The Expanding Flower Planet

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The Expanding Flower Planet
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Studio album by
Deradoorian
ReleasedAugust 21, 2015 (2015-08-21)
Genre
Length46:16
Label Anticon
Producer
Deradoorian chronology
Mind Raft
(2009)		The Expanding Flower Planet
(2015)		 Eternal Recurrence
(2017)

The Expanding Flower Planet is the first studio album by Deradoorian, a former member of Dirty Projectors. [1] It was released on Anticon on August 21, 2015. [2] Co-produced with Kenny Gilmore, it features contributions from Jeremy Hyman, Michael Lockwood, Niki Randa, and Arlene Deradoorian. [3] The title of the album comes from a Chinese mandala tapestry that hung in Deradoorian's studio. [4]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The A.V. Club B [7]
Consequence of Sound B− [8]
Exclaim! 8/10 [9]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Pitchfork 8.0/10 [4]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Spin 6/10 [14]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, The Expanding Flower Planet received an average score of 78, based on 17 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [5]

Alex McCown of The A.V. Club gave the album a grade of B, saying, "Despite most songs consisting of little more than a simple drum beat, bass, and some synths buffeting Deradoorian's soaring and layered vocal tracks, it wouldn't be accurate to call the arrangements spare." [7] Daniel Sylester of Exclaim! gave the album an 8 out of 10 and said, "On The Expanding Flower Planet, Deradoorian melds atmospheric dance beats with world music melodies, crafting a sound reminiscent of early Sinéad O'Connor." [9]

Daniel Paton of MusicOMH gave the album 4 stars out of 5 and said, "Deradoorian has demonstrated here that she is a confident, mature and distinctive artist." [11] John Paul of PopMatters gave the album 8 stars out of 10 and called it "a confident declaration of independence from a vital artist operating at the top of her creative game." [12]

The Skinny placed it at number 47 on the "50 Best Albums of 2015" list. [15]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."A Beautiful Woman"3:31
2."Expanding Flower Planet"4:26
3."Violet Minded"5:33
4."Komodo"4:38
5."Your Creator"5:40
6."The Invisible Man"4:54
7."Dark Lord"2:56
8."Ouneya"4:58
9."The Eye"3:36
10."Grow"6:04
Total length:46:16

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

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