Shangri-La was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics . At Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 75, based on twenty-one reviews.[ 2] The aggregator AnyDecentMusic? has the critical consensus of the album at a 6.7 out of 10, based on twenty-two reviews.[ 1]
All tracks are written by Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans .
Title 1. "Utopia" 3:09 2. "Dystopia (The Earth Is on Fire)" 4:01 3. "I Walked Alone" 4:52 4. "Love in the Dark" 4:34 5. "One Step" 3:23 6. "Holy Roller" 5:11 7. "Beam Me Up" 2:14 8. "Paradise Engineering" 3:46 9. "Tripped and Fell in Love" 7:14 10. "Shangri-La" 4:58 Total length: 43:22
Jona Bechtolt — songwriter, producer, engineering, mixing
Claire L. Evans — songwriter
Rob "Bobby Birdman " Kieswetter — additional vocals & additional vocals arrangement (tracks: 1-5, 7, 10)
Ryann Bosetti — additional vocals (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 10)
Susannah Lipsey — additional vocals (tracks: 1, 6, 10)
Tim Johnson — additional vocals (tracks: 1, 6, 10)
Jeffrey Brodsky — drums (track 1) , congas (track 5)
Nicholas Miller — additional vocals (track 6)
Wolf Carr — additional vocals (track 6)
Jherek Bischoff — strings arrangement & cello (track 10)
Paris Hurley — violin (track 10)
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^ a b "Critic reviews for Shangri-La - Metacritic" . Metacritic . Retrieved October 28, 2023 .
^ Burg, Erik (June 27, 2011). "Album Review: YACHT – Shangri-La" . Beats Per Minute . Retrieved October 28, 2023 .
^ Cadigan, Hilary (June 20, 2011). "Album Review: YACHT - Shangri-La" . Consequence Of Sound . Retrieved October 28, 2023 .
^ Lynch, Joe (July 1, 2011). "Albums: July 8, 2011" . Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved October 28, 2023 .
^ Wood, Mikael (June 20, 2011). "Album Review: Yacht's 'Shangri-La' " . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved October 28, 2023 .
^ Hogan, Marc (July 5, 2011). "YACHT: Shangri-La" . Pitchfork . Retrieved October 28, 2023 .
^ Cataldo, Jesse (June 27, 2011). "Review: YACHT, Shangri-La" . Slant Magazine . Retrieved October 28, 2023 .
^ Adams, Erik (June 21, 2011). "YACHT: Shangri-La" . The A.V. Club . Retrieved October 28, 2023 .
^ Hughes, Tom (June 30, 2011). "Yacht: Shangri-La – review" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved October 28, 2023 .
^ Savage, Rowan. "Music Review: YACHT - Shangri-La" . Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved October 28, 2023 .
^ Pace, J. (July 28, 2011). "Shangri-La" . Under The Radar . Retrieved October 28, 2023 .
^ "YACHT Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)" . Billboard . Retrieved October 28, 2023.
^ "YACHT Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)" . Billboard . Retrieved October 28, 2023.