Swim (Caribou album)

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Swim
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Studio album by
Caribou
ReleasedApril 20, 2010 (2010-04-20)
Studio
Genre
Length43:17
Label
Producer Dan Snaith
Caribou chronology
Andorra
(2007)		Swim
(2010)		 Jiaolong
(2012)
Singles from Swim
  1. "Odessa"
    Released: January 25, 2010 (2010-01-25)

Swim is the fifth studio album by Canadian musician Dan Snaith, released under the moniker Caribou on April 20, 2010, by City Slang and Merge. It is his third album credited under Caribou and deviated from the psychedelic pop of his recent work and toward dance music. The album straddles between more cerebral electronic music and more danceable electronic music. [1]

Contents

Swim continued the critical success set by Snaith and was critically acclaimed upon its release, later making several publications' year-end best album lists. It was recognized as one of "The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far" by Pitchfork in August 2014. [2]

Swim Remixes, a compilation of remixes from the album, was released in 2010 by Merge Records and features remixes by artists such as Junior Boys, Fuck Buttons, and Nite Jewel.

Background

Swim was, according to Snaith, "pretty much me getting up every day and wanting to work on music. Working constantly on it. Making loads and loads and loads of music and then just sifting through to find the bits that I like". [3] Playing more DJ gigs, such as those at London's Plastic People, influenced the musician to embrace dance music and a greater range of frequencies in his music, which led to the formulation of Swim. Nevertheless, about 700 songs, some unfinished, did not make it onto the album. [4]

"Jamelia" features vocals by Luke Lalonde of Born Ruffians. [5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.1/10 [6]
Metacritic 83/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The A.V. Club A− [9]
The Daily Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
NME 8/10 [13]
Pitchfork 8.4/10 [14]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [15]
Spin 8/10 [16]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [17]

Swim received acclaim from critics, being assigned a Metascore of 83 by Metacritic. It was a shortlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize, [18] and was named the Best Album of 2010 by Resident Advisor . [19] The album also won the Juno Award in 2010 for Best Electronic Album of the Year and was awarded the second spot in Exclaim!'s 2010 Electronic Year in Review. Daniel Sylvester of Exclaim! praised the organic nature of the album, claiming "Caribou will be remembered for Swim." [20]

As of 2011, it has sold 33,803 copies in US. [21] As of 2015 it has sold 175,000 copies worldwide according to Independent Music Companies Association. [22]

Publications ranking Swim on their end-of-year lists included:

The first track on the album, "Odessa", was featured in a commercial for the automobile manufacturer Acura, the football video game by EA Sports, FIFA 11 , as well as in a 2011 Lexus CT 200h commercial, and a 2012 Tissot commercial for watches. [23]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dan Snaith

No.TitleLength
1."Odessa"5:15
2."Sun"5:44
3."Kaili"4:41
4."Found Out"3:18
5."Bowls"6:20
6."Leave House"5:11
7."Hannibal"6:14
8."Lalibela"2:25
9."Jamelia"3:58
Total length:43:17

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [24] 94
French Albums (SNEP) [25] 177
UK Albums (OCC) [26] 54
US Billboard 200 [27] 97
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [28] 14
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [29] 18
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [30] 31

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