On January 11, 2010, “XL Recordings” label released “Contra”, the second Vampire Weekend album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Rostam Batmanglij.
Personnel:
- Ezra Koenig – lead vocals, guitar, keyboard, piano, programming
- Rostam Batmanglij– lead and backing vocals, vocal harmonies,, guitar, piano; keyboards; harpsichord; VSS-30; drum; synth, sampler programming; shakers; hand drum; snares, mixer, audio engineer
- Chris Baio– bass, additional synth, backing vocals
- Christopher Tomson– drums
- Mauro Refosco– marimbas, rebolo, zabumba, shekere, shakers, auxiliary percussion
- Jeff Curtin – hand drums, shakers
- Marcus Farrar – shekere, auxiliary percussion
- Nat Baldwin– double bass
- Jonathan Chu – violin, viola
- Hamilton Berry – cello
- Seth Rosenfeld – cello
- Jesse Novak – additional instrumentation
- Libby Gery – backing vocals
- Anne Donlon – backing vocals
- Shane Stoneback – shaker, mixing assistant, engineer
- Tito Fuentes – engineer
- Fernando Lodeiro – engineering assistant
- Justin Gerrish – mixing
Track listing:
All lyrics by Ezra Koenig except where noted; all music Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Christopher Tomson, Chris Baio and Mauro Refosco, by except where noted.
- Horchata
- White Sky
- Holiday
- California English
- Taxi Cab – music: Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij
- Run
- Cousins
- Giving Up the Gun
- Diplomat’s Son – Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij
- I Think Ur a Contra – music: Ezra Koenig,Rostam Batmanglij
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