length{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tracklist .tracklist-total-length th{padding:0;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length th>span{float:right;padding:0 10px;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length td{background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);font-weight:bold;padding:0 10px 0 0}</style><div class="track-listing"><p>All lyrics are written by <a href="/wiki/Ezra_Koenig" title="Ezra Koenig">Ezra Koenig</a> except where noted; all music is composed by <a href="/wiki/Vampire_Weekend" title="Vampire Weekend">Vampire Weekend</a> except where noted</p><table class="tracklist"><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Mansard_Roof_(song)" title="Mansard Roof (song)">Mansard Roof</a>"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">2:07</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Oxford_Comma_(song)" title="Oxford Comma (song)">Oxford Comma</a>"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">3:15</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/A-Punk" title="A-Punk">A-Punk</a>"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">2:17</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod_Kwassa_Kwassa" title="Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa">Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa</a>"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">3:34</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"M79"</td><td>additional lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Rostam_Batmanglij" title="Rostam Batmanglij">Rostam Batmanglij</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:15</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"Campus"</td><td>music and lyrics by Batmanglij; additional lyrics by Koenig</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:56</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"Bryn"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">2:13</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"One (Blake's Got a New Face)"</td><td>contains elements of "Obeah Wedding" by <a href="/wiki/Mighty_Sparrow" title="Mighty Sparrow">Slinger Francisco</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:13</td></tr><tr><th id="track9" scope="row">9.</th><td>"I Stand Corrected"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">2:39</td></tr><tr><th id="track10" scope="row">10.</th><td>"Walcott"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">3:41</td></tr><tr><th id="track11" scope="row">11.</th><td>"The Kids Don't Stand a Chance"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">4:03</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="3" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>34:13</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Japanese edition bonus tracks</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track12" scope="row">12.</th><td>"Ladies of Cambridge [a.k.a. Boston]"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:40</td></tr><tr><th id="track13" scope="row">13.</th><td>"Arrows"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:04</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="2" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>39:57</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vampire_Weekend_(album)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>Vampire Weekend</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ezra_Koenig" title="Ezra Koenig">Ezra Koenig</a> – lead vocals, guitar, piano, hand drum</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rostam_Batmanglij" title="Rostam Batmanglij">Rostam Batmanglij</a> – organ, <a href="/wiki/Chamberlin" title="Chamberlin">Chamberlin</a>, piano, harpsichord, guitar, vocal harmonies, drum and synth programming, shaker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Baio" title="Chris Baio">Christopher Baio</a> – bass</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Tomson" title="Chris Tomson">Christopher Tomson</a> – drums, guitar</li></ul> <p><b>Additional musicians</b> </p> <ul><li>Hamilton Berry – cello</li> <li>Jonathan Chu – violin, viola</li> <li>Jeff Curtin – hand drums, shaker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ra_Ra_Riot" title="Ra Ra Riot">Wesley Miles</a> – vocals</li> <li>Jessica Pavone – violin, viola</li> <li>Joey Roth – hand drums</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>Production</b> </p> <ul><li>Rostam Batmanglij – production, string arrangements, engineering, mixing</li> <li>Jeff Curtin – engineering, mixing</li> <li>Shane Stoneback – engineering, mixing</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emily_Lazar" title="Emily Lazar">Emily Lazar</a> – mastering</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_LaPorta" title="Joe LaPorta">Joe LaPorta</a> – mastering assistance</li></ul> <p><b>Artwork</b> </p> <ul><li>Annie Reeds – cover photograph</li> <li>Rostam Batmanglij – additional photographs, design</li> <li>Phil Lee – design</li> <li>Asher Sarlin – design</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vampire_Weekend_(album)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The song "Campus" was used in <i><a href="/wiki/Gossip_Girl_(season_1)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gossip Girl (season 1)">Gossip Girl</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/I_Love_You,_Man" title="I Love You, Man">I Love You, Man</a></i>. "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" was used in <i><a href="/wiki/Viper_Club" title="Viper Club">Viper Club</a></i> and a trailer for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Sick" title="The Big Sick">The Big Sick</a></i>. "Mansard Roof" was used in <i><a href="/wiki/Grey%27s_Anatomy_(season_4)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grey's Anatomy (season 4)">Grey's Anatomy</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Someone_Great_(film)" title="Someone Great (film)">Someone Great</a></i>. "Oxford Comma" was used in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Chair_(2021_TV_series)" title="The Chair (2021 TV series)">The Chair</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Roswell,_New_Mexico_(TV_series)" title="Roswell, New Mexico (TV series)">Roswell, New Mexico</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/New_Girl_(season_1)" class="mw-redirect" title="New Girl (season 1)">New Girl</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Suits_(season_1)" class="mw-redirect" title="Suits (season 1)">Suits</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/How_I_Met_Your_Mother_(season_5)" class="mw-redirect" title="How I Met Your Mother (season 5)">How I Met Your Mother</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/I_Love_You,_Man" title="I Love You, Man">I Love You, Man</a></i>. The song "A-Punk" was used in the 2008 film <i><a href="/wiki/Step_Brothers_(film)" title="Step Brothers (film)">Step Brothers</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Scott_Pilgrim_Takes_Off" title="Scott Pilgrim Takes Off">Scott Pilgrim Takes Off</a></i>. The song "M79" was used as the theme song for the TV series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Chair_(2021_TV_series)" title="The Chair (2021 TV series)">The Chair</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vampire_Weekend_(album)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weekly_charts">Weekly charts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vampire_Weekend_(album)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Weekly charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (2008–2010) </th> <th scope="col">Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australian Albums (<a