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Fragrant World

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Released
  
August 20, 2012

Producer
  
Yeasayer

Artist
  
Yeasayer

Label
  
Secretly Canadian

Length
  
48:21

Fragrant World (2012)
  
Amen & Goodbye (2016)

Release date
  
21 August 2012

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Genres
  
Psychedelic pop, Experimental rock

Similar
  
Yeasayer albums, Psychedelic pop albums, Other albums

Yeasayer fingers never bleed


Fragrant World is the third studio album by American psychedelic pop band Yeasayer, released on August 21, 2012 on Secretly Canadian.

Contents

Critical reception

The album has received a provisional score of 71 from Metacritic indicating "generally favourable reviews", based on the reviews of 44 critics.

Personnel

The following people contributed to Fragrant World:

Yeasayer

  • Chris Keating – lead vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 11), backing vocals (3, 5, 9 and 10), Maschine synth (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11), drum programming (2, 3, 4, 6 and 8), synthesizer (2, 4, 5 and 8) , Jupiter (7)
  • Anand Wilder – lead vocals (3, 5, 9 and 10), backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 11), guitar (1, 4, 8, 9 and 11), piano (1), Nord (1), Juno 106 (3, 4, 9 and 10), Jupiter MKS-80 (3), Korg MS-20 (3), Farfisa (3), Boss Supershifter (3), organ (4), cello (5), drum programming (5), Electribe (6), synthesizer (6), trident piano (7), ARP Omni 2 (7), talk box (8), celeste (9), 12-string guitar (10), Rhodes (10), mellotron (10)
  • Ira Wolf Tuton – J bass (2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 11), backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 10), melodyne vocals (1), Omnisphere (9 and 10), Harmonic Octave Generator (4), Roland SH-2 (5), bass synthesizer (6), Roland SH-101 (7), ARP 2600 (7), tambourine (7), Moog Murf (9), piano (10)
  • Additional musicians

  • Jason Trammell – drums (2, 4 and 7), percussion (6), MPC (11)
  • Ahmed Gallab – percussion (6)
  • Brian McOmber – drums (2, 4 and 9), percussion (9)
  • Dan Carey – MPC (3 and 5)
  • Al Carlson – melodyne (4), saxophone (10)
  • Kishi Bashi – strings (2)
  • "Delicate" Steve Marion – guitar (3)
  • Elliot Bergman – kalimba (5)
  • Recording personnel

  • Yeasayer – producer
  • Al Carlson – recording
  • Abe Seiferth – additional recording
  • Alexis Smith – engineer
  • Dan Carey – mixing
  • Artwork

  • Ana Maria Lucaciu – modeling
  • Jason Nocito – photography
  • Other Means – design
  • Songs

    1Fingers Never Bleed4:30
    2Longevity3:10
    3Blue Paper5:07

    References

    Fragrant World Wikipedia