Talk:Contra (album)

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Lengths[edit]

From where do you got the lengths of each title?

The track lengths are available at AmazonMp3 here: [1], because they very often put up album pages prior to making them available.
--BadWolfTV (talk) 16:57, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Content[edit]

Needs citation or should be removed/reworded: The name of the album, Contra, is set up in contrast with the triple album Sandinista!—an influential 1980 album by English punk rock outfit The Clash. In Nicaraguan history, the Contras were a loose federation of right-wing militant groups established in opposition to the Marxist militancy of the Sandinista National Liberation Front during the late 1970s and 1980s...

This paragraph basically attributes the entire album concept to The Clash and Nicaragua. Although both might have been referred to as partial album influences, Vampire Weekend has never made any direct statements about the album meaning. Definitely none direct enough to justify a statement as strong and factual as "Contra is set up in contrast with the triple album Sandinista!". See http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ezra-koenig-talks-about-vampire-weekends-icontrai/34577/, where Ezra Koenig both clarifies that the album meaning varies by age and gives another reference that the Wiki article doesn't mention: Contra the videogame. Bzzhato (talk) 20:37, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nowhere have the band stated that Diplomat's Son is a reference to Joe Strummer. If this has been inferred by journalists it does not make it a fact. —Preceding unsigned comment added by AlbertCamusCamus (talk • contribs) 17:19, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think that the notion that "The title "Diplomat's Son" is a reference to a story Ezra Koenig wrote about boarding school" needs a reference at least. I don't doubt it's veracity, however, a reference would be ideal. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.106.165.83 (talk) 03:15, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Release[edit]

Just bought the album on iTunes, so presumably it's available since today? Khuft (talk) 21:00, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Giving Up The Gun - 2nd single[edit]

A video has been released for Giving Up The Gun, and it has been confirmed as the 2nd single. Please edit this page accordingly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.51.101.228 (talk) 10:39, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re: [10][edit]

except that she's a redhead, retard —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.213.22.193 (talk) 20:08, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tod has turned to Tom under the lawsuit bit. Just like to point that out. (90.211.50.254 (talk) 21:02, 3 January 2011 (UTC))[reply]

Horchata[edit]

Shouldn't Horchata be listed as the first single in the Singles from Contra section? The Vampire Weekend discography page lists it that way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scottwebbok (talk • contribs) 00:48, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"thematic allegory"?[edit]

Whatever can "The album title is intended as a thematic allegory" possibly mean? A title cannot be an allegory, and how an allegory can be thematic is far from obvious. --Pfold (talk) 11:46, 3 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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