Fantastic Playroom Explained

Fantastic Playroom
Type:	studio
Artist:	New Young Pony Club
Cover:	New Young Pony Club - Fantastic Playroom.png
Border:	yes
Label:	Island
Next Title:	The Optimist
Next Year:	2010

Fantastic Playroom is the debut studio album by English band New Young Pony Club. It was released on 6 July 2007 by Island Records. The album debuted at number 54 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 4,804 copies in its first week.^[1] As of March 2010, it had sold 32,986 copies in the United Kingdom.^[1] Fantastic Playroom was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2007,^[2] and the band performed "The Bomb" on the awards night.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Fantastic Playroom.^[3]

New Young Pony Club

• Tahita Bulmer – vocals, additional production
• Lou Hayter – keyboards
• Sarah Jones – drums
• Andy Spence – guitar, production
• Igor Volk – bass

Additional personnel

• Dean Chalkey – photography
• Guy Davie – mastering
• Tom Elmhirst – mixing
• Nilesh Patel – mastering
• Richard Robinson – artwork

Release history

Region	Date	Label
Ireland	6 July 2007	Island	^[5]
United Kingdom	9 July 2007		^[6]
Germany	17 July 2007	Universal	^[7]
Australia	10 August 2007	Modular	^[8]
United States	28 August 2007		^[9]
Japan	24 October 2007	Universal	^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Key Releases: 13.03.10. . https://web.archive.org/web/20150216052337/http://business.highbeam.com/411456/article-1G1-221000286/key-releases-130310 . dead . 16 February 2015 . . 13 March 2010 . 16 February 2015 . HighBeam Research.
2. Web site: Mercury Prize: The nominees . . 3 September 2007 . 4 February 2014.
3. Fantastic Playroom . liner notes . . . 2007 . 602517349681.
4. ARIA Top 100 Albums – Week Commencing 20th August 2007 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20071019140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20071020-0000/issue911.pdf . dead . 2007-10-19 . . 911 . 6 . 20 August 2007 . 21 July 2011 . Pandora Archive.
5. Web site: New Young Pony Club – Fantastic Playroom . Tower Records Ireland . 21 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120315011706/http://www.towerrecords.ie/product/New_Young_Pony_Club_Fantastic_Playroom/314073 . 15 March 2012.
6. Web site: New Young Pony Club – Fantastic Playroom . . 4 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221202617/http://www.islandrecords.co.uk/release.php?id=47 . 21 February 2014.
7. Web site: New Young Pony Club Fantastic Playroom . . German . 21 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121001012314/http://www.universal-music.de/new-young-pony-club/diskografie/detail/product:100201/fantastic-playroom . 1 October 2012.
8. Web site: Fantastic Playroom – New Young Pony Club . . 21 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023025053/http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/pop-rock/fantastic-playroom/278286 . 23 October 2012.
9. Web site: New Young Pony Club: Fantastic Playroom . Amazon (US) . 18 May 2018.
10. Web site: ファンタスティック・プレイルーム . Fantastic Playroom . . Japanese . 21 July 2011.