Welcome To Goon Island is the debut album by XX Teens

XX Teens

XX Teens, formerly Xerox Teens are a five-piece band from London. They began performing in London in 2004 and since then have released six singles and an EP. Their debut album Welcome To Goon Island was released on 28 June 2008 on Mute Records. It includes the songs "Onkawara/B-54", "Darlin'",...

. It was set for a mainstream release on 28 July 2008, however, it was made available exclusively from selected independent record shops 4 weeks ahead of this date. All stores that the album was available early in gave away free posters of the album. The album was released by Mute Records

Mute Records

Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...

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The song "Darlin'" was included in "NME

NME

The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...

's Tracks Of The Year 2007".

Track listing

1. "The Way We Were" - 3:48
2. "B-54" - 3:19
3. "Round" - 3:03
4. "Ba (Ba-Ba Ba)" - 2:56
5. "Onkawara" - 3:26
6. "(Reprise)" - 0:43
7. "Only You" - 2:23
8. "My Favourite Hat" - 4:21
9. "Darlin'" - 4:12
10. "Sun Comes Up" - 4:05
11. "For Brian Haw" - 5:40
12. "How to Reduce the Chances of Being a Terror Victim" - 3:54

External links

• Welcome To Goon Island album review at bbc.co.uk
• Welcome To Goon Island at Amazon.com
• Welcome To Goon Island at Mute Records