Super Taranta!

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
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100 link
Review scores
Source	Rating
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.

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

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
3. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Gogol Bordello – Super Taranta!". Hung Medien.
4. ↑ "Gogol Bordello: Super Taranta!" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
5. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Gogol Bordello – Super Taranta!". Hung Medien.
6. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Gogol Bordello – Super Taranta!". Hung Medien.
7. ↑ "{{{date}}} Top 40 UK Albums Archive". Official Charts Company.
8. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Gogol Bordello – Super Taranta!" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
9. ↑ "Gogol Bordello – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Gogol Bordello.