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Genre : Rock & Pop Catalogue Number : 50210
Format : CD Label : Secretly Canadian
Issued : 09 Feb 2010 Item sourced from : USA
Number of Discs : 1

Odd Blood

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  • LP   US Edition   ¥2,510   US Import   Released: 09 Feb 2010  
  • CD   EUR Edition   ¥2,392   EUR Import   Released: 15 Feb 2010  
  • LP   UK Edition   ¥4,001   UK Import   Released: 08 Feb 2010  
  • LP   EUR Edition   ¥3,245   EUR Import   Released: 08 Feb 2010  
  • CD   Japan Edition   ¥2,100     Released: 22 May 2010  
  • CD   AUS Edition   ¥3,468   AUS Import   Released: 14 Jan 2011  

HMV Review

Don稚 judge a book by its cover・or an album by its first track. Odd Blood gets off to an odd start with 典he Children -- a robotic, plodding song that prizes mood over melody -- before settling into a more balanced groove, mixing the multicultural sounds of Yeasayer's debut with a new emphasis on electronica, global trip-hop, and digital production. Like All Hour Cymbals, this is a thinking man痴 album, one that requires its listeners to put on their thinking caps as well as their dancing shoes. It痴 more urban than its predecessor, though, with most songs ditching the tribal harmonies and lo-fi analog ambience of the band痴 earlier work in favor of an electric, textured sound. 鏑ove Me Girl, with its mix of Balearic beat keyboards and sampled female vocals, could have come from an Ibiza nightclub, while 溺adder Red strikes an unlikely balance between synth pop, Middle Eastern folk, and ・0s dance music. Anand Wilder often abandons his guitar entirely, focusing instead on the keyboards that serve as Odd Blood痴 bedrock, and he sings the latter song in a voice that痴 clear, pleasant, and devoid of the yelping that characterized some of All Hour Cymbals・tracks. Chris Keating has similarly improved, so much so that he delivers a rather stunning ballad -- the Air-influenced 的 Remember -- with warmth and understated confidence. Odd Blood痴 emphasis on genre-mashing can overwhelm the weaker tunes, whose melodies are sometimes less interesting than the arrangements themselves, but the album has enough highlights to outweigh any filler on side B. All in all, this is a rare sophomore album that widens the band's sound without narrowing its appeal. ~ Andrew Leahey, Rovi

Credits

Jason Trammell(Drums),  Jerry Marotta(Drums),  Jerry Marotta(Percussion),  Kevin Bewersdorf(Piano),  Kevin Bewersdorf(Synthesizer),  Ahmed Gallab(Timbales),  Colin Stetson(Horn),  Stuart Bogie(Horn),  Ahmed Gallab(Electronic Percussion),  Stuart Bogie(Jew's-Harp),  Jerry Marotta(Taos Drum),  Stuart Bogie(Bass Harmonica),  Anand Wilder(Producer),  Britt Myers(Engineer),  Chris Keating(Producer),  Ira Wolf Tuton(Producer),  Jake Aron(Engineer),  Steve Revitte(Engineer),  Yeasayer(Producer),  Anand Wilder(Composer),  Benjamin Phelan(Artwork),  Britt Myers(Mixing),  Chris Gehringer(Mastering),  Chris Keating(Art Direction),  Chris Keating(Composer),  Geoff Vincent(Mixing Assistant),  Ira Wolf Tuton(Composer),  Jay Culliton(Mixing Assistant),  Todd Brozman(Mixing Assistant),  Yeasayer(Composer),  Daniel Murphy(Layout),  Jason Foster(Management)

Songs

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    1
    Children  (03:12)
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    2
    Ambling Alp
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    3
    Madder Red
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    4
    I Remember
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    5
    O.N.E.
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    6
    Love Me Girl
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    7
    Rome
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    8
    Strange Reunions
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    9
    Mondegreen
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    10
    Grizelda

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