Ships (album)
# Ships (album)

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Pitchfork | 9.1/10 |
| PopMatters | 6/10 |
| Slant Magazine | |
| Stylus Magazine | B |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | |

Ships is the seventh full-length album by New Jersey indie rock band Danielson. The album was a massive collaboration among Daniel Smith and various other musicians.

## Track listing

* "Ship the Majestic Suffix" – 2:54
* "Cast It at the Setting Sail" – 3:30
* "Bloodbook on the Halfshell" – 4:50
* "Did I Step on Your Trumpet" – 3:06
* "When It Comes to You I'm Lazy" – 3:53
* "Two Sitting Ducks" – 5:04
* "My Lion Sleeps Tonight" – 3:03
* "Kids Pushing Kids" – 6:17
* "Time That Bald Sexton" – 3:56
* "He Who Flattened Your Flame Is Gettin' Torched" – 2:51
* "Five Stars and Two Thumbs Up" – 2:46

## Personnel

* Steve Poponi, Dave Downham – recording (Gradwell)
* Chris Cohen – electric guitar, vocals
* Ben Swanson – recording, graphics
* Luke Mosling – "ships" suffix contest winner (1172)
* Lenny Smith – vocals, claps
* Rachel Galloway – flute, vocals
* Tom Eaton – trumpet
* Jedidiah Slaboda – vocals, claps
* Judy Miller – publicity (Motormouth)
* Christiaan Palladino – keys, vocals, mixing assistance, recording
* Satomi Matsuzaki – bass guitar
* Megan Slaboda – glock, marimba, vocal
* Brian McTear – mixing engineer (Miner Street)
* Alan Douches – mastering (West Westside)
* David Smith – drum kit
* Lilly Smith – vocals, claps
* Ted Velykis – orchestration, mixing assistant, bass guitar, bass clarinet
* Josiah Wolf – drum kit
* Ida Smith – vocals, claps
* Andrew Smith – drums, percussion
* Melissa Palladino – violin, vocal
* Elin Smith – vocal, support
* Chris Swanson – project manager
* Erik Carter – live performance arrangements (Kork Agency)
* Aaron DeVries – ships contest judge
* Marian Smith – support
* Amy Morrissey – mixing assistant (Miner Street)
* Nicole Roeder – graphics
* Emil Nikolaisen – mixing assistant
* Paul Gold – lacquers (Brooklyn Phono)
* Yoni Wolf – recording
* Ken Fabianovicz – helper
* Jon Galloway – recording
* Sufjan Stevens – oboe, flutes, whistles, glock
* John Ringhofer – trombone, vocal, recording
* Greg Saunier – drum kit, vocal, recorder
* John Dieterich – electric guitar, vocals
* Daniel Smith – songs, vocal, acoustic guitar, production, artwork
