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Zig Zaj
Studio album by Boom Bip
Released	September 26, 2011 (2011-09-26)
Genre	Pop
Length	49:13
Label	Lex Records
Producer	Boom Bip
Boom Bip chronology
Blue Eyed in the Red Room (2005) Zig Zaj (2011)

Zig Zaj is the third solo studio album by Boom Bip. It was released through Lex Records on September 26, 2011. It features guest appearances from Alex Kapranos, Money Mark, Luke Steele, and Josh Klinghoffer.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	66/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
BBC	favorable
Dusted Magazine	unfavorable
The Phoenix
Pitchfork	6.6/10

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66, based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

John Bush of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, saying, "compared to Seed to Sun or Blue Eyed in the Red Room, whose fascination with sound was positively contagious, Zig Zaj sounds like an overly safe record, the type that most producers would avoid if they wanted to keep innovating."

In 2011, The Guardian included it on the "Top 10 Autumn Albums" list, while Mike Diver of BBC included it on the "Best Albums of September 2011" list.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Boom Bip – music
• Mike Noyce – vocals (1)
• Josiah Steinbrick – acoustic guitar (1), bass guitar (7, 9), synthesizer (7, 9), percussion (7, 9)
• Alex Kapranos – vocals (2)
• Kevin Stevens – drums (2)
• Cate Le Bon – vocals (4)
• Money Mark – vocals (6), effects (6)
• Luke Steele – vocals (7)
• Marty Sataman – synthesizer (7)
• Josh Klinghoffer – guitar (7, 9), synthesizer (7, 9), percussion (7, 9)
• Chris Shaw – mixing
• Ehquestionmark – artwork

References

1. ^ Mitchell, Paul (August 29, 2011). "Boom Bip: Me And People". The Skinny. Archived from the original on June 23, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
2. Cragg, Michael (September 8, 2011). "New music: Boom Bip – New Order". The Guardian. Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
3. ^ "Zig Zaj by Boom Bip". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on February 25, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
4. ^ Bush, John. "Boom Bip - Zig Zaj". AllMusic. Archived from the original on January 27, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
5. Stubbs, David (2011). "Boom Bip - Zig Zaj - Review". BBC. Archived from the original on January 9, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
6. Burnett, Joseph (October 18, 2011). "Dusted Reviews: Boom Bip - Zig Zaj". Dusted Magazine. Archived from the original on April 6, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
7. Lundy, Zeth (October 4, 2011). "Boom Bip - Zig Zaj". The Phoenix. Archived from the original on October 20, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
8. Neyland, Nick (September 21, 2011). "Boom Bip: Zig Zaj". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on March 17, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
9. Empire, Kitty; Bainbridge, Luke; Hoby, Hermione; Jonze, Tim; Cragg, Michael (September 4, 2011). "Top 10 autumn albums - review". The Guardian. Archived from the original on September 26, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
10. Diver, Mike (October 3, 2011). "The best albums of September 2011". BBC. Archived from the original on October 21, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.

External links

• Zig Zaj at Discogs (list of releases)

• 2011 albums
• Boom Bip albums
• Lex Records albums