- Source: Camoufleur
Camoufleur is the fifth studio album by American indie rock band Gastr del Sol, released on February 23, 1998 on Drag City.
Critical reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic described Camoufleur as "a subdued, meditative affair, bringing together elements of folk, jazz, film music, and the avant-garde", which gradually "opens up, revealing layers of modest beauty". Entertainment Weekly critic Rob Brunner found that it showed Gastr del Sol's music continuing to become "less obtuse", praising the album as "their most listenable — and ambitious — work yet". Joshua Klein of The A.V. Club felt that its "move toward more standard song structures, while not a radical revamp, sounds fresh and enjoyable."
In 2018, Pitchfork placed Camoufleur at number 38 on its list of the 50 best albums of 1998. In an accompanying write-up, staff writer Marc Hogan described the album as "meticulous, introspective chamber-pop, unfurling a bit like Van Dyke Parks' work with Brian Wilson." Fact ranked it as the tenth best post-rock album of all time in a 2016 list.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
Jim O'Rourke – composition, performance, recording
David Grubbs – composition, performance
Markus Popp – composition, performance
Edith Frost – vocals
Stephen Prina – vocals
Darin Gray – bass guitar
John McEntire – drums, recording
Steven Butters – steel drums
Jeb Bishop – trombone
Rob Mazurek – cornet
Ken Vandermark – clarinet
Jeremy Ronkin – French horn
Julie Pomerleau – viola, violin
Maureen Loughnane – violin
Phil Bonnet – recording
Markus Oehlen – artwork
References
External links
Camoufleur at Discogs (list of releases)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar camoufleur
- Camoufleur
- List of camoufleurs
- Alister Hardy
- Timothy O'Neill (camoufleur)
- Edward Seago
- Norman Wilkinson (artist)
- Louis Guingot
- Gastr del Sol
- Julian Trevelyan
- Roland Penrose
