''Fragrant World'' is the third studio album by American
psychedelic pop band
Yeasayer, released on August 21, 2012, on
Secretly Canadian.
Critical reception
The album has received a provisional score of 71 from
Metacritic indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on the reviews of 44 critics.
Track listing
Personnel
Yeasayer
*Chris Keating – lead vocals
(''1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8'' and ''11''), backing vocals
(''3, 5, 9'' and ''10''), Maschine synth
(''1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10'' and ''11''), drum programming
(''2, 3, 4, 6'' and ''8''), synthesizer
(''2, 4, 5'' and ''8'') ,
Jupiter (''7'')
*Anand Wilder – lead vocals
(''3, 5, 9'' and ''10''), backing vocals
(''1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8'' and ''11''), guitar
(''1, 4, 8, 9'' and ''11''), piano
(''1''),
Nord
Nord, a word meaning "north" in several European languages, may refer to:
Acronyms
* National Organization for Rare Disorders, an American nonprofit organization
* New Orleans Recreation Department, New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Film and televisi ...
(''1''),
Juno 106 (''3, 4, 9'' and ''10''),
Jupiter MKS-80 (''3''),
Korg MS-20 (3), Farfisa
(''3''),
Boss
Boss may refer to:
Occupations
* Supervisor, often referred to as boss
* Air boss, more formally, air officer, the person in charge of aircraft operations on an aircraft carrier
* Crime boss, the head of a criminal organization
* Fire boss, a ...
Supershifter
(''3''), organ
(''4''), cello
(''5''), drum programming
(''5''), Electribe
(''6''), synthesizer
(''6''), trident piano
(''7''),
ARP Omni 2 (''7''),
talk box (''8''),
celeste
Celeste may refer to:
Geography
* Mount Celeste, unofficial name of a mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
* Celeste, Texas, a rural city in North Texas
** Celeste High School, public high school located in the city of Celeste, ...
(''9''), 12-string guitar
(''10''),
Rhodes (''10''),
mellotron
The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which pushes a length of magnetic tape against a capstan, which pulls it across a playback head. A ...
(''10'')
*Ira Wolf Tuton –
J bass (''2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10'' and ''11''), backing vocals
(''1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9'' and ''10''),
melodyne vocals (''1''),
Omnisphere (''9'' and ''10''), Harmonic Octave Generator
(''4''),
Roland SH-2 (''5''), bass synthesizer
(''6''),
Roland SH-101 (''7''), ARP 2600
(''7''), tambourine
(''7''),
Moog Murf (''9''), piano
(''10'')
Additional musicians
*Jason Trammell – drums
(''2, 4'' and ''7''), percussion
(''6''),
MPC (''11'')
*Ahmed Gallab – percussion
(''6'')
*
Brian McOmber – drums
(''2, 4'' and ''9''), percussion
(''9'')
*
Dan Carey –
MPC (''3'' and ''5'')
*Al Carlson –
melodyne (''4''), saxophone
(''10'')
*
Kishi Bashi
Kaoru Ishibashi (born November 4, 1975), who performs as Kishi Bashi, is an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter currently based in Athens, Georgia. He was a founding member of Jupiter One and, for a few years, was a member of t ...
– strings
(''2'')
*
"Delicate" Steve Marion – guitar
(''3'')
*
Elliot Bergman
Elliot (also spelled Eliot, Elliotte, Elliott, Eliott and Elyot) is a personal name which can serve as either a surname or a given name. Although the given name has historically been given to males, females have increasingly been given the name ...
–
kalimba (''5'')
Recording personnel
*Yeasayer – producer
*Al Carlson – recording
*Abe Seiferth – additional recording
*Alexis Smith – engineer
*Dan Carey – mixing
Artwork
*Ana Maria Lucaciu – modeling
*Jason Nocito – photography
*Other Means – design
Charts
References
2012 albums
Yeasayer albums
Secretly Canadian albums
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