A Mad & Faithful Telling is the fifth album from the band DeVotchKa. It was released by ANTI- Records on March 18, 2008. The band's largest tour to date, in support of A Mad & Faithful Telling, began on April 26, 2008 at the Coachella Music Festival.
| A Mad And Faithful Telling | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 18, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | Wavelab Studio, Tucson, AZ NFA, Denver, CO | |||
| Genre | Indie folk, gypsy punk | |||
| Length | 42:08 | |||
| Label | ANTI- | |||
| Producer | Craig Schumacher & DeVotchKa | |||
| DeVotchKa chronology | ||||
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Track listing
editAll lyrics and music by Nick Urata and DeVotchKa.
- "Basso Profundo"
- "Along the Way"
- "The Clockwise Witness"
- "Head Honcho"
- "Comrade Z"
- "Transliterator"
- "Blessing in Disguise"
- "Undone"
- "Strizzalo"
- "New World"
- "Undone" (With the Hagerman Quartet) [Digital Release Only Bonus Track]
Personnel
edit- DeVotchKa:
- Vocals, guitar: Nick Urata
- Sousaphone: Jeanie Schroder
- Drums: Shawn King
- Piano: Thomas Hagerman
- Strings:
- Violin 1: Tom Hagerman
- Violin 2: Takanori Sugishita
- Viola: Leah Nelson
- Cello: Charles Lee
- Hot Guitar: Tom Echols
- Oboe: Kyle Mendenhall
- Trumpets:
- Jacob Valenzuela
- Ron Miles
- Additional Vocals
- Timur Bekbosunov
- Alexandra Walker
Reception
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| Kevchino | (9/10) link |
| Music Emissions |  [1] |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.7/10) link |
| Robert Christgau | B-[2] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | link |
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ Younes, Gabe A Mad And Faithful Telling review Music Emissions. Retrieved on 2008-06-20.
- ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: DeVotchKa". Robert Christgau. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
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