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Veckatimest
Sign in to saveVeckatimest () is the third studio album by the American rock band Grizzly Bear, released on May 26, 2009, by Warp Records. The album is named after Veckatimest Island, a small island in Dukes County, Massachusetts. Produced by bassist and multi-instrumentalist Chris Taylor, the album entered the US Billboard 200 at #8, selling 33,000 copies in its first week of release. By September 2012, the album had sold around 220,000 copies in the US. In 2010, it was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 100,000 copies throughout E
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- Type
- Album
- Artist
- Grizzly Bear
- First released
- 2009-05-22
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- 34
- Total plays
- 426
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- Background and recording
- Releases
- Packaging
- Artwork
- Title
- Reception and legacy
- ''Jack Goes Boating'' and ''Blue Valentine''
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Band
- Additional musicians
- Recording personnel
- Artwork
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- References
- External links
Veckatimest () is the third studio album by the American rock band Grizzly Bear, released on May 26, 2009, by Warp Records. The album is named after Veckatimest Island, a small island in Dukes County, Massachusetts. Produced by bassist and multi-instrumentalist Chris Taylor, the album entered the US Billboard 200 at #8, selling 33,000 copies in its first week of release. By September 2012, the album had sold around 220,000 copies in the US. In 2010, it was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 100,000 copies throughout Europe.
==Background and recording== The recording of Veckatimest began in summer 2008 at Allaire Studios in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York. Regarding the writing process, Ed Droste states:
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