Visiter is the second album released by The Dodos. A special edition is being put together to include a DVD of live footage from the last show of their most recent tour.
| Visiter | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 18, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 59:00 | |||
| Label | Frenchkiss | |||
| Producer | John Askew | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Crawdaddy! | (favorable) [2] |
| Drowned in Sound | (8/10) [3] |
| The Guardian | [4] |
| Indiecision | (A) [5] |
| MusicOHM | [6] |
| NME | (8/10)[7] |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.5/10) [8] |
| Q | [9] |
| Uncut | [10] |
| PopMatters | (6/10)[11] |
In an April 2008 interview in the L.A. Record, band member Meric Long revealed the origin of the name of Visiter. "The reason it's misspelled is because it's from a drawing this kid gave us. We played a show for a bunch of kids in South Central L.A.—Dorsey High. A friend's sister [Barbara Lempel] is a special-ed teacher there, so we went down there to her class and we played for the kids and it was super fun. Then it came to the kids asking us questions and then one of the kids came up to us and he gave us a drawing with that written on it. The drawing is the cover actually of the album, and just—I dunno we liked it. Actually we used all of the drawings that the kids made in the artwork on the album. It was definitely a fun, interesting venture for us. We'd never played for kids before—we didn't know what to expect but they were clapping and dancing."
Track listing
editAll tracks written by The Dodos.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Walking" | 2:09 |
| 2. | "Red and Purple" | 4:40 |
| 3. | "Eyelids" | 0:59 |
| 4. | "Fools" | 4:43 |
| 5. | "Joe's Waltz" | 7:22 |
| 6. | "Winter" | 3:44 |
| 7. | "It's That Time Again" | 1:29 |
| 8. | "Paint the Rust" | 6:15 |
| 9. | "Park Song" | 2:49 |
| 10. | "Jodi" | 6:14 |
| 11. | "Ashley" | 4:04 |
| 12. | "The Season" | 6:15 |
| 13. | "Undeclared" | 1:53 |
| 14. | "God?" | 6:51 |
Personnel
editGuests
edit- Laura Gibson - vocals on 1,5,11
- Cory Gray - trumpet on 6,14 and horn on 7
Credits
editRecorded and mixed at Type Foundry Studios. All tracks mastered by Roger Seibel at SAE in Phoenix, AZ. Additional Vocals on various tracks by Laura Gibson
References
edit- ^ Phares, Heather. "Visiter - The Dodos | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ "Crawdaddy 2008". Archived from the original on 2009-07-14. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
- ^ Porter, Bruce. "The Dodos - Visiter / Releases / Releases // Drowned In Sound". drownedinsound.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ Sullivan, Caroline (18 July 2008). "Folk CD: The Dodos, Visiter | Music | The Guardian". The Guardian. London: GMG. ISSN 0261-3077. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ Ravi, Arjun S. (28 April 2008). "Review: Visiter – The Dodos - NH7 - Discover new music from India and around the world". nh7.in. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ McGonigle, David. "The Dodos - Visiter | album reviews | musicOMH". musicomh.com. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ Webb, Rob (11 July 2008). "NME Album Reviews - The Dodos - NME.COM". nme.com. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ Pitchfork Media review
- ^ Q, July 2008, p.101
- ^ Uncut, Aug 2008, p.90
- ^ Stryker, Cole (19 March 2008). "The Dodos: Visiter - PopMatters". popmatters.com. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
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