Wikipedia

Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune

Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune is a studio album by Swamp Dogg. It was released via Joyful Noise Recordings on September 7, 2018.[1] It peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart,[2] as well as number 28 on the Independent Albums chart.[3]

Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune
Studio album by
Swamp Dogg
ReleasedSeptember 7, 2018 (2018-09-07)
Genre
Length35:56
LabelJoyful Noise Recordings
Producer
Swamp Dogg chronology
The White Man Made Me Do It
(2014) 		Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune
(2018) 		Sorry You Couldn't Make It
(2020)

Production

edit

The album was inspired by Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak.[4] After Swamp Dogg and MoogStar recorded a rough version of the album, Ryan Olson and Justin Vernon spent several years "refining, fine-tuning, and deconstructing" these recordings.[5] The album includes the cover versions of "Answer Me, My Love"[6] and "Star Dust".[7] In a 2018 interview with Los Angeles Times, Swamp Dogg said, "It's the best thing I've done since the '70s."[8]

Music videos

edit

Music videos were created for "I'll Pretend",[9] "Lonely",[10] "Sex with Your Ex",[11] and "Star Dust".[12]

Critical reception

edit
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[13]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [14]
Pitchfork7.3/10[15]
PopMatters          [16]
Rolling Stone     [17]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 74, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[13]

Mark Deming of AllMusic wrote, "with Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune, Swamp Dogg takes a very deep dive into the electronic side of contemporary pop, hip-hop, and R&B, and he predictably pushes it to the wall."[14] Elias Leight of Rolling Stone wrote, "On Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune's best songs, [Ryan] Olson's synth-heavy backdrops evoke the late Eighties, landing somewhere between early Chicago house music and twitchy hip-hop."[17] Jon Pareles of The New York Times commented that "Swamp Dogg sets off into a bizarre, unsettled realm of computer-manipulated vocals and surreal, anything-can-happen electronic backdrops."[18] Stephen M. Deusner of Pitchfork wrote, "The experiment succeeds because Swamp Dogg delivers on all three aspects of his album title: the ecstasies of love, the misery of loss, and the way Auto-Tune can be used to magnify those feelings."[15]

Mojo placed it at number 56 on the "Top 75 Albums of 2018" list.[19]

Track listing

edit
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Answer Me, My Love"
2:53
2."Lonely"
MoogStar2:38
3."I'll Pretend" (featuring Guitar Shorty and Justin Vernon)
  • Jerry Williams Jr.
  • Larry Clemon
  • Delayne Stegall
  • Wayne H. Stegall
MoogStar4:24
4."I'm Coming with Lovin' on My Mind"Jerry Williams Jr.
4:05
5."$$$ Huntin'"
  • Jerry Williams Jr.
  • Larry Clemon
  • Bob Jones
  • MoogStar
  • Psymun
  • Andrew Broder
5:30
6."I Love Me More"
  • Jerry Williams Jr.
  • Larry Clemon
  • Bob Jones
MoogStar4:31
7."Sex with Your Ex"
  • Jerry Williams Jr.
  • Larry Clemon
  • Bob Jones
  • Beverly Green
  • MoogStar
  • Andrew Broder
  • Trever Hagen
4:31
8."She's All Mind All Mind"
  • Jerry Williams Jr.
  • Larry Clemon
  • MoogStar
  • Taskforce
4:32
9."Star Dust"
MoogStar3:48
Total length:35:56

Personnel

edit

Credits adapted from liner notes.[20]

