| Champ | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Tokyo Police Club |
| Cover: | Tokyo-Police-Club-champ.jpg |
| Studio: | Sunset Sound Yogurt Factory & Kingsize Soundlabs (Los Angeles) |
| Genre: | Indie rock, alternative rock, heartland rock |
| Length: | 35:35 |
| Label: | Mom + Pop Music |
| Producer: | Rob Schnapf |
| Prev Title: | Elephant Shell |
| Prev Year: | 2008 |
| Next Title: | Ten Songs, Ten Years, Ten Days |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
Champ is the second studio album by Tokyo Police Club that was released on June 8, 2010. Champ is the band's second studio album, after the release of Elephant Shell in 2008. Tokyo Police Club released the album's first single, "Breakneck Speed" for free download on their website on March 26, 2010.[1] The next singles released off the album were "Wait Up (Boots of Danger)"[2] followed by "Gone".[3]
As with their debut EP, A Lesson In Crime, Champ was met with a mixed to positive press response, being lauded for their upbeat consistency from one album to the next. Slant Magazine gave it 3/5 stars, calling the band "smart guys with ambitions to be more than another forgotten blog band".[4] Similarly Rolling Stone gave them 3.5/5 stars, praising the way they fused "light-speed guitars with ebullient melodies", saying, "Rarely has crafting such high-velocity guitar pop seemed so easy."[5]
All songs by Monks, Wright, Hook, and Alsop.
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