Super Taranta!
2007 studio album by Gogol Bordello
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Super Taranta! is the fourth album by Gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello. It was released on July 10, 2007 by SideOneDummy Records, produced by the band and Victor Van Vugt. The album charted in several countries, including reaching #67 in the UK and #115 on the US Billboard 200. "Wonderlust King" was released as the album's only single, in August 2007.
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| Released | July 10, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Folk punk, Punk rock, Gypsy punk, Dub music | |||
| Length | 62:44 | |||
| Label | SideOneDummy | |||
| Producer | Victor Van Vugt, Gogol Bordello | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 80/100 link |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   link |
| Pitchfork | 5.2/10 link |
| Q | |
| Robert Christgau | A+ link |
| Rolling Stone | link |
Reception
The album was ranked #14 on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007,[1] and the track "Ultimate" was #82 on the magazine's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.[2]
Super Taranta! has a score of 80/100 on the review aggregator Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3] Music critic Robert Christgau gave the album an A+ rating, calling Gogol Bordello "the world's most visionary band".[4]
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Eugene Hütz; all music is composed by Eugene Hütz and Gogol Bordello.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ultimate" | 3:29 |
| 2. | "Wonderlust King" | 3:58 |
| 3. | "Zina-Marina" | 4:19 |
| 4. | "Supertheory of Supereverything" | 2:56 |
| 5. | "Harem in Tuscany (Taranta)" | 3:33 |
| 6. | "Dub the Frequencies of Love" | 6:15 |
| 7. | "My Strange Uncles from Abroad" | 5:19 |
| 8. | "Tribal Connection" | 5:05 |
| 9. | "Forces of Victory" | 5:23 |
| 10. | "Alcohol" | 4:54 |
| 11. | "Suddenly... (I Miss Carpaty)" | 5:36 |
| 12. | "Your Country" | 4:15 |
| 13. | "American Wedding" | 3:38 |
| 14. | "Super Taranta!" | 6:44 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 15. | "Masha" | 2:56 |
Production
- Produced by Victor Van Vugt and Gogol Bordello
- Recorded by Victor Van Vugt at Long View Farm Studios, March '07
- Additional recordings done at Grace Studios, NY and Integrated Studios, NY, March/April '07
- Assistant Engineers: Josh Sadlier-Brown, Integrated Studios and Ian Neil, Long View Farm Recording Studios
- Mixed by Victor Van Vugt and Eugene Hütz at Grace Studios, NY
- Mastered by Emily Lazar at The Lodge
- Design by Cindy Heller
- Photos by Bela Borsodi, Keetja Allard, Danny North, Liubov Kulkova, Herman Dahlgren, Thomas Gobena, and Eric James Crawford
Personnel
The Band
- Eugene Hütz – vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion, fire buckets
- Eliot Ferguson – drums, backing vocals
- Thomas "Tommy T" Gobena – bass, backing vocals
- Oren Kaplan – guitar, backing vocals
- Sergey Ryabtsev – violin, backing vocals
- Yuri Lemeshev – accordion, backing vocals
- Pasha – accordion, backing vocals
- Pamela Jintana Racine – percussion, backing vocals
- Elizabeth Sun – percussion, backing vocals
Guests
- Pedro Erazo – additional vocals on "Forces of Victory"
- Piroshka Rac – additional vocals on "Suddenly... (I Miss Carpaty)"
- Slavic Soul Party – brass on "Zina-Marina" and "American Wedding"
- Ben Holmes – truba
- John Carlson – truba
- Jacob Garchik – baritone truba
- Curtis Hasselbring – trombone
- Matt Moran – bubanj
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[5] | 26 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[6] | 38 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7] | 52 |
| Italian Albums (FIMI)[8] | 67 |
| UK Albums (OCC)ERROR in "UK2": Missing parameters: date.[9] | 67 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10] | 99 |
| US Billboard 200[11] | 115 |
In popular culture
"American Wedding" is heard at the end of the Fargo episode "The Principle of Restricted Choice".
The song "Wonderlust King" is played in a sequence from animated superhero TV series Creature Commandos detailing the origins of character Doctor Phosphorus.