Tommy (Dosh album)

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Tommy
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 13, 2010 (2010-04-13) [1]
Genre Post-rock, instrumental hip hop [2]
Length43:57
Label Anticon
Dosh chronology
Wolves and Wishes
(2008)
Tommy
(2010)
Milk Money
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The A.V. Club A− [5]
Cokemachineglow 78/100 [6]
Pitchfork 6.9/10 [7]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
URB Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Tommy is the fifth solo studio album by American multi-insturmentalist Dosh. It was released on Anticon on April 13, 2010. [1]

Contents

Andrew Bird contributed vocals on "Number 41" and "Nevermet". [11] "Airlift" contains a sample of Dosh and his friend covering "Run Like Hell" by Pink Floyd. [1] The album is named after and dedicated to Tom Cesario. [1]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76% based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [3]

Zach Cole of URB gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "Dosh's focus on Tommy falls on the elegance of the music first and foremost, and the tracks evoke warmth as they evolve in sequence." [10] He added, "Dosh pays particular attention to the delicate balance of the instruments on each track, making sure that no one sound overpowers another." [10] M. R. Newmark of PopMatters gave the album 7 stars out of 10, saying: "This is Dosh taking a step back, slowing down, freaking out a little (check the snarling ending of album finale 'Gare de Lyon'), and making the most personal music of his career." [8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Martin Dosh, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Subtractions"4:18
2."Yer Face"3:22
3."Number 41" (Dosh, Andrew Bird)3:04
4."Town Mouse"3:09
5."Loud" (Mike Lewis)3:31
6."Airlift"3:58
7."Country Road X" (Dosh, Ryan Francesconi)5:05
8."Call the Kettle"5:38
9."Nevermet" (Dosh, Bird)3:23
10."Gare de Lyon" (Dosh, Andrew Broder, Everest, Bryan Olson)8:29

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Tommy". Anticon . Archived from the original on June 23, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  2. Segal, Dave (May 6, 2010). "Data Breaker". The Stranger . Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Tommy by Dosh". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  4. J. Poet. "Tommy - Dosh". AllMusic . Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  5. Gordon, Scott (April 13, 2010). "Dosh: Tommy". The A.V. Club . Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  6. Marsh, Calum (May 8, 2010). "Dosh: Tommy". Cokemachineglow . Archived from the original on May 13, 2012. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  7. Fitzmaurice, Larry (April 9, 2010). "Dosh: Tommy". Pitchfork . Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  8. 1 2 Newmark, M. R. (April 13, 2010). "Dosh: Tommy". PopMatters . Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  9. Hamilton, Billy (March 29, 2010). "Dosh - Tommy". The Skinny . Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  10. 1 2 3 Cole, Zach (April 13, 2010). "Dosh – Tommy (Review)". URB . Archived from the original on April 16, 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  11. Cosores, Philip (February 25, 2010). "Dosh to blow minds with album, tour". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved July 1, 2018.

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