Champ (album)

Champ is the second studio album by Tokyo Police Club that was released on June 8, 2010. Champ is the band's second studio album, after the release of Elephant Shell in 2008. Tokyo Police Club released the album's first single, "Breakneck Speed" for free download on their website on March 26, 2010. The next singles released off the album were "Wait Up (Boots of Danger)" followed by "Gone".

Reception
As with their debut EP, A Lesson In Crime, Champ was met with a mixed to positive press response, being lauded for their upbeat consistency from one album to the next. Slant Magazine gave it 3/5 stars, calling the band "smart guys with ambitions to be more than another forgotten blog band". Similarly Rolling Stone gave them 3.5/5 stars, praising the way they fused "light-speed guitars with ebullient melodies", saying, "Rarely has crafting such high-velocity guitar pop seemed so easy."

Track listing
All songs by Monks, Wright, Hook, and Alsop.

Personnel
Tokyo Police Club


 * Dave Monks – songwriting, musician
 * Graham Wright – songwriting, musician
 * Josh Hook – songwriting, musician
 * Greg Alsop – songwriting, musician

Technical


 * Rob Schnapf – producer, mix engineer
 * Doug Boehm – engineer, mix engineer
 * Chris Szczech – assistant mix engineer


 * Clinton Welander – assistant engineer
 * Chris Claypool – assistant engineer
 * Zac Carper – assistant engineer
 * Alan Yoshida – mastering
 * Chris Zane – additional production (track 1)
 * Dean Marino – additional engineering (track 11)
 * Jay Sadlowski – additional engineering (track 11)

Art and management


 * Rich Cohen – management
 * Nous Vous – design and art direction
 * Tom Jackson – photography