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| Cover = Turtleneck and Chain (The Lonely Island album).png
| Cover = Turtleneck and Chain (The Lonely Island album).png
| Released = May 10, 2011
| Released = May 10, 2011
| Recorded = 2009-2011
| Recorded = 2010-2011
| Genre = [[Comedy hip hop]], [[Hip hop music|hip hop]], [[Electro music|electro]]
| Genre = [[Comedy hip hop]], [[Hip hop music|hip hop]], [[Electro music|electro]]
| Length = 38:55
| Length = 38:55

Revision as of 15:51, 23 December 2013

Untitled
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
BLARE Magazine[6]
The A.V. ClubA[7]
The Tune(3.6/5)[8]
Pitchfork Media(7.1/10)

Turtleneck & Chain is the second studio album of the American comedy troupe The Lonely Island, whose members are Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone. The album was released May 10, 2011, on Universal Republic Records. Turtleneck & Chain has been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. Many of the songs on the album debuted on Saturday Night Live as SNL Digital Shorts ("I Just Had Sex", "Jack Sparrow", "Shy Ronnie 2: Ronnie & Clyde", "Motherlover", "The Creep", "Threw It on the Ground", "Reba (Two Worlds Collide)", and "Great Day"). "We're Back" premiered on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The CD version of the album also includes a DVD featuring some of the digital shorts. Collaborators on the album include Snoop Dogg, Akon, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Nicki Minaj, Michael Bolton, Santigold, John Waters,[9] and Beck.

Track listing

CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."We're Back!"Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, B. Long, B. Lamela1:50
2."Mama"Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone1:59
3."I Just Had Sex" (featuring Akon)Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, Justin Franks, Jerrod Bettis2:46
4."Jack Sparrow" (featuring Michael Bolton)Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, Michael Woods3:07
5."Attracted to Us" (featuring Beck)Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, Beck, Cole M. Greif-Neill1:52
6."Rocky"Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, Larry James Hamilton, Albert Savoy, Elijah Walker, Mark Potsic2:33
7."My Mic (Interlude)"Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone0:22
8."Turtleneck & Chain" (featuring Snoop Dogg)Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, Calvin Broadus, Jim Coleman2:44
9."Shy Ronnie 2: Ronnie & Clyde" (featuring Rihanna)Samberg, Rihanna, Schaffer, Taccone, T. Williams2:26
10."Trouble on Dookie Island"Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, Long, Lamela2:09
11."Falcor vs. Atreyu (Classy Skit #1)"Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone0:29
12."Motherlover" (featuring Justin Timberlake)Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, Drew Campbell, Asa Taccone, Justin Timberlake2:49
13."The Creep" (featuring Nicki Minaj and John Waters)Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, S. Jung, Onika Maraj2:39
14."Watch Me Do Me (Classy Skit #2)"Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, Campbell0:27
15."Threw It On the Ground"Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, Campbell2:38
16."Japan"Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, Williams2:30
17."After Party" (featuring Santigold)Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, M. Midttun2:52
18."No Homo"Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, Long, Byrd2:02
19."No Homo Outro"Willie Clarke, Clarence Reid0:41
iTunes deluxe version bonus[10]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
20."Reba (Two Worlds Collide)" (featuring Kenan Thompson)Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, Knocdown2:23
DVD[11]
No.TitleLength
1."We're Back!" 
2."I Just Had Sex" 
3."The Creep" 
4."Motherlover" 
5."Shy Ronnie 2: Ronnie & Clyde" 
6."Threw It on the Ground" 
7."We'll Kill U" 
8."Reba (Two Worlds Collide)" 
9."Great Day" 

Samples

  • "We're Back!" contains a sample from "That's How It Is" performed by Laura Lee.
  • "Rocky" contains a sample from "I Feel Like Dynamite" performed by King Floyd.
  • "Trouble on Dookie Island" contains a sample from "Minna Darekao Aishiteiru" performed by The Hornets. It also samples a couple of lines from the film Scarface as spoken by Michael Bolton.
  • "No Homo" contains a sample from "I'm Not to Blame" performed by Bobby Byrd.
  • "No Homo Outro" contains a sample from "Girls Can't Do What Guys Do" performed by Betty Wright.
  • "Shy Ronnie 2: Ronnie & Clyde" contains a sample from "In My Hood" performed by P. Reign.

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[12] 15
Australian Urban Albums Chart[12] 5
New Zealand Albums Chart[13] 40
UK Albums Chart[14] 26
US Billboard 200 3
US Rap Albums 1

References

  1. ^ "No I.D. & T-Minus Land on Lonely Island CD".
  2. ^ Jeffries, David. "Review: Turtleneck & Chain".
  3. ^ Greenwald, Andy (May 4, 2011). "Entertainment Weekly review".
  4. ^ Wood, Mikael. "Los Angeles Times review".
  5. ^ Dolan, Jon. "Rolling Stone review".
  6. ^ Rankin, Dan. "BLARE review".
  7. ^ Rabin, Nathan. "The A.V. Club review".
  8. ^ Kasko, Jordy. "The Tune review".
  9. ^ "New TLI Album "Turtleneck & Chain" Details!!!". TheLonelyIsland.blogspot.com. April 1, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
  10. ^ "Turtleneck & Chain (Deluxe Version) by The Lonely Island - Download Turtleneck & Chain (Deluxe Version) on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
  11. ^ "Music". TheLonelyIsland.com. Universal Republic. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
  12. ^ a b "australian-charts.com - The Lonely Island - Turtleneck & Chain". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
  13. ^ Steffen Hung. "The Lonely Island - Turtleneck & Chain". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2011-09-18.
  14. ^ "Album Top 40 from the Official UK Charts Company". Theofficialcharts.com. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
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