Soft Airplane

Soft Airplane is the third album by Chad VanGaalen, released in 2008 on Flemish Eye and Sub Pop. It was VanGaalen's first album to consist entirely of songs newly recorded for the album; his prior releases compiled tracks from a library of home recordings he had made over a number of years.

Soft Airplane
Studio album by Chad VanGaalen
Released	September 9, 2008
Recorded	2008
Genre	Indie rock folk experimental
Length	42:00
Label	Flemish Eye Sub Pop
Producer	Chad VanGaalen
Chad VanGaalen chronology
Skelliconnection (2006) Soft Airplane (2008) Diaper Island (2011)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Paste	(8.8/10)[3]
Pitchfork Media	(7.7/10)[4]

The album was shortlisted for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize.^[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chad VanGaalen.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Willow Tree"	3:13
2.	"Bones of Man"	2:59
3.	"Cries of the Dead"	3:47
4.	"Inside the Molecules"	3:45
5.	"Bare Feet on Wet Griptape"	2:30
6.	"Phantom Anthills"	3:00
7.	"Poisonous Heads"	3:15
8.	"TMNT Mask"	3:29
9.	"Molten Light"	2:51
10.	"Old Man + The Sea"	3:35
11.	"City of Electric Light"	2:32
12.	"Rabid Bits of Time"	3:24
13.	"Frozen Energon"	3:40
Total length:		42:17