The Official Needles and Grooves 1001 Album Generator Project (aka Preachin’ about the Preachers if today’s selection sucks)

[Bohnjaggs]

7/26/23

Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

Bitte Orca - Dirty Projectors | Album | AllMusic

Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors released in 2009. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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One of my favorite albums ever

 

[avecigrec]

7/26/23

Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

Bitte Orca - Dirty Projectors | Album | AllMusic

Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors released in 2009. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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I have never listened to this album. Last.fm tells me I listened to Lamp Lit Prose once.

I saw Dirty Projectors open for Björk and enjoyed their set, but I don't believe I've ever listened to one of their albums.

 

[Bohnjaggs]

One of my favorite albums ever

And honestly as much as I love Bitte Orca, I think their follow-up Swing Lo Magelllan is even better

 

[jt4527]

7/26/23

Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

Bitte Orca - Dirty Projectors | Album | AllMusic

Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors released in 2009. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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Angular, kinda Mathy.

Nice voice.

Wouldn't be out of place on Dischord.

Don't like this one.

Completely falls off a cliff from track 4, just want it to end now.

Urgh, started off so well.

2 / 5 stars.

 

[dbarila]

And honestly as much as I love Bitte Orca, I think their follow-up Swing Lo Magelllan is even better

Is the follow up the one where the background singers left and it completely changed the sound?

 

[Joe Mac]

7/26/23

Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

Bitte Orca - Dirty Projectors | Album | AllMusic

Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors released in 2009. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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I remember this being a VMP AoTM back in the old days of their forum.

Really didn’t like it then, see no need to revisit it now.

 

[Nee Lewman]

I remember this being a VMP AoTM back in the old days of their forum.

Really didn’t like it then, see no need to revisit it now.

I don’t think it was in the old forum days. Had to be just after they shut it down because I didn’t get it. Might have been just announced when they asked us about time.

 

[Joe Mac]

I don’t think it was in the old forum days. Had to be just after they shut it down because I didn’t get it. Might have been just announced when they asked us about time.

That was the horrible Phoenix one. Maybe it was shortly afterwards and I was tied in to a 3 month. Or I was scoffing from the sidelines lol.

 

[Joe Mac]

That was the horrible Phoenix one. Maybe it was shortly afterwards and I was tied in to a 3 month. Or I was scoffing from the sidelines lol.

January 2020 so I was definitely out at that point.

Edit: Or was I actually, I’d done a brief re dip for QOTSA in Nov 2019 so I might still have been in a 3 month sub from that.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

January 2020 so I was definitely out at that point.

Edit: Or was I actually, I’d done a brief re dip for QOTSA in Nov 2019 so I might still have been in a 3 month sub from that.

I own the original pressing (that was still easily obtainable at the time of VMPs selection) so I swapped out on this one.

 

[Bohnjaggs]

Is the follow up the one where the background singers left and it completely changed the sound?

No. That's the album after that. Swing Lo Magelllan istill has the same singers as this one.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

No. That's the album after that. Swing Lo Magelllan istill has the same singers as this one.

On Bitte Orca the group had 3 female vocalists; Amber Coffman, Angel Deradoorian, and Haley Dekle. For their follow up, Swing Lo Magellan Angel Deradoorian had left the group.

Following that release The lead singer, David Longstreth and Amber Coffman, who had been dating; broke up and she left the group as well. Which resulted in his break up album that I don’t believe featured any female vocalists at all.

 

[dbarila]

On Bitte Orca the group had 3 female vocalists; Amber Coffman, Angel Deradoorian, and Haley Dekle. For their follow up, Swing Lo Magellan Angel Deradoorian had left the group.

Following that release The lead singer, David Longstreth and Amber Coffman, who had been dating; broke up and she left the group as well. Which resulted in his break up album that I don’t believe featured any female vocalists at all.

Ah, ok. That all sounds very familiar now.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Angel was my favorite she contributed some vocals to one Hamilton Leathouser solo albums as well. Both her and Amber have released solo albums that are pretty good.

My favorite solo release by a member of the Dirty Projectors was Nat Baldwins, which features an amazing cover of my favorite Arthur Russell tune, “A Little Lost”.

 

[mrjoshuamccormack]

Angel was my favorite she contributed some vocals to one Hamilton Leathouser solo albums as well. Both her and Amber have released solo albums that are pretty good.

My favorite solo release by a member of the Dirty Projectors was Nat Baldwins, which features an amazing cover of my favorite Arthur Russell tune, “A Little Lost”.

I've got 2 of Deradoorian's albums, love them both.

 

[Nee Lewman]

What I'm sensing is this is the first thing I've been introduced to here that might be a rabbit hole I actually explore.

 

[Bohnjaggs]

What I'm sensing is this is the first thing I've been introduced to here that might be a rabbit hole I actually explore.

Chic is the first album I've bought after listening to it here, and it didn't hurt that it was only $6 on Discogs.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Chic is the first album I've bought after listening to it here, and it didn't hurt that it was only $6 on Discogs.

I like the Chic records, but don't feel compelled to own them. I actually think I would be satisfied with a quality compilation.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Also, there are several albums that I would buy if I came upon them in the wild. This is the first new rabbit hole I want to explore. There is a lot here that appeals to me... very impressive vocal harmonies, interesting melodic structures and challenging composition.

It's also cool to have a bit of perspective on the long term feel of the group. I might explore all but I know that the Black Flag project through the album after this and solo records are things I want to check out.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Also, there are several albums that I would buy if I came upon them in the wild. This is the first new rabbit hole I want to explore. There is a lot here that appeals to me... very impressive vocal harmonies, interesting melodic structures and challenging composition.

It's also cool to have a bit of perspective on the long term feel of the group. I might explore all but I know that the Black Flag project through the album after this and solo records are things I want to check out.

Earlier stuff isn’t bad either, reminds me a bit of that first Grizzly Bear album in that David Longstreth had bigger ideas than he had means to pull all off but it’s still interesting.

Also, not sure if you are familiar with the Dark Was The Night compilation. It was a charity comp compiled and produced by the Dressner Brothers from The National. They were also the guys that put together that killer Day of The Dead Grateful Dead covers comp. Anyways the Dark Was The Night comp is fantastic because lots of interesting covers and collaborations basically by a venerable list of who’s who in late 00s indie rock scene. Included on there is probably the perfect collaboration for Dirty Projectors, they preform a song with David Byrne and it’s a stellar track…

…and a super fun live performance of the track sans Byrne.