V2.0

2014 studio album by GoGo Penguin

v2.0

Studio album by

GoGo Penguin

Released

17 March 2014 (2014-03-17)
20 October 2014 (2014-10-20) (Deluxe)

Recorded

April–August 2013

Studio

80 Hertz (Manchester)^[1]

Genre

Jazz, Nu-Jazz^[2]

Length

47:32
61:18 (Deluxe)

Label

Gondwana Records

Producer

Matthew Halsall, Joseph Reiser & Brendan Williams

GoGo Penguin chronology

Fanfares
(2012)

v2.0
(2014)

Man Made Object
(2016)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	^[3]

v2.0 is the second studio album by jazz piano trio GoGo Penguin, released in 2014. The title is an allusion to an abbreviation commonly used in software versioning.

Critical reception

About v2.0, Bruce Lindsay says in All About Jazz that "v2.0 is the sound of a band moving forward—not in leaps and bounds, but in small steps. There's really no need to jump headlong into the unknown when the foundations set down on Fanfares were so strong. v2.0 builds on those foundations with style, further establishing GoGo Penguin as one of the most exciting young bands on the contemporary scene."^[3]

This album was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2014.^[4]

Track listing

Gondwana Records – GONDCD009DD^[5] & GONDLP009:^[6]

All music is composed by GoGo Penguin

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Murmuration"	4:13
2.	"Garden Dog Barbecue"	3:45
3.	"Kamaloka"	5:21
4.	"Fort"	3:17
5.	"One Percent"	5:36
6.	"Home"	5:22
7.	"The Letter"	6:14
8.	"To Drown in You"	6:28
9.	"Shock and Awe"	3:13
10.	"Hopopono"	3:55
Total length:		47:32

*v2.0* – Deluxe Edition^[7]
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Break"	4:29
12.	"In Amber"	5:44
13.	"Wash"	3:33
Total length:		61:18

Personnel

Chris Illingworth – piano
Nick Blacka – Bass guitar
Rob Turner – drums

References

^ "80 Hertz 2013 Highlights". 80hertz.com. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
^ "v2.0 by GoGo Penguin". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b "v2.0 by GoGo Penguin (Review)". All About Jazz. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
^ "Mercury Prize's previous shortlists". Mercury Prize. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
^ "v2.0 by GoGo Penguin (Digital Download)". Discogs. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
^ "v2.0 by GoGo Penguin (LP)". Discogs. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
^ "v2.0 by GoGo Penguin (Deluxe Edition)". Bandcamp. Retrieved 31 March 2017.