Elephant Shoe

Elephant Shoe is the third studio album by Scottish indie rock band Arab Strap, released on 13 September 1999 by Go! Beat.

Elephant Shoe
Studio album by Arab Strap
Released	13 September 1999 (1999-09-13)
Studio	CaVa Studios (Glasgow, Scotland) Apollo Studios (Glasgow, Scotland)
Genre	Sadcore
Length	56:50
Label	Go! Beat
Producer	Arab Strap
Arab Strap chronology
Mad for Sadness (1999) Elephant Shoe (1999) The Red Thread (2001)
Singles from Elephant Shoe
"Cherubs" Released: 1999 (1999) (EP)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Alternative Press	4/5[3]
The Guardian	[4]
NME	7/10[5]
Pitchfork	8.4/10[6]
Spin	8/10[7]

The album's title is a phrase sometimes used by children who are afraid of saying "I love you",^[4] where they mouth "I love you" under their breath, but when asked what they had said, answer "elephant shoe" or elephant juice, because the mouth shapes are the same.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cherubs"	4:59
2.	"One Four Seven One"	5:28
3.	"Pyjamas"	4:39
4.	"Autumnal"	7:24
5.	"Leave the Day Free"	5:19
6.	"Direction of Strong Man"	4:23
7.	"Tanned"	6:31
8.	"Aries the Ram"	4:49
9.	"The Drinking Eye"	5:24
10.	"Pro-(Your) Life"	3:34
11.	"Hello Daylight"	4:17

All tracks are written by Malcolm Middleton and Aidan Moffat.

Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[8]	59
UK Albums (OCC)[9]	79