¿Cómo Te Llama?

¿Cómo Te Llama?
Studio album by Albert Hammond, Jr.
Released	Digital: June 17, 2008 CD/LP: July 7, 2008 (UK) July 8, 2008 (US)
Recorded	October 2007 in Electric Lady Studios
Genre	Indie rock
Length	46:30
Label	RCA Records (US) Rough Trade Records (UK)
Producer	Albert Hammond, Jr.
Professional reviews
AbsolutePunk.net (83%) link Allmusic link NME (8/10) link Pitchfork Media (6.7/10) link Rolling Stone link Spin link Uncut link
Albert Hammond, Jr. chronology
Yours To Keep (2006) Como Te Llama (2008)

¿Cómo Te Llama? is the title of the second album of Albert Hammond, Jr. The album has 13 tracks and was released on July 7, 2008 in the UK on Rough Trade Records and on July 8, 2008 in the US on RCA/Black Seal. "GfC" is the first single from the album, and it premiered on iLike on May 22, 2008.

On 27 May 2008, Hammond released "GfC" on iTunes in the US. The song had already been played extensively live on his 2007 tour, along with "In My Room". A non-album B-side "& So it Goes" was released along with the single.

The title ¿Cómo Te Llama? is Spanish for How does he/she/it call you?. It could be a misspelling of either ¿Cómo se llama? (formal second person singular conjugation of the present of indicative of llamar, which is Spanish for What's his/her/its name?) or ¿Cómo te llamas? (casual second person singular of the same tense, which is Spanish for What's your name?).

Production

On August 29th, 2007, Albert Hammond, Jr. announced on his MySpace blog he was recording his second album.^{[citation needed]} He recorded for five weeks in Electric Lady Studios in New York City with his band of Josh Lattanzi on bass (of Ben Kweller and The Lemonheads), and Matt Romano (The Strokes' drum technician) on drums. Marc Philippe Eskanazi (guitar, Medium Cool, The Mooney Suzuki), who toured with Hammond, played on the album according to an interview with Pitchfork. Steve Schlitz, from the band Longwave also plays on the album and Sean Lennon plays the piano on the song, "Spooky Couch".^[1] The album is produced by Hammond himself along with engineer Gus Oberg and drummer Matt Romano.^[2]

Tracklisting

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1. "Bargain of a Century" - 3:10
2. "In My Room" - 3:18
3. "Lisa" - 3:46
4. "GfC" - 3:09
5. "The Boss Americana" - 2:57
6. "Rocket" - 3:35
7. "Victory at Monterey" - 3:58
8. "You Won't Be Fooled By This" - 3:01
9. "Spooky Couch" - 7:18
10. "Borrowed Time" - 3:11
11. "G Up" - 2:40
12. "Miss Myrtle" - 3:06
13. "Feed Me Jack Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Peter Sellers" - 2.52
14. "And So We Go" (Japanese bonus track) - 2:42
15. "C of Stoney" (Japanese bonus track) - 4:16
16. "Bathroom Time" (Japanese bonus track) - 3:20

References

External links

• Interview about the album
• NME Article
• http://www.alberthammondjr.com/gfcvideo/