''Super Taranta!'' is the fourth album by
Gypsy punk
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band
Gogol Bordello. It was released on July 10, 2007 by
SideOneDummy Records, produced by the band and
Victor Van Vugt
Victor Van Vugt is a record producer, music producer, mixer and audio engineer, engineer.
An Australian based in Berlin, he has had a long association with the careers of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Beth Orton.
He has also worked with P.J ...
. The album charted in several countries, including reaching #67 in the UK and #115 on the US
Billboard 200
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. "
Wonderlust King" was released as the album's only single, in August 2007.
Reception
The album was ranked #14 on ''
Rolling Stone
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The magazine was first known fo ...
''s list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007, and the track "Ultimate" was #82 on the magazine's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.
''Super Taranta!'' has a score of 80/100 on the
review aggregator
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Metacritic
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, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Music critic
Robert Christgau
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gave the album an A+ rating, calling Gogol Bordello "the world's most visionary band".
Track listing
Production
*Produced by
Victor Van Vugt
Victor Van Vugt is a record producer, music producer, mixer and audio engineer, engineer.
An Australian based in Berlin, he has had a long association with the careers of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Beth Orton.
He has also worked with P.J ...
and
Gogol Bordello
*Recorded by
Victor Van Vugt
Victor Van Vugt is a record producer, music producer, mixer and audio engineer, engineer.
An Australian based in Berlin, he has had a long association with the careers of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Beth Orton.
He has also worked with P.J ...
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
Victor Van Vugt is a record producer, music producer, mixer and audio engineer, engineer.
An Australian based in Berlin, he has had a long association with the careers of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Beth Orton.
He has also worked with P.J ...
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
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,
acoustic guitar
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,
percussion
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,
fire buckets
*Eliot Ferguson –
drums
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,
backing vocals
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*
Thomas "Tommy T" Gobena –
bass
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,
backing vocals
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*Oren Kaplan –
guitar
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,
backing vocals
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*
Sergey Ryabtsev –
violin
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,
backing vocals
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*
Yuri Lemeshev –
accordion
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,
backing vocals
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*
Pasha
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–
accordion
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,
backing vocals
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*
Pamela Jintana Racine –
percussion
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,
backing vocals
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*
Elizabeth Sun –
percussion
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,
backing vocals
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Guests
*
Pedro Erazo – additional
vocals
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on "Forces of Victory"
*Piroshka Rac – additional
vocals
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on "Suddenly... (I Miss Carpaty)"
*Slavic Soul Party –
brass
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on "Zina-Marina" and "American Wedding"
**Ben Holmes –
truba
**John Carlson –
truba
**Jacob Garchik –
baritone truba
**Curtis Hasselbring –
trombone
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**Matt Moran –
bubanj
Charts
In popular culture
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Fargo'' episode "The Principle of Restricted Choice".
The song is played in a sequence from animated superhero TV series ''
Creature Commandos
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'' detailing the origins of character
Doctor Phosphorus
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Doctor ...
.
References
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2007 albums
Gogol Bordello albums
SideOneDummy Records albums
Albums produced by Victor Van Vugt
Albums recorded at Long View Farm