| Dirty Projectors |
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| Released |
February 21, 2017 |
| Recorded |
2016 |
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| Length |
48:14 |
| Label |
Domino |
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- "Keep Your Name"
Released: September 22, 2016
- "Little Bubble"
Released: January 5, 2017
- "Up in Hudson"
Released: January 18, 2017
- "Cool Your Heart"
Released: February 7, 2017
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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.
Reception
Dirty Projectors received positive reviews from music critics, holding a rating of 77 out of 100 on the review aggregator website Metacritic.
Track listing
| Title |
Lyrics |
Music |
| 1. |
"Keep Your Name" |
David Longstreth |
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4:30 |
| 2. |
"Death Spiral" |
Longstreth |
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5:08 |
| 3. |
"Up in Hudson" |
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- Longstreth
- MacColl
- David Ginyard
- Braxton
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7:31 |
| 4. |
"Work Together" |
Longstreth |
Longstreth |
4:24 |
| 5. |
"Little Bubble" |
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Longstreth |
5:05 |
| 6. |
"Winner Take Nothing" |
Longstreth |
Longstreth |
4:49 |
| 7. |
"Ascent Through Clouds" |
Longstreth |
- Longstreth
- Braxton
- Ryan Beppel
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6:56 |
| 8. |
"Cool Your Heart" (featuring Dawn Richard) |
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- Longstreth
- Knowles
- Braxton
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3:49 |
| 9. |
"I See You" |
Longstreth |
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6:05 |
| Total length: |
48:14 |
iTunes bonus track
| Title |
Lyrics |
Music |
| 10. |
"Little Bubble" (edit) |
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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
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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)
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Tyondai Braxton – modular synth (tracks 1–3, 7, 8)
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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)
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Rob Moose – violin (tracks 4, 5, 7, 9)
- Francisco Javier Paredes – bongos (track 8)
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Mauro Refosco – percussion (tracks 1–4, 6, 8, 9), marimba (track 6)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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
