Shangri-La (Yacht album)

Shangri-La is the fifth album by Portland, Oregon-based musician Yacht (Jona Bechtolt), released on June 21, 2011. It is a concept album about utopia. This is Yacht's second album to include Claire L. Evans.

Shangri-La
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 21, 2011[1]
Recorded2010–2011
GenreIndietronica, synthpop, dance-punk
Length43:11
LabelDFA Records
Yacht chronology
See Mystery Lights
(2009)
Shangri-La
(2011)
I Thought the Future Would Be Cooler
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
The A.V. ClubB[3]
Pitchfork Media6.5/10[4]
Slant[5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Utopia"3:07
2."Dystopia (The Earth Is on Fire)"4:00
3."I Walked Alone"4:52
4."Love in the Dark"4:34
5."One Step"3:22
6."Holy Roller"5:11
7."Beam Me Up"2:13
8."Paradise Engineering"3:46
9."Tripped and Fell in Love"7:14
10."Shangri-La"4:58

References

  1. McBee, Wilson. "YACHT: Shangri-La (New Album)". prefixmag.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  2. "Shangri-La by YACHT". Metacritic. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  3. "The AV Club review". The A.V. Club. 21 June 2011.
  4. "Pitchfork Media review". Pitchfork.
  5. "Slant review". Slant Magazine. 27 June 2011.



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