Shangri-La (Yacht album)

Shangri-La is the fifth studio album by American dance-pop band Yacht. It was released on June 21, 2011 via DFA Records. Produced entirely by its member Jona Bechtolt, it marks the band's second album to include Claire L. Evans. It is a concept album about utopia.

Critical reception
Shangri-La was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 75, based on twenty-one reviews. The aggregator AnyDecentMusic? has the critical consensus of the album at a 6.7 out of 10, based on twenty-two reviews.

Personnel

 * Jona Bechtolt — songwriter, producer, engineering, mixing
 * Claire L. Evans — songwriter
 * Rob "Bobby Birdman" Kieswetter — additional vocals & additional vocals arrangement (tracks: 1-5, 7, 10)
 * Ryann Bosetti — additional vocals (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 10)
 * Susannah Lipsey — additional vocals (tracks: 1, 6, 10)
 * Tim Johnson — additional vocals (tracks: 1, 6, 10)
 * Jeffrey Brodsky — drums (track 1), congas (track 5)
 * Nicholas Miller — additional vocals (track 6)
 * Wolf Carr — additional vocals (track 6)
 * Jherek Bischoff — strings arrangement & cello (track 10)
 * Paris Hurley — violin (track 10)