Dirty Projectors (album)
2017 studio album by Dirty Projectors
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Dirty Projectors is the seventh studio album by American experimental rock group Dirty Projectors, which was released on Domino Records on February 21, 2017.
ReleasedFebruary 21, 2017
Recorded2016
Studios
Various
- Ivo Shandor
- (Los Angeles, California)
- The Norman Ave Bunker
- (Brooklyn, New York)
- The Magic Mix
- (Miami, Florida)
- Profit House 1
- (New York City, New York)
- Sunset Sound
- (Los Angeles)
- The Nash Room
- (Brooklyn)
- The House
- (Hudson, New York)
- Brown Sugar Studios
- (New York City)
- Dberg Studios
- (Burbank, California)
- Studio City Sound
- (Studio City, California)
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| Released | February 21, 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 2016 | |||
| Studios | Various
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| Length | 48:14 | |||
| Label | Domino | |||
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The album deals with themes of break-up, depression, and reconciliation, following the breakup of Longstreth and Coffman and the ensuing 4-year hiatus in the band's activities. It makes use of more DAW-inspired techniques than the previous 3 albums, similar to their 4th album glitch opera The Getty Address, this time including wholly synthesised sounds in a clear stylistic departure from earlier recordings, Longstreth having previously stated 'I don't like synthesisers'.[1]
Reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.4/10[2] |
| Metacritic | 77/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The A.V. Club | B+[5] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[6] |
| The Guardian | [7] |
| The Independent | [8] |
| The Observer | [9] |
| Pitchfork | 7.8/10[10] |
| Q | [11] |
| Rolling Stone | [12] |
| Uncut | 9/10[13] |
Dirty Projectors received positive reviews from music critics, holding a rating of 77 out of 100 on the review aggregator website Metacritic.[3]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Keep Your Name" | David Longstreth |
| 4:30 |
| 2. | "Death Spiral" | Longstreth |
| 5:08 |
| 3. | "Up in Hudson" |
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| 7:31 |
| 4. | "Work Together" | Longstreth | Longstreth | 4:24 |
| 5. | "Little Bubble" |
| Longstreth | 5:05 |
| 6. | "Winner Take Nothing" | Longstreth | Longstreth | 4:49 |
| 7. | "Ascent Through Clouds" | Longstreth |
| 6:56 |
| 8. | "Cool Your Heart" (featuring Dawn Richard) |
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| 3:49 |
| 9. | "I See You" | Longstreth |
| 6:05 |
| Total length: | 48:14 | |||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 10. | "Little Bubble" (edit) |
| Longstreth | 3:28 |
Samples
- "Keep Your Name" contains a sample of "Sheathed Wings" by Dan Deacon
- "Death Spiral" contains a sample of "Scene d'Amour", written by Bernard Hermann from the album Vertigo - Original Motion Picture Score
Personnel
Dirty Projectors
- David Longstreth – vocals (all tracks), beat (all tracks), guitar (tracks 1–3, 5, 7, 9), rhodes (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7), synths (tracks 1, 2, 6–9), piano (track 1, 2, 4, 8), string arrangement (tracks 4, 5, 7, 9), bass (tracks 2, 5, 7), wurlitzer (tracks 2, 4), organ (tracks 6, 8), horn arrangement (track 3), arp (track 4)
Additional musicians
- Ryan Beppel – string arrangement (track 7)
- Tyondai Braxton – modular synth (tracks 1–3, 7, 8)
- Lamar "Mars" Edwards – Hammond organ (track 9)
- David Ginyard – bass (track 3)
- Juliane Gralle – trombone (3 and 7), bass trombone (track 3), tuba (track 3)
- Clarice Jensen – cello (tracks 4, 5, 7, 9)
- Mike Daniel Johnson – drums (tracks 2, 3, 5)
- Elizabeth Lea – trombone (track 5)
- Daniel Luna – guira (track 8)
- Rob Moose – violin (tracks 4, 5, 7, 9)
- Francisco Javier Paredes – bongos (track 8)
- Mauro Refosco – percussion (tracks 1–4, 6, 8, 9), marimba (track 6)
- Dawn Richard – vocals (track 8)
- Ben Russell – violin (tracks 4, 5, 7, 9)
- Todd Simon – trumpet (tracks 3, 8), euphonium (track 3), flugelhorn (track 8)
- Nadia Sirota – viola (tracks 4, 5, 7, 9)
- Tracy Wannomae – tenor sax (track 3), alto sax (track 3), clarinet (track 3), bass clarinet (track 3), flute (track 3), baritone sax (track 8)
Recording
- Chris Athens – mastering
- Derek Bergheimer – vocal engineering (track 8)
- Mikaelin "Blue" Bluespruce – engineering (track 8)
- Tyondai Braxton – additional production (tracks 1–3, 7, 8)
- Sonny DiPerri – drum and percussion engineering (tracks 1–7), mixing (track 8), additional engineering (track 9)
- Jimmy Douglass – mixing, additional engineering (vocals) (track 4)
- David Longstreth – producer, mixing
- David Tolomei – additional mixing (tracks 1, 2, 7, 8)
- Ryan Tuttle – engineering
- Jamie Walters – string quartet engineering (tracks 4, 5, 7)
Charts
| Chart (2017) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15] | 84 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[16] | 122 |
| UK Independent Albums (Official Charts)[17] | 24 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[18] | 18 |
Notes
- Additional production on tracks 1–3, 7 and 8