Super Taranta!

Super Taranta!
Studio album by Gogol Bordello
Released	July 10, 2007
Genre	Folk punk, Punk rock, Gypsy punk, Dub music
Length	62:44
Label	SideOneDummy
Producer	Victor Van Vugt, Gogol Bordello
Gogol Bordello chronology
Gypsy Punks Underdog World Strike (2005) Super Taranta! (2007) Trans-Continental Hustle (2010)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100 link
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Pitchfork Media	5.2/10 link
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Robert Christgau	A+ link
Rolling Stone	link

Super Taranta! is the fourth album by Gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello. It was released on July 10, 2007 by SideOneDummy Records, produced by the band and Victor Van Vugt. The album charted in several countries, including reaching #67 in the UK and #115 on the US Billboard 200. "Wonderlust King" was released as the album's only single, in August 2007.

Reception

The album was ranked #14 on Rolling Stone 's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007, ^[1] and the track "Ultimate" was #82 on the magazine's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. ^[2]

Super Taranta! has a score of 80/100 on the review aggregator Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews". ^[3] Music critic Robert Christgau gave the album an A+ rating, calling Gogol Bordello "the world's most visionary band". ^[4]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Eugene Hütz; all music is composed by Eugene Hütz and Gogol Bordello

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ultimate"	3:29
2.	"Wonderlust King"	3:58
3.	"Zina-Marina"	4:19
4.	"Supertheory of Supereverything"	2:56
5.	"Harem in Tuscany (Taranta)"	3:33
6.	"Dub the Frequencies of Love"	6:15
7.	"My Strange Uncles from Abroad"	5:19
8.	"Tribal Connection"	5:05
9.	"Forces of Victory"	5:23
10.	"Alcohol"	4:54
11.	"Suddenly... (I Miss Carpaty)"	5:36
12.	"Your Country"	4:15
13.	"American Wedding"	3:38
14.	"Super Taranta!"	6:44

iTunes Bonus Track

No.	Title	Length
15.	"Masha"	2:56

Production

• Produced by Victor Van Vugt and Gogol Bordello
• Recorded by Victor Van Vugt 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 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, acoustic guitar, percussion, fire buckets
• Eliot Ferguson – drums, backing vocals
• Thomas "Tommy T" Gobena – bass, backing vocals
• Oren Kaplan – guitar, backing vocals
• Sergey Ryabtsev – violin, backing vocals
• Yuri Lemeshev – accordion, backing vocals
• Pasha – accordion, backing vocals
• Pamela Jintana Racine – percussion, backing vocals
• Elizabeth Sun – percussion, backing vocals

Guests

• Pedro Erazo – additional vocals on "Forces of Victory"
• Piroshka Rac – additional vocals on "Suddenly... (I Miss Carpaty)"
• Slavic Soul Party – brass on "Zina-Marina" and "American Wedding"
  • Ben Holmes – truba
  • John Carlson – truba
  • Jacob Garchik – baritone truba
  • Curtis Hasselbring – trombone
  • Matt Moran – bubanj

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [5]	26
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [6]	38
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [7]	52
Italian Albums (FIMI) [8]	67
UK Albums (OCC) [9]	67
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [10]	99
US Billboard 200 [11]	115

In popular culture

"American Wedding" is heard at the end of the Fargo episode "The Principle of Restricted Choice".

The song is played in a sequence from animated superhero TV series Creature Commandos detailing the origins of character Doctor Phosphorus.

References

1. ROBERT CHRISTGAU, DAVID FRICKE, CHRISTIAN HOARD, ROB SHEFFIELD (December 17, 2007). "The Top 50 Albums of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-20
2. No byline (December 11, 2007). "The 100 Best Songs of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-21
3. Super Taranta! by Gogol Bordello , retrieved 2021-03-19
4. "Robert Christgau: CG: Gogol Bordello". www.robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
5. "Norwegiancharts.com – Gogol Bordello – Super Taranta!". Hung Medien.
6. "Gogol Bordello: Super Taranta!" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
7. "Swedishcharts.com – Gogol Bordello – Super Taranta!". Hung Medien.
8. "Italiancharts.com – Gogol Bordello – Super Taranta!". Hung Medien.
9. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
10. "Dutchcharts.nl – Gogol Bordello – Super Taranta!" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
11. "Gogol Bordello Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.