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Contact! Contact!
Contact! Contact!
Studio album by Tellison
Released	14 May 2007
Recorded	August 2006 – January 2007 at Bankhead Farm, Fife, Scotland; and Perry Vale, London, England
Genre	Indie rock
Length	47:15
Label	Gravity DIP, Banquet
Producer	Robin Sutherland; Nicolaas Weststeyn
Tellison chronology
Singles from Contact! Contact!
	"Reader"; Released: 6 February 2006; "Henry Went to Paris"; Released: 2 August 2007; "Gallery"; Released: 26 November 2007;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Alternative Ulster	^[1]
Kerrang!	^[2]
Rockfeedback	^[3]
Rock Sound	(9/10)^[4]

Contact! Contact! is the debut studio album by English indie rock band Tellison, initially released on 14 May 2007 on Gravity DIP Records. It was later re-released on 12 November 2007 on Banquet Records.^[5]

The album was recorded over a six-month period between Scotland and England with two producers, Robin Sutherland and Nicolaas Weststeyn.^[6]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Stephen Davidson; music composed by Tellison.^[7]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hanover Start Clapping"	2:42
2.	"Reader"	2:44
3.	"Gallery"	4:17
4.	"Tender Is the Night"	3:54
5.	"Fire"	2:59
6.	"New York City, New York"	3:40
7.	"Amory"	2:35
8.	"Ambulance"	2:59
9.	"Architects"	4:39
10.	"Henry Went to Paris"	3:46
11.	"Disaster! Disaster!"	3:40
12.	"Hospital" (contains an untitled hidden track, a cover of "Song 1" by defunct Derby band Cable.)	13:02

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue #	Ref.
United Kingdom	14 May 2007	Gravity DIP Records	Compact Disc, Digital Download	DIP036	^[8]
United Kingdom	12 November 2007	Banquet Records	Compact Disc, Digital Download	BANQUET002	^[9]

Personnel

The following personnel contributed to Contact! Contact!:^[7]

Tellison

Stephen H Davidson – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, lyrics
Peter J Phillips – lead guitar, vocals, keyboards
Andrew J Tickell – bass guitar, backing vocals
Henry S Danowski – drums, percussion, keyboards

Additional musicians

Al Brown – violin

Production

Robin Sutherland – producer
Nicolaas Weststeyn – co-producer
Pat Collier – mixing
Kimberley Rosen – mastering
Alex Curtis – artwork, design

References

^ "Album Review: Tellison – Contact! Contact!". Worldpress.com. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
^ "Tellison: Contact! Contact! (Banquet) KKKK. Their treble-layered harmonies and quirky energetic songs recall the sense, if not the sound, of The Get Up Kids in their early days... a wonderful sense of hope, regret and youthful abandon", Kerrang!, no. 1180, p. 54, 14 November 2007
^ "Tellison – Contact! Contact! (Gravity Dip)". Rockfeedback. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
^ "Rock Sound Review". Banquet Records. Retrieved 12 November 2007.
^ "Contact! Contact! ~ Tellison (Artist)". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
^ "Tellison Bio". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
^ ^a ^b Contact! Contact! (CD). Tellison. Banquet Records. 2007.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "TELLISON 'CONTACT! CONTACT!". Gravity DIP. Archived from the original on 26 October 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
^ "Tellison – Contact! Contact!: CD". Play.com. Retrieved 15 September 2009.