Submarine (EP)

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Submarine
Alex Turner Submarine.jpg
EP / soundtrack by Alex Turner
Released 18 March 2011
Recorded 2010
Studio
Genre Folk, baroque pop, art rock
Length 19:06
Label Domino
Producer James Ford
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 74/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[2]
Addict music 4/5 stars[3]
Crackle Feedback 9/10 stars[4]
The Independent 3/5 stars[5]
Pitchfork (7.6/10)[6]

Submarine is the debut EP by Alex Turner. It was released on 18 March 2011 in the United Kingdom. The EP consists of six original songs by Alex Turner from the film Submarine and is released by Domino. Submarine, the debut film from Richard Ayoade, was based on the novel by Joe Dunthorne.[7]

Music

Original songs were written and performed by Turner, with additional instrumentation by James Ford. In his first effort as a solo artist, Turner changed his habitual rock style and delivers five different acoustic songs. The song "Piledriver Waltz" was later re-recorded by Turner's band Arctic Monkeys, for their fourth album Suck It and See.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Alex Turner, all music composed by Alex Turner and James Ford.

No. Title Length
1. "Stuck on the Puzzle (Intro)"   0:54
2. "Hiding Tonight"   3:07
3. "Glass in the Park"   4:00
4. "It's Hard to Get Around the Wind"   4:07
5. "Stuck on the Puzzle"   3:31
6. "Piledriver Waltz"   3:25
Total length:
 18:24

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP)[8] 97
Irish Albums (IRMA)[9] 56
UK Albums Chart (Official Charts Company)[10] 35

Personnel

  • Alex Turner - vocals and acoustic guitar (all tracks), electric guitar (tracks 3, 5, and 6)
  • James Ford - piano (tracks 1, 3, 5, and 6), keyboards (track 2 and 6), bass guitar (tracks 3, 5, and 6), drums (tracks 5 and 6)[11]
  • Bill Ryder-Jones - electric guitar (track 2), acoustic guitar (track 4)
  • The Composers Ensemble - strings (track 6)
  • Owen Pallett - string arrangements

References

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  11. ↑ http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul11/articles/james-ford.htm
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