Visiter
| Visiter | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 18, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 59:00 | |||
| Label | Frenchkiss | |||
| Producer | John Askew | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 83/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[3] |
| Drowned in Sound | 8/10[4] |
| The Guardian | [5] |
| musicOMH | [6] |
| NME | 8/10[7] |
| Pitchfork | 8.5/10[8] |
| Q | [9] |
| Uncut | [10] |
| Under the Radar | 9/10[11] |
Visiter is the second album released by The Dodos. A special edition is being put together to include a DVD of live footage from the last show of their most recent tour.
In an April 2008 interview in the L.A. Record, band member Meric Long revealed the origin of the name of Visiter. "The reason it's misspelled is because it's from a drawing this kid gave us. We played a show for a bunch of kids in South Central L.A.—Dorsey High. A friend's sister [Barbara Lempel] is a special-ed teacher there, so we went down there to her class and we played for the kids and it was super fun. Then it came to the kids asking us questions and then one of the kids came up to us and he gave us a drawing with that written on it. The drawing is the cover actually of the album, and just—I dunno we liked it. Actually we used all of the drawings that the kids made in the artwork on the album. It was definitely a fun, interesting venture for us. We'd never played for kids before—we didn't know what to expect but they were clapping and dancing."
Track listing
[edit]All tracks written by The Dodos.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Walking" | 2:09 |
| 2. | "Red and Purple" | 4:40 |
| 3. | "Eyelids" | 0:59 |
| 4. | "Fools" | 4:43 |
| 5. | "Joe's Waltz" | 7:22 |
| 6. | "Winter" | 3:44 |
| 7. | "It's That Time Again" | 1:29 |
| 8. | "Paint the Rust" | 6:15 |
| 9. | "Park Song" | 2:49 |
| 10. | "Jodi" | 6:14 |
| 11. | "Ashley" | 4:04 |
| 12. | "The Season" | 6:15 |
| 13. | "Undeclared" | 1:53 |
| 14. | "God?" | 6:51 |
Personnel
[edit]Guests
[edit]- Laura Gibson - vocals on 1,5,11
- Cory Gray - trumpet on 6,14 and horn on 7
Credits
[edit]Recorded and mixed at Type Foundry Studios. All tracks mastered by Roger Seibel at SAE in Phoenix, AZ. Additional Vocals on various tracks by Laura Gibson
References
[edit]- ^ "Reviews for The Visiter by The Dodos". Metacritic. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ^ Phares, Heather. "Visiter - The Dodos | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
- ^ This is cerebral twisted folk that's as wistful as it is strident. [04 Apr 2008, p.63]
- ^ Porter, Bruce. "The Dodos - Visiter / Releases / Releases // Drowned In Sound". drownedinsound.com. Archived from the original on August 14, 2011. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
- ^ Sullivan, Caroline (July 18, 2008). "Folk CD: The Dodos, Visiter | Music | The Guardian". The Guardian. London: GMG. ISSN 0261-3077. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
- ^ McGonigle, David. "The Dodos - Visiter | album reviews | musicOMH". musicomh.com. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
- ^ Webb, Rob (July 11, 2008). "NME Album Reviews - The Dodos - NME.COM". nme.com. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
- ^ Pitchfork Media review
- ^ The Dodos are too uptight to freak-out totally and the clash between slacker lyricism and unpredictable acoustic outbursts lends an intriguingly split personality. [July 2008, p.101]
- ^ Visiter suggesting both a rhythm-centric Shins and a more hard-bitten Feelies. [Aug 2008, p.90]
- ^ A lyrical and musical knockout, spearheaded by the miraculous 'Fools,' Visiter could be one of the best albums of the year. [Spring 2008, p.82]
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