''Elephant Eyelash'' is the first studio album by American band Why?. It was released by

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on September 26, 2005. Prior to the formation of the band in 2004,

Yoni Wolf Jonathan Avram "Yoni" Wolf (born April 30, 1979) is an American alternative hip hop and indie rock musician and co-founder of the record label Anticon. From 1997 until 2004, Wolf released music under the stage name Why?. In 2004 he transferred ...

had used "Why?" as his stage name for his solo work. The title refers to an erection. Why? said: "An 'elephant eyelash' is a hard-on. I like to make my own pantheon of slang. Isn't having a hard-on kind of vulnerable? It's an anticipation."

Critical reception

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, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''Elephant Eyelash'' received an average score of 76% based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Josh Berquist of ''

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'' gave the album 8 stars out of 10, calling it "one of the best records released this year."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. *

– music, production, recording, artwork * Josiah Wolf – music, production, recording * Doug McDiarmid – music * Matt Meldon – music * Anna Stewart – additional vocals (3) * John Ringhoffer – trombone (5) * Dee Kesler – violin (5) *

Doseone Adam Drucker (born April 21, 1977), better known by his stage name Doseone, is an American rapper, producer, poet and artist. He is a co-founder of the indie hip hop record label Anticon. He has also been a member of numerous groups including ...

– additional vocals (6, 8) *

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– drum programming (9) * Brian Wilson – additional vocals (10) * Colin Guthrie – recording (1, 12) * Jud Lee – recording (1, 12) * Mike Walti – recording (1, 12) * Tony Espinoza – mixing *

Brian Gardner Brian Knapp Gardner, also known as Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, is an American mastering engineer. He has worked on a number of recordings since the mid-1960s, including classic rock, funk, disco, alternative rock, R&B, hip hop, pop punk and danc ...

– mastering * Odd Nosdam – layout

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2005 debut albums Why? (American band) albums Anticon albums