Dirty Projectors (album)

Dirty Projectors is the self-titled seventh studio album by American experimental rock group Dirty Projectors, which was released on Domino Records on February 21, 2017.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The A.V. Club	B+^[3]
Entertainment Weekly	A−^[4]
The Guardian	^[5]
The Independent	^[6]
The Observer	^[7]
Pitchfork	7.8/10^[8]
Q	^[9]
Rolling Stone	^[10]
Uncut	9/10^[11]

Dirty Projectors received positive reviews from music critics, holding a rating of 79 out of 100 on the review aggregator website Metacritic.^[1]

In a negative review for Tiny Mix Tapes, Samuel Goldner said "[The] disconnect between Dirty Projectors's pop tendencies with its "art" signaling is what ultimately stains the album with such a deep sense of confusion, making it difficult to parse who exactly this music is written for, if not people who are already fans of Dirty Projectors."^[12]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Keep Your Name"	David Longstreth	Longstreth Tyondai Braxton	Longstreth Braxton^[a]	4:30
2.	"Death Spiral"	Longstreth	Longstreth Braxton Bernard Hermann	Longstreth Braxton^[a]	5:08
3.	"Up in Hudson"	Longstreth Ewan MacColl	Longstreth MacColl David Ginyard Braxton	Longstreth Braxton^[a]	7:31
4.	"Work Together"	Longstreth	Longstreth	Longstreth	4:24
5.	"Little Bubble"	Longstreth Teresa Eggers	Longstreth	Longstreth	5:05
6.	"Winner Take Nothing"	Longstreth	Longstreth	Longstreth	4:49
7.	"Ascent Through Clouds"	Longstreth	Longstreth Braxton Ryan Beppel	Longstreth Braxton^[a]	6:56
8.	"Cool Your Heart" (featuring Dawn Richard)	Longstreth Solange Knowles	Longstreth Knowles Braxton	Longstreth Braxton^[a]	3:49
9.	"I See You"	Longstreth	Longstreth Elon Rutberg	Longstreth	6:05
Total length:					48:14

iTunes bonus track^[13]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Producer(s)	Length
10.	"Little Bubble" (edit)	Longstreth Eggers	Longstreth	Longstreth	3:28

Sample credits

^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer.
"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

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)
Tyondai Braxton – modular synth (tracks 1–3, 7, 8)
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)
Rob Moose – violin (tracks 4, 5, 7, 9)
Francisco Javier Paredes – bongos (track 8)
Mauro Refosco – percussion (tracks 1–4, 6, 8, 9), marimba (track 6)
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)
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)
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)
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

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[14]	84

References

1 2 "Reviews for Dirty Projectors by Dirty Projectors". Metacritic. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
↑ Deming, Mark. "Dirty Projectors – Dirty Projectors". AllMusic. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
↑ Cosores, Philip (February 24, 2017). "Breakups are exhausting and inspiring on Dirty Projectors". The A.V. Club. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
↑ Brown, Eric Renner (February 24, 2017). "Dirty Projectors' Dirty Projectors: EW Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
↑ Mumford, Gwilym (February 23, 2017). "Dirty Projectors: Dirty Projectors review – deliciously caustic breakup album". The Guardian. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
↑ Gill, Andy (February 22, 2017). "Album reviews: Sleaford Mods – English Tapas, Stormzy – Gang Signs & Prayer, Thundercat – Drunk, and more". The Independent. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
↑ Empire, Kitty (February 19, 2017). "Dirty Projectors: Dirty Projectors review – spectacular sonic fallout". The Observer. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
↑ Sodomsky, Sam (February 24, 2017). "Dirty Projectors: Dirty Projectors". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
↑ Segal, Victoria (April 2017). "Dirty Projectors: Dirty Projectors". Q (370): 111.
↑ Hermes, Will (February 24, 2017). "Review: Dirty Projectors Turn Heartbreak Into Arty Bliss on Self-Titled LP". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
↑ Thomson, Graeme (February 27, 2017). "Dirty Projectors – Dirty Projectors". Uncut. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
↑ Goldner, Samuel. "Dirty Projectors – Dirty Projectors". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
↑ "Dirty Projectors by Dirty Projectors". iTunes. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Dirty Projectors – Dirty Projectors" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 4, 2017.

Dirty Projectors
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