Take Offs and Landings

Take Offs and Landings is Rilo Kiley's debut full-length album, originally released in 2001 on the vanity label "Rilo Records", then shortly thereafter on the independent label Barsuk Records. It was released for the first time on vinyl on March 15, 2011.

Take Offs and Landings
Studio album by
Rilo Kiley
ReleasedJuly 31, 2001
StudioEcho Signal Lab, Los Angeles, California
GenreIndie rock
Length47:02
Label
ProducerRilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley chronology
The Initial Friend EP
(2001)		 Take Offs and Landings
(2001)		 The Execution of All Things
(2002)
Original cover
Cover of the original pressing on Rilo Records
Cover of the original pressing on Rilo Records
Singles from Take Offs and Landings
  1. "Science vs. Romance"
    Released: 2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork4.0/10[2]

Of Rilo Kiley's albums, Take Offs and Landings contains the most songs sung by band member Blake Sennett, who sings lead on "August", "Small Figures in a Vast Expanse", "Rest of My Life", and a hidden track. Jenny Lewis sings lead on the other tracks, except for the instrumental tracks "Variations on a Theme (Science vs. Romance)" and "Variations on a Theme (Plane Crash in C)".

The album's hidden track, which did not appear on the first pressing, is officially titled "Spectacular Views". However, since a later Rilo Kiley song (the closing track to The Execution of All Things) has the same name, it is often referred to as "Salute My Shorts!", in reference to Sennett's acting role on the Nickelodeon television show Salute Your Shorts.

As of July 2006, the album has sold 66,000 copies in United States.[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Jenny Lewis and Blake Sennett.

Rilo Records edition
No.TitleLength
1."Go Ahead"3:34
2."Science vs. Romance"5:43
3."Wires and Waves"3:17
4."Pictures of Success"6:51
5."August"3:18
6."Bulletproof"1:57
7."Plane Crash in C"5:11
8."Small Figures in a Vast Expanse"3:19
9."Don't Deconstruct"2:37
10."Always"4:00
11."We'll Never Sleep (God Knows We'll Try)"2:54
12."Rest of My Life"2:10
13."Variations on a Theme (Plane Crash in C)"1:35
Total length:46:26
Barsuk Records edition
No.TitleLength
8."Variations on a Theme (Science vs. Romance)"0:36
9."Small Figures in a Vast Expanse"3:19
10."Don't Deconstruct"2:37
11."Always"4:00
12."We'll Never Sleep (God Knows We'll Try)"2:54
13."Rest of My Life"2:10
14."Variations on a Theme (Plane Crash in C)"1:35
Total length:47:02
Vinyl exclusive bonus track
No.TitleLength
15."Spectacular Views" (re-titled Salute My Shorts!)3:36
Total length:50:38

Personnel

Additional musicians
  • Phillip Watt - trumpet on "Pictures of Success," "Plane Crash in C," and "Don't Deconstruct"
  • Alex Greenwald - synths on "Pictures of Success" and "Plane Crash in C"
  • Shana Levy - keyboard on "Go Ahead"
  • Larissa Brantner - violin on "Don't Deconstruct" and "Rest of My Life"
  • Aram Arsalanian - keyboard on "Plane Crash in C"
  • Ben Boyer - drums on "We'll Never Sleep (God Knows We'll Try)"
  • Danny Cooksey - backing vocals on "Science vs. Romance" and "Always"

References
  1. Love, Bret. "Take Offs and Landings – Rilo Kiley". AllMusic. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  2. Fields, Alison (January 22, 2002). "Rilo Kiley: Take Offs and Landings". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
  3. "Major Moves - Rilo Kiley". Billboard. 22 July 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
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