Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune
2018 studio album by Swamp Dogg
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Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune is a studio album by Swamp Dogg. It was released via Joyful Noise Recordings on September 7, 2018.[1] It peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart,[2] as well as number 28 on the Independent Albums chart.[3]
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| Released | September 7, 2018 | |||
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| Length | 35:56 | |||
| Label | Joyful Noise | |||
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Production
The album was inspired by Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak.[4] After Swamp Dogg and MoogStar recorded a rough version of the album, Ryan Olson and Justin Vernon spent several years "refining, fine-tuning, and deconstructing" these recordings.[5] The album includes the cover versions of "Answer Me, My Love"[6] and "Star Dust".[7] In a 2018 interview with Los Angeles Times, Swamp Dogg said, "It's the best thing I've done since the '70s."[8]
Music videos
Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 74/100[13] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [14] |
| Pitchfork | 7.3/10[15] |
| PopMatters | [16] |
| Rolling Stone | [17] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 74, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[13]
Mark Deming of AllMusic wrote, "with Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune, Swamp Dogg takes a very deep dive into the electronic side of contemporary pop, hip-hop, and R&B, and he predictably pushes it to the wall."[14] Elias Leight of Rolling Stone wrote, "On Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune's best songs, [Ryan] Olson's synth-heavy backdrops evoke the late Eighties, landing somewhere between early Chicago house music and twitchy hip-hop."[17] Jon Pareles of The New York Times commented that "Swamp Dogg sets off into a bizarre, unsettled realm of computer-manipulated vocals and surreal, anything-can-happen electronic backdrops."[18] Stephen M. Deusner of Pitchfork wrote, "The experiment succeeds because Swamp Dogg delivers on all three aspects of his album title: the ecstasies of love, the misery of loss, and the way Auto-Tune can be used to magnify those feelings."[15]
Mojo placed it at number 56 on the "Top 75 Albums of 2018" list.[19]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Answer Me, My Love" |
| 2:53 | |
| 2. | "Lonely" |
| MoogStar | 2:38 |
| 3. | "I'll Pretend" (featuring Guitar Shorty and Justin Vernon) |
| MoogStar | 4:24 |
| 4. | "I'm Coming with Lovin' on My Mind" | Jerry Williams Jr. |
| 4:05 |
| 5. | "$$$ Huntin'" |
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| 5:30 |
| 6. | "I Love Me More" |
| MoogStar | 4:31 |
| 7. | "Sex with Your Ex" |
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| 4:31 |
| 8. | "She's All Mind All Mind" |
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| 4:32 |
| 9. | "Star Dust" | MoogStar | 3:48 | |
| Total length: | 35:56 | |||
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.[20]
- Swamp Dogg – vocals, keyboards (1)
- MoogStar – production, vocals (1)
- Andrew Broder – production (1, 5, 7)
- Justin Vernon – messina (1–8), vocals (3), keyboards (4)
- Romain Bly – French horn (1, 7), arrangement (1, 7, 9)
- Alistair Sung – cello (1, 7, 9)
- Thora Margret Sveinsdottir – viola (1, 7, 9)
- Shelley Soerensen – violin (1, 7)
- Marlies van Gangelen – oboe (1, 7)
- Maaike van der Linde – flute (1, 7)
- Taskforce – production (1, 8)
- Amire Johnson – keyboards (1)
- Brian Nichols – keyboards (2, 5, 6)
- Erik Andersen – keyboards (2, 5)
- Lazerbeak – boom bap (2, 5)
- Jake Hanson – guitar (2, 6)
- Charles Hayes – saxophone (2, 8)
- Chris Bierden – bass guitar (2, 9)
- Ryan Olson – keyboard bass (3), bass guitar (6), piano (9)
- Bobby Raps – snare (3), handclap (7)
- Guitar Shorty – guitar (3), headphone bleed (3)
- Seth Rosetter – deep noise (3)
- Psymun – production (4, 5)
- Sen 09 – production (4)
- Elliot Kozel – keyboards (4)
- Morgan Whirledge – keyboards (4)
- Isaac Gale – bass guitar (4)
- V*agra – shaker (4)
- Chris Eagan – drums (5)
- Josh Berg – beat (6)
- Trever Hagen – production (7)
- Jeremy Ylvisaker – guitar (7)
- Decarlo Jackson – bass guitar (7)
- Mark McGee – shaker (7)
- Drew Christopherson – hi-hat (9)
- Andre de Ridder – violin (9)
- Mayah Kadish – violin (9)
- David McMurry – photography
- Erik Madigan Heck – photography
- David J. Woodruff – layout
Chart history
| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[21] | 7 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[22] | 28 |