Caribou / Our Love
Artist Caribou
Album Title: Our Love
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Primary Genre Electronic
Format Vinyl 180 gm Half Speed Mastered
Released 10/07/2014
Label Merge Records
Catalog No MRG488
Bar Code No 6 73855 04881 9
Packaging LP Sleeve
Tracks
A1. Can't Do Without You (3:56)
A2. Silver (5:16)
A3. All I Ever Need (3:52)
A4. Our Love (5:34)
A5. Dive (2:06)
B1. Second Chance (4:00)
B2. Julia Brightly (2:03)
B3. Mars (5:45)
B4. Back Home (3:33)
B5. Your Love Will Set You Free (5:47)
Date Acquired 09/18/2017
Personal Rating
Acquired from F.Y.E. Burnsville Center
Purchase Price 9.94

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Notes

Vinyl cut at half speed (half-speed mastered)
180-gram vinyl
Comes with a download code
Track durations not mentioned on the release
For Zola
Thanks to Nitasha, Kieran, Jessy, Owen, David, Nigel, Brad, John, Ryan, City Slang and Merge
Design – Matthew Cooper
Lacquer Cut By – Matt*
Mastered By – Bo Kondren
Mixed By – David Wrench
Photography, Art Direction, Design – Jason Evans
Violin, Written-By – Owen Pallett (tracks: A2 to A4, B5)
Written-By, Producer – Dan Snaith
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Merge Records
Copyright (c) – Merge Records
Lacquer Cut At – Alchemy Mastering
Published By – BMG Chrysalis
Published By – Hyperdub Publishing
Published By – Open Wallett
Mixed At – Wack Formula
Mastered At – Calyx Mastering

Reviews
AllMusic Review by Fred Thomas:

Electronic artist Dan Snaith, working as Caribou, produced brilliantly abstract albums for more than a decade, moving from the glitchy weirdness of his 2001 debut, Start Breaking My Heart, into more delicate mergers of organic sounds and electronic production, with his 2007 standout album Andorra and its more psychedelic follow-up Swim in 2010. The move toward the dancefloor that was hinted at on Swim is brought into full focus on sixth full-length Our Love, a collection of ten powerful grooves that still manage a bit of Snaith's trademark psychedelic production. The underwater-sounding loop of electric piano and slowed-down vocals that begins album opener "Can't Do Without You" lingers for a while in a soft, welcoming way, setting the tone for a good minute and a half before the song's beat drops, offering the most good-natured take on a house track imaginable. Covered in aquatic phaser effects, the song builds to anthemic heights before settling back into softness for the end. Snaith's falsetto vocals throughout the album seem to find the middleground between James Blake's moody mysteriousness and Arthur Russell's curious wonderment. Standout tracks like "Silver," or the lovely title track, find Snaith's airy vocals floating atop a web of steadfast beats and murky vocal samples. Unexpected snippets of string samples, '80s-sounding electronic percussion, and disconnected voices come in and out of the picture, with songs seamlessly blooming from blurry bedroom productions into full definition dance tracks. Snaith's ear for pop hooks keeps even the harder-edged tunes here catchy, as with the hypnotic but ever melodic forward push of "Your Love Will Set You Free." All told, Our Love stands as the most straightforwardly danceable Caribou album to date, but holds on to both the experimental bent and composition-minded musicality that helped build the project's one-of-a-kind sound world.

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