# Diaper Island

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Diaper Island
| type       = [Album](/source/Album)
| artist     = [Chad VanGaalen](/source/Chad_VanGaalen)
| cover      = Diaperisland.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = May 17, 2011
| recorded   = 2009–2010
| venue      =
| studio     = Yoko Eno Studio, Calgary, Alberta
| genre      = [Indie rock](/source/Indie_rock)<br>[Folk](/source/Folk_music)<br>[Experimental](/source/Experimental_music)
| length     =
| label      = [Flemish Eye](/source/Flemish_Eye)<br />[Sub Pop](/source/Sub_Pop)
| producer   = Chad VanGaalen
| prev_title = [Soft Airplane](/source/Soft_Airplane)
| prev_year  = 2008
| next_title = [Shrink Dust](/source/Shrink_Dust)
| next_year  = 2014
}}

{{Album ratings
| MC = 79/100<ref name="meta">{{Cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/diaper-island/chad-vangaalen |title=Reviews for Diaper Island by Chad VanGaalen |publisher=[Metacritic](/source/Metacritic) |accessdate=April 4, 2017}}</ref>
| rev1 = [The A.V. Club](/source/The_A.V._Club)
| rev1score = (9.1/10)<ref>[https://www.avclub.com/chad-vangaalen-diaper-island-1798168263 The AV Club Review]</ref>
| rev2 = [Drowned in Sound](/source/Drowned_in_Sound)
| rev2score = (8/10)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16277/reviews/4142826 |title=Drowned in Sound review |access-date=2018-04-17 |archive-date=2018-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418161129/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16277/reviews/4142826 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| rev3 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev3score = (8/10)<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/album/diaper-island-mw0002136763 All Music review]</ref>
}}

'''''Diaper Island''''' is the fourth studio album by [Canadian](/source/Canada) musician [Chad VanGaalen](/source/Chad_VanGaalen), released on May 17, 2011 on [Flemish Eye](/source/Flemish_Eye) in Canada and [Sub Pop](/source/Sub_Pop) in the [United States](/source/United_States).<ref name=exclaim>[http://exclaim.ca/News/chad_vangaalen_sets_sail_for_diaper_island "Chad VanGaalen Sets Sail for Diaper Island"]. ''[Exclaim!](/source/Exclaim!)'', March 3, 2011.</ref>

==Background==
It is the first of his own albums which VanGaalen recorded in his new home studio named ''Yoko Eno'' (after artists [Brian Eno](/source/Brian_Eno) and [Yoko Ono](/source/Yoko_Ono)), as opposed to the basement studio where he recorded his second and third releases.

==Track listing==
All songs written by Chad VanGaalen.
# "Do Not Fear"
# "Peace on the Rise"
# "Burning Photographs"
# "Heavy Stones"
# "Sara"
# "Replace Me"
# "Blonde Hash"
# "Freedom for a Policeman"
# "Can You Believe It!?"
# "Wandering Spirits"
# "No Panic / No Heat"
# "Shave My Pussy"

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Chart (2011)
! Peak<br>position
|-
| [Canadian Albums Chart](/source/Canadian_Albums_Chart)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627062005/http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 27, 2015 |title=CANOE - JAM! Music SoundScan Charts |publisher=canoe.com |access-date=2012-02-13 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 100
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Chad VanGaalen}}

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Category:2011 albums
Category:Chad VanGaalen albums
Category:Flemish Eye albums
Category:Sub Pop albums

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