Mi Media Naranja

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Mi Media Naranja
Labradford - Mi media naranja.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 13, 1997 (1997-10-13)
StudioSound of Music Recording Studios (Richmond, Virginia)
Genre Post-rock [1]
Length43:13
Label
Producer Claire Lewis
Labradford chronology
Labradford
(1996)
Mi Media Naranja
(1997)
E Luxo So
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
NME 8/10 [3]
Pitchfork 8.9/10 [4]

Mi Media Naranja ("My Better Half" in Spanish) is the fourth studio album by American post-rock band Labradford. It was released on October 13, 1997 by Blast First and on November 19, 1997 by Kranky. [5] [6]

Contents

In 2016, Fact placed Mi Media Naranja at number eight on its list of the best post-rock albums of all time. [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Carter Brown, Robert Donne and Mark Nelson.

No.TitleLength
1."S"6:19
2."G"4:00
3."WR"5:50
4."C"6:23
5."I"4:59
6."V"6:24
7."P"9:18

Personnel

Adapted from the Mi Media Naranja liner notes. [7]

Labradford

Additional musicians

Production and design

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1997 Kranky CD, LP krank 023
United Kingdom Blast First BFFP 144

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References

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  7. Mi media naranja (booklet). Labradford. Chicago, Illinois: Kranky. 1997.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)