Fantastic Playroom

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,^[14] selling 4,804 copies in its first week.^[15] As of March 2010, it had sold 32,986 copies in the United Kingdom.^[15] Fantastic Playroom was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2007,^[16] and the band performed "The Bomb" on the awards night.

Fantastic Playroom
Studio album by New Young Pony Club
Released	6 July 2007 (2007-07-06)
Genre	Electropop[1] new wave[2] disco-rock[3]
Length	39:07
Label	Island
Producer	Tahita Bulmer Andy Spence
New Young Pony Club chronology
Fantastic Playroom (2007) The Optimist (2010)
Singles from Fantastic Playroom
"Ice Cream" Released: 10 January 2005[4] "The Get Go" Released: 27 June 2005[4] "Get Lucky" Released: 20 March 2006[4] "The Bomb" Released: 19 March 2007[4]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	69/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Drowned in Sound	6/10[7]
The Guardian	[8]
musicOMH	[9]
NME	7/10[10]
Now	4/5[11]
Pitchfork	8.2/10[12]
PopMatters	9/10[2]
The Times	[13]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Get Lucky"	3:43
2.	"Hiding on the Staircase"	3:31
3.	"Ice Cream"	3:12
4.	"The Bomb"	4:19
5.	"Jerk Me"	4:07
6.	"The Get Go"	4:29
7.	"Talking, Talking"	4:03
8.	"Grey"	4:13
9.	"F.A.N."	3:35
10.	"Tight Fit"	3:55

All tracks are written by Tahita Bulmer and Andy Spence, except where noted

iTunes Store bonus track^[17]

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Descend"	4:57

Japanese edition bonus tracks^[18]

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Descend"	6:05
12.	"The Bomb" (Phones Collateral Damage Mix)	6:44
13.	"Fade in That Blank"	3:28
14.	"Take Me I'm Yours" (writers: Glenn Tilbrook, Chris Difford)	3:37
15.	"Ice Cream" (music video)
16.	"The Bomb" (music video)

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Fantastic Playroom.^[19]

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

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[20]	79
Scottish Albums (OCC)[21]	70
UK Albums (OCC)[14]	54

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Ref.
Ireland	6 July 2007	Island	[22]
United Kingdom	9 July 2007		[23]
Germany	17 July 2007	Universal	[24]
Australia	10 August 2007	Modular	[25]
United States	28 August 2007	Modular Interscope	[26]
Japan	24 October 2007	Universal	[18]

References

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