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Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune
Type:studio
Artist:Swamp Dogg
Cover:Love-loss--and-autotune-by-Swamp-Dogg.jpg
Label:Joyful Noise Recordings
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Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune is a studio album by Swamp Dogg. It was released via Joyful Noise Recordings on September 7, 2018.[1] It peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart,[2] as well as number 28 on the Independent Albums chart.[3]

Production

The album was inspired by Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak.[4] After Swamp Dogg and MoogStar recorded a rough version of the album, Ryan Olson and Justin Vernon spent several years "refining, fine-tuning, and deconstructing" these recordings.[5] The album includes the cover versions of "Answer Me, My Love"[6] and "Star Dust".[7] In a 2018 interview with Los Angeles Times, Swamp Dogg said, "It's the best thing I've done since the '70s."[8]

Music videos

Music videos were created for "I'll Pretend",[9] "Lonely",[10] "Sex with Your Ex",[11] and "Star Dust".[12]

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 74, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Mark Deming of AllMusic wrote, "with Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune, Swamp Dogg takes a very deep dive into the electronic side of contemporary pop, hip-hop, and R&B, and he predictably pushes it to the wall." Elias Leight of Rolling Stone wrote, "On Love, Loss, and Auto-Tunes best songs, [Ryan] Olson's synth-heavy backdrops evoke the late Eighties, landing somewhere between early Chicago house music and twitchy hip-hop." Jon Pareles of The New York Times commented that "Swamp Dogg sets off into a bizarre, unsettled realm of computer-manipulated vocals and surreal, anything-can-happen electronic backdrops."[13] Stephen M. Deusner of Pitchfork wrote, "The experiment succeeds because Swamp Dogg delivers on all three aspects of his album title: the ecstasies of love, the misery of loss, and the way Auto-Tune can be used to magnify those feelings."

Mojo placed it at number 56 on the "Top 75 Albums of 2018" list.[14]

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.[15]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Cult Soul Singer Swamp Dogg Previews New LP with Eerie Bon Iver Duet. Rolling Stone. Ryan. Reed. June 7, 2018. April 18, 2020.
  2. Heatseekers Albums: The week of September 22, 2018. Billboard. April 20, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20190621161304/https://www.billboard.com/charts/heatseekers-albums/2018-09-22. June 21, 2019. live.
  3. Independent Albums: The week of September 22, 2018. Billboard. April 20, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20190420012935/https://www.billboard.com/charts/independent-albums/2018-09-22. April 20, 2019. live.
  4. Web site: Swamp Dogg's 'I'll Pretend' Digs Into Auto-Tune's Soul, Featuring Justin Vernon. NPR. Jewly. Hight. June 7, 2018. April 18, 2020.
  5. Inside Swamp Dogg's Existential Soul Opus. Rolling Stone. Jonathan. Bernstein. September 6, 2018. April 18, 2020.
  6. Hear Swamp Dogg's New Rendition of Classic Song 'Answer Me, My Love'. Rolling Stone. Althea. Legaspi. July 18, 2018. April 18, 2020.
  7. Web site: The week's best concerts: Nov. 12-15. City Pages. Michael. Madden. November 12, 2018. April 18, 2020.
  8. Web site: Swamp Dogg says nobody bought his last album. So he took a chance with his new one. Los Angeles Times. Mikael. Wood. September 6, 2018. April 18, 2020.
  9. Web site: Swamp Dogg - I'll Pretend [feat. Bon Iver & Guitar Shorty] (Official Video)]. YouTube. June 7, 2018. April 20, 2020.
  10. Web site: Swamp Dogg - Lonely (Official Video). YouTube. September 17, 2018. April 20, 2020.
  11. Web site: Swamp Dogg - Sex With Your Ex (Official Video). YouTube. November 8, 2018. April 20, 2020.
  12. Web site: Swamp Dogg - Star Dust (Official Video). YouTube. April 25, 2019. April 20, 2020.
  13. Web site: Justin Vernon Joins Swamp Dogg and Big Red Machine to Wrestle With Love and Death. The New York Times. Jon. Pareles. September 5, 2018. April 18, 2020.
  14. Web site: MOJO's Top 75 Albums of 2018. BrooklynVegan. Andrew. Sacher. November 19, 2018. April 18, 2020.
  15. CD liner notes. Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune. Swamp Dogg. Joyful Noise Recordings. 2018. JNR269.

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