Alopecia (album) explained
| Alopecia |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Why? |
| Cover: | Alopecia why.jpg |
| Recorded: | 2007 |
| Genre: | Indie pop |
| Label: | Anticon |
| Prev Title: | Rubber Traits EP |
| Prev Year: | 2005 |
| Next Title: | Almost Live from Eli's Live Room |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
Alopecia is the third studio album by American band Why?. It was released by Anticon on March 11, 2008.[1]
Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Alopecia received an average score of 76% based on 21 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Pitchfork placed "Fatalist Palmistry" at number 94 on the "100 Best Tracks of 2008" list.[2]
Sampling
"The Fall of Mr. Fifths" samples dialogue spoken by Will Oldham in the film Old Joy.[3]
Personnel
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.
- Yoni Wolf – music, production, mixing, artwork
- Josiah Wolf – music, production, mixing
- Doug McDiarmid – music
- Andrew Broder – music
- Mark Erickson – music
- Doseone – additional contributions
- Jel – additional contributions
- Odd Nosdam – additional contributions
- Nedelle Torrisi – additional contributions
- Paul Flynn – additional contributions
- Liz Hodson – additional contributions
- Andrew McDiarmid – additional contributions
- Deborah Ranker – additional contributions
- Jeremy Ylvisaker – additional contributions
- Dee Kesler – additional contributions, mixing
- Tom Herbers – recording
- Eli Crews – mixing
- Mike Wells – mastering
- Sam Flax Keener – layout
Notes and References
- Web site: Alopecia. Anticon. https://web.archive.org/web/20150327180447/http://www.anticon.com/item/alopecia. March 27, 2015. July 20, 2018.
- Web site: The 100 Best Tracks of 2008 (page 1 of 11). Pitchfork. December 15, 2008. July 22, 2018.
- News: Dogme . Ultra . "The conversation goes where it goes": An Interview with Yoni Wolf (of WHY?) . 23 June 2021 . ULTRA DOGME . 2018-09-12 . en.