  • Swamp Dogg – vocals, keyboards (1)
  • MoogStar – production, vocals (1)
  • Andrew Broder – production (1, 5, 7)
  • Justin Vernon – messina (1–8), vocals (3), keyboards (4)
  • Romain Bly – French horn (1, 7), arrangement (1, 7, 9)
  • Alistair Sung – cello (1, 7, 9)
  • Thora Margret Sveinsdottir – viola (1, 7, 9)
  • Shelley Soerensen – violin (1, 7)
  • Marlies van Gangelen – oboe (1, 7)
  • Maaike van der Linde – flute (1, 7)
  • Taskforce – production (1, 8)
  • Amire Johnson – keyboards (1)
  • Brian Nichols – keyboards (2, 5, 6)
  • Erik Andersen – keyboards (2, 5)
  • Lazerbeak – boom bap (2, 5)
  • Jake Hanson – guitar (2, 6)
  • Charles Hayes – saxophone (2, 8)
  • Chris Bierden – bass guitar (2, 9)
  • Ryan Olson – keyboard bass (3), bass guitar (6), piano (9)
  • Bobby Raps – snare (3), handclap (7)
  • Guitar Shorty – guitar (3), headphone bleed (3)
  • Seth Rosetter – deep noise (3)
  • Psymun – production (4, 5)
  • Sen 09 – production (4)
  • Elliot Kozel – keyboards (4)
  • Morgan Whirledge – keyboards (4)
  • Isaac Gale – bass guitar (4)
  • V*agra – shaker (4)
  • Chris Eagan – drums (5)
  • Josh Berg – beat (6)
  • Trever Hagen – production (7)
  • Jeremy Ylvisaker – guitar (7)
  • Decarlo Jackson – bass guitar (7)
  • Mark McGee – shaker (7)
  • Drew Christopherson – hi-hat (9)
  • Andre de Ridder – violin (9)
  • Mayah Kadish – violin (9)
  • David McMurry – photography
  • Erik Madigan Heck – photography
  • David J. Woodruff – layout

Chart history

edit
Chart (2018) Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[21] 7
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[22] 28

References

edit
  1. ^ Reed, Ryan (June 7, 2018). "Cult Soul Singer Swamp Dogg Previews New LP with Eerie Bon Iver Duet". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "Heatseekers Albums: The week of September 22, 2018". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 21, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "Independent Albums: The week of September 22, 2018". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 20, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  4. ^ Hight, Jewly (June 7, 2018). "Swamp Dogg's 'I'll Pretend' Digs Into Auto-Tune's Soul, Featuring Justin Vernon". NPR. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  5. ^ Bernstein, Jonathan (September 6, 2018). "Inside Swamp Dogg's Existential Soul Opus". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  6. ^ Legaspi, Althea (July 18, 2018). "Hear Swamp Dogg's New Rendition of Classic Song 'Answer Me, My Love'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  7. ^ Madden, Michael (November 12, 2018). "The week's best concerts: Nov. 12-15". City Pages. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  8. ^ Wood, Mikael (September 6, 2018). "Swamp Dogg says nobody bought his last album. So he took a chance with his new one". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  9. ^ "Swamp Dogg - I'll Pretend [feat. Bon Iver & Guitar Shorty] (Official Video)". YouTube. June 7, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  10. ^ "Swamp Dogg - Lonely (Official Video)". YouTube. September 17, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  11. ^ "Swamp Dogg - Sex With Your Ex (Official Video)". YouTube. November 8, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  12. ^ "Swamp Dogg - Star Dust (Official Video)". YouTube. April 25, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  13. ^ a b "Love, Loss and Auto-Tune by Swamp Dogg". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  14. ^ a b Deming, Mark. "Love, Loss and Auto-Tune - Swamp Dogg". AllMusic. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  15. ^ a b Deusner, Stephen M. (September 10, 2018). "Swamp Dogg: Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  16. ^ Horowitz, Steve (September 7, 2018). "Swamp Dogg Sings About 'Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune'". PopMatters. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  17. ^ a b Leight, Elias (September 7, 2018). "Review: Swamp Dogg Sinks His Teeth Into Some Eighties Grooves on 'Love, Loss and Auto-Tune'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  18. ^ Pareles, Jon (September 5, 2018). "Justin Vernon Joins Swamp Dogg and Big Red Machine to Wrestle With Love and Death". The New York Times. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  19. ^ Sacher, Andrew (November 19, 2018). "MOJO's Top 75 Albums of 2018". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  20. ^ Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune (CD liner notes). Swamp Dogg. Joyful Noise Recordings. 2018. JNR269.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  21. ^ "Swamp Dogg Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
  22. ^ "Swamp Dogg Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
edit
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Love,_Loss,_and_Auto-Tune&oldid=1121665181"