Fantastic Playroom
# Fantastic Playroom

Professional ratings :

| Aggregate scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 69/100 |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Drowned in Sound | 6/10 |
| The Guardian | |
| musicOMH | |
| NME | 7/10 |
| Now | 4/5 |
| Pitchfork | 8.2/10 |
| PopMatters | 9/10 |
| The Times | |

Fantastic Playroom is the debut studio album by English band New Young Pony Club. It was released on 6 July 2007 by Island Records. The album debuted at number 54 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 4,804 copies in its first week. As of March 2010, it had sold 32,986 copies in the United Kingdom. Fantastic Playroom was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2007, and the band performed "The Bomb" on the awards night.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Tahita Bulmer and Andy Spence, except where noted.

## Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Fantastic Playroom.

New Young Pony Club

* Tahita Bulmer – vocals, additional production
* Lou Hayter – keyboards
* Sarah Jones – drums
* Andy Spence – guitar, production
* Igor Volk – bass

Additional personnel

* Dean Chalkey – photography
* Guy Davie – mastering
* Tom Elmhirst – mixing
* Nilesh Patel – mastering
* Richard Robinson – artwork

## Charts

| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) | 79 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) | 70 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 54 |

## Release history

| Region | Date | Label |
| - | - | - |
| Ireland | 6 July 2007 | Island |
| United Kingdom | 9 July 2007 | Island |
| Germany | 17 July 2007 | Universal |
| Australia | 10 August 2007 | Modular |
| United States | 28 August 2007 | ModularInterscope |
| Japan | 24 October 2007 | Universal |
