Super Taranta!

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Super Taranta!
Studio album by Gogol Bordello
Released July 10, 2007
Genre Gypsy punk
Length 62:44
Label Side One Dummy
Producer Victor Van Vugt/Gogol Bordello
Gogol Bordello chronology

Gypsy Punks Underdog World Strike
(2005)
Super Taranta!
(2007)
Trans-Continental Hustle
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic link
Pitchfork Media 5.2/10 link
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Robert Christgau A+ link
Rolling Stone link

Super Taranta! is the fourth album by gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello released on the July 10, 2007 on SideOneDummy records. This album was #14 on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.[1] "Ultimate" was #82 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.[2]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Eugene Hütz, all music 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

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

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"

Charts

Norway #26; Finland #38; Sweden #52; Italy #67; UK #67; Netherlands #99; US #115.

References

  1. ROBERT CHRISTGAU, DAVID FRICKE, CHRISTIAN HOARD, ROB SHEFFIELD (December 17, 2007). "The Top 50 Albums of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-20
  2. No byline (December 11, 2007). "The 100 Best Songs of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-21
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