Tommy (Dosh album)

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Tommy
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Studio album by Dosh
Released April 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]

Martin Chavez Dosh, better known mononymously as Dosh, is a multi-instrumentalist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Anticon record label

Anticon is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1998 by seven musicians and manager Baillie Parker. It is now collectively owned among six musicians, co-founder Parker, and manager Shaun Koplow. The original musicians signed to Anticon were once referred to as the Anticon collective.

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]

Andrew Bird American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist

Andrew Wegman Bird is an American indie rock multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. He was a member of the bands Squirrel Nut Zippers and Bowl of Fire before pursuing a solo career. His main instrument is violin, but he also plays guitar and glockenspiel and is an expert whistler. He wrote and performed "The Whistling Caruso" for The Muppets movie and composed the score for the television series Baskets.

Run Like Hell song by Pink Floyd

"Run Like Hell" is a song by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, written by David Gilmour and Roger Waters. It appears on the album The Wall. It was released as a single in 1980, reaching #15 in the Canadian singles chart as well as #18 in Sweden, but only reached #53 in the U.S. A 12" single of "Run Like Hell," "Don't Leave Me Now" and "Another Brick in the Wall " peaked at #57 on the Disco Top 100 chart in the U.S.

Pink Floyd English rock band

Pink Floyd were an English rock band formed in London in 1965. They achieved international acclaim with their progressive and psychedelic music. Distinguished by their philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, extended compositions, and elaborate live shows, they are one of the most commercially successful and influential groups in popular music history.

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]

Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of media products: films, TV shows, music albums, video games, and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged. Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc Doyle, and Julie Doyle Roberts in 1999. The site provides an excerpt from each review and hyperlinks to its source. A color of green, yellow or red summarizes the critics' recommendations. It has been described as the video game industry's "premier" review aggregator.

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]

PopMatters is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers many aspects of popular culture. PopMatters publishes reviews, interviews, and detailed essays on most cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, films, books, video games, comics, sports, theater, visual arts, travel, and the Internet.

Track listing

All tracks 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.

Mike Lewis is a saxophonist and bassist from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is a founding member of and plays saxophone in contemporary jazz groups Happy Apple and Fat Kid Wednesdays. He also plays electric bass in Alpha Consumer and Redstart.

Jeremy Ylvisaker is a multi-instrumentalist from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is a member of the indie rock bands Alpha Consumer and The Cloak Ox.

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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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