''Tommy'' is the fifth solo studio album by American multi-insturmentalist
Dosh. It was released on
Anticon
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on April 13, 2010.
[
]Andrew Bird
Andrew Wegman Bird (born July 11, 1973) is an American indie rock multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. Since 1996, he has released 16 studio albums, as well as several live albums and EPs, spanning various genres including swing music ...
contributed vocals on "Number 41" and "Nevermet".Run Like Hell
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" by Pink Floyd.[ The album is named after and dedicated to Tom Cesario.][
]
Critical reception
At Metacritic
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, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76% based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[
Zach Cole of '' URB'' gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "Dosh's focus on ''Tommy'' falls on the elegance of the music first and foremost, and the tracks evoke warmth as they evolve in sequence."][ He added, "Dosh pays particular attention to the delicate balance of the instruments on each track, making sure that no one sound overpowers another."][ M. R. Newmark of '']PopMatters
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'' gave the album 7 stars out of 10, saying: "This is Dosh taking a step back, slowing down, freaking out a little (check the snarling ending of album finale 'Gare de Lyon'), and making the most personal music of his career."[
]
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
* Martin Dosh – everything else
* Mike Lewis – backing vocals (1, 3), saxophone (1, 4, 8), synthesizer (2), piano (3, 5, 6, 7), bass guitar (5, 8, 10), glockenspiel (5)
* Jeremy Ylvisaker
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Career
He is a member of Alpha Consumer along with Michael Lewis and JT Bates. The band has released ...
– electric guitar (2, 3, 4, 5, 6), backing vocals (3), synthesizer (3), slide guitar (8), feedback guitar (10)
* Ryan Francesconi – accordion (7), guitar (7, 8, 9, 10), bass guitar (7, 9), banjo (10), tambura (10)
* Mike Sopko – acoustic guitar (1), electric guitar (1)
* Chris Morrissey – electric bass (1, 4, 6)
* Todd Sickafoose – acoustic bass (2, 9)
* Jon Davis – microphone (3), bass sample (3)
* Paul Niehaus – pedal steel guitar (3)
* Andrew Bird
Andrew Wegman Bird (born July 11, 1973) is an American indie rock multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. Since 1996, he has released 16 studio albums, as well as several live albums and EPs, spanning various genres including swing music ...
– vocals (3, 9), lyrics (3, 9)
* Bryan Olson – guitar (4)
* Derek Phillips – drums (4)
* Freddy Votel – percussion (5, 8, 10)
* J.T. Bates – cymbal (6)
* Tim Glenn – prepared piano (7)
References
Further reading
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2010 albums
Dosh albums
Anticon albums