Swish (album)
{{Short description|2016 compilation album by Joywave}}
{{About|the Joywave album|the Kanye West album originally titled Swish|The Life of Pablo}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Swish
| type = remix
| longtype = / compilation album
| artist = Joywave
| cover = Joywave - Swish cover art.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2016|3|11}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = {{Duration|m=30|s=55}}
| label = {{hlist|Cultco|Hollywood}}
| producer = {{hlist|Daniel Armbruster|Sean Donnelly}}
| prev_title = How Do You Feel Now?
| prev_year = 2015
| next_title = Content
| next_year = 2017
}}
Swish (stylized as SWISH) is a compilation album by American indie rock band Joywave. It was released on March 11, 2016, through Cultco and Hollywood, primarily to promote their single "Destruction". The album contains 10 tracks, beginning with "Destruction", followed by eight versions of the song that feature different remixed intros, and ending with a bonus track titled "Life in a Bubble I Blew", a song that was cut from How Do You Feel Now?.{{cite news |last1=LeDonne |first1=Rob |title=Joywave Reveal Correct Pronunciation of New Album ‘Content,’ Talk Hometown Loyalty |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/joywave-content-interview-7882164/ |access-date=4 February 2025 |work=Billboard |date=31 July 2017}} The titles of tracks 2-9 create the phrase "Why be credible when you can be incredible?", a reference to the Huffington Post article that front man Daniel Armbruster wrote about "Destruction".{{cite web |last1=Armbruster |first1=Daniel |title=Why Be Credible When You Can Be Incredible? |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-be-credible-when-you_b_8464032 |website=HuffPost |access-date=10 April 2024 |language=en |date=3 November 2015}}
The name of the album refers to Kanye West's seventh studio album The Life of Pablo, which was originally intended to be titled Swish.{{Cite web |date=2015-05-03 |title=Kanye West's Album Has a New Title Now |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/59479-kanye-wests-album-has-a-new-title-now/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}{{cite news |last1=Harvey |first1=Tyler |title=Review–Joywave Shows Denver Some Destruction |url=https://303magazine.com/2016/06/review-joywave/ |access-date=3 January 2025 |work=303 Magazine |date=14 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615075854/https://303magazine.com/2016/06/review-joywave/ |archive-date=15 June 2016}} This reference was in response to the album artwork of The Life of Pablo bearing a striking resemblance to Joywave's promotional material for "Destruction", which was posted several weeks prior.{{Cite web |date=2017-09-20 |title=Interview: Joywave and the art of being 'Content' |url=https://vanyaland.com/2017/09/20/interview-joywave-and-the-art-of-being-content/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Vanyaland |language=en-US}}
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}{{cite web |last1=Donelson |first1=Marcy |title=SWISH - Joywave |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/swish-mw0002926916 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=1 January 2025 |language=en}}
}}
Marcy Donelson reviewed the album for AllMusic, writing "Call it irritating or call it delightful, the band has also been known to repeat the same song in live performance until they see the desired amount of dancing".
Track listing
{{Track listing
|all_writing = Daniel Armbruster and Sean Donnelly
|total_length = 30:55
|title1 = Destruction
|length1 = 3:04
|title2 = Why
|length2 = 3:15
|title3 = Be
|length3 = 2:59
|title4 = Credible
|length4 = 2:55
|title5 = When
|length5 = 3:03
|title6 = You
|length6 = 3:00
|title7 = Can
|length7 = 2:52
|title8 = Be (Part 2)
|length8 = 3:11
|title9 = Incredible?
|length9 = 2:55
|title10 = Life in a Bubble I Blew
|note10 = bonus track
|length10 = 3:41
}}
Singles
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" | Peak chart positions |
scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US Alt.Peak chart positions for singles on the Alternative Songs chart:
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|---|
| scope="row"| "Destruction"
| 2015 | 18 |