href="/wiki/ARIA_Charts" title="ARIA Charts">ARIA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_Australia_Vampire_Weekend_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Australia_Vampire_Weekend-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">37 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australian Hitseeker Albums (<a href="/wiki/ARIA_Charts" title="ARIA Charts">ARIA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Belgian Albums (<a href="/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">Ultratop</a> Flanders)<sup id="cite_ref-Flanders_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flanders-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">37 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Belgian Alternative Albums (<a href="/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">Ultratop</a> Flanders)<sup id="cite_ref-Flanders_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flanders-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>34 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Belgian Albums (<a href="/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">Ultratop</a> Wallonia)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_Wallonia_Vampire_Weekend_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Wallonia_Vampire_Weekend-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">44 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Dutch Albums (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_Album_Top_100" title="Dutch Album Top 100">Album Top 100</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_Netherlands_Vampire_Weekend_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Netherlands_Vampire_Weekend-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">62 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Dutch Alternative Albums (<a href="/wiki/MegaCharts" class="mw-redirect" title="MegaCharts">Mega Alternative Top 30</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">French Albums (<a href="/wiki/Syndicat_National_de_l%27%C3%89dition_Phonographique" class="mw-redirect" title="Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique">SNEP</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_France_Vampire_Weekend_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_France_Vampire_Weekend-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">81 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">German Albums (<a href="/wiki/GfK_Entertainment_charts" title="GfK Entertainment charts">Offizielle Top 100</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_Germany3_Vampire_Weekend_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Germany3_Vampire_Weekend-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">85 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Japanese Albums (<a href="/wiki/Oricon" title="Oricon">Oricon</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>94 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Swedish Albums (<a href="/wiki/Sverigetopplistan" title="Sverigetopplistan">Sverigetopplistan</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_Sweden_Vampire_Weekend_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Sweden_Vampire_Weekend-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">44 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_UK_Vampire_Weekend_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_UK_Vampire_Weekend-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">15 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a><sup id="cite_ref-ac_Billboard200_Vampire_Weekend_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Billboard200_Vampire_Weekend-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">17 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Independent_Albums" title="Independent Albums">Independent Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)"><i>Billboard</i></a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_BillboardIndependent_Vampire_Weekend_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_BillboardIndependent_Vampire_Weekend-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Top_Alternative_Albums" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Alternative Albums">Top Alternative Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)"><i>Billboard</i></a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_BillboardAlternative_Vampire_Weekend_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_BillboardAlternative_Vampire_Weekend-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Top_Rock_Albums" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Rock Albums">Top Rock Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)"><i>Billboard</i></a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_BillboardRock_Vampire_Weekend_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_BillboardRock_Vampire_Weekend-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">4 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Year-end_charts">Year-end charts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vampire_Weekend_(album)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Year-end charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (2008) </th> <th scope="col">Position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">UK Albums (OCC)<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>81 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <i>Billboard</i> 200<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>123 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US Independent Albums (<i>Billboard</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>9 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Certifications">Certifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vampire_Weekend_(album)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Certifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Certifications for <i>Vampire Weekend</i> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Region </th> <th scope="col">Certification</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">Certified units</a>/sales </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australia (<a href="/wiki/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association" title="Australian Recording Industry Association">ARIA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-AustraliaalbumCertRef_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AustraliaalbumCertRef-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>35,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada (<a href="/wiki/Music_Canada" title="Music Canada">Music Canada</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-CanadaVampire_WeekendVampire_WeekendalbumCertRef_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CanadaVampire_WeekendVampire_WeekendalbumCertRef-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>50,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United Kingdom (<a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">BPI</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-United_KingdomVampire_WeekendVampire_WeekendalbumCertRef_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_KingdomVampire_WeekendVampire_WeekendalbumCertRef-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Platinum </td> <td>394,220<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United States (<a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-United_StatesVampire_WeekendVampire_WeekendalbumCertRef_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_StatesVampire_WeekendVampire_WeekendalbumCertRef-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Platinum </td> 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