''Oddments'' is the fourth studio album by Australian

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. It was released on 7 March 2014 on

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after being re-released on vinyl in November 2018. "Work This Time" remains the band's most listened-to track on

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Background and recording

''Oddments'' was announced on 14 January 2014, with "Vegemite" serving as the album's lead single. Lead vocalist Stu Mackenzie said that the song was "probably the most literal song

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ever written". ''Oddments'' consists of outtakes from the band's prior releases, with the album serving as a way to compile the songs without necessarily adhering to a sound or theme as the band had done up until that point; the oddment nature of the songs (being leftovers from previous albums) gave the album its name. The album opener "Alluda Majaka" refers to and features an audio sample of the Tollywood 1995 film of the same name. During production of the album, Mackenzie's laptop was stolen with the masters for several tracks on the album alongside a majority of the tracks from

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' debut album ''Loopholes'', forcing both bands to rerecord the lost material.

Reception

''Oddments'' was King Gizzard's fourth album in 18 months, with some reviewers noting that the album's quality seemingly suffered from the rush to quickly turnaround new material. Reviewers and retrospectives on the band's discography also noted that the album was overall stylistically fractured and incohesive, something other releases of theirs had not been prior nor since, although some reviewers and retrospectives also pointed out that songs had a pop lean to them.

Track listing

All tracks written and produced by Stu Mackenzie, except where noted. Vinyl releases have tracks 1–6 on Side A, and tracks 7–12 on Side B.

Personnel

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* Ambrose Kenny-Smith *

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* Eric Moore * Lucas Skinner * Joe Walker Additional musicians * Monty Hartnett – drums (tracks 9 and 10) Production * Stu Mackenzie – production (tracks 1–5 and 7–12) * Joe Walker – production (tracks 2, 5 and 6) * Joe Carra – mastering * Jason Galea – cover art and layout * Jarrad Brown – recording assistance (track 7)

Charts

References

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