Some Loud Thunder is the second album by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is an American indie rock group based in Brooklyn, New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Their debut album, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, was self-released in 2005.-History:...

, an indie rock

Indie rock

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 band from Brooklyn

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. It was released on January 29, 2007, in the UK, and January 30 in the USA, but people who pre-ordered the album were able to legally download it from Insound

Insound

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 starting January 16, 2007. The album was produced by Dave Fridmann

Dave Fridmann

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, known for his work with Mercury Rev

Mercury Rev

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 and The Flaming Lips

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.

The album debuted at #47 on the Billboard 200

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 album chart with 19,000 copies sold. "Satan Said Dance" was ranked the 95th best song of 2007 by Rolling Stone

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Track listing

All tracks written by Alec Ounsworth

Alec Ounsworth

Alec Ounsworth is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and frontman of indie rock band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. He is also a member of The Pelican Picnic and Flashy Python...

, except where noted.

1. "Some Loud Thunder"
2. "Emily Jean Stock"
3. "Mama, Won't You Keep Them Castles in the Air and Burning?"
4. "Love Song No. 7"
5. "Satan Said Dance"
6. "Upon Encountering the Crippled Elephant"
7. "Goodbye to Mother and the Cove" (Ounsworth, Tyler Sargent
   Tyler Sargent
   Tyler Sargent is the bassist and backing vocalist for the indie rock band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.He attended college at Connecticut College along with the other members of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah prior to the group's formation. He attended high school at Milton Academy...
   
   , Sean Greenhalgh)
8. "Arm and Hammer"
9. "Yankee Go Home"
10. "Underwater (You and Me)"
11. "Five Easy Pieces"
12. "The Sword Song" (Japanese release and iTunes bonus track)