Length 43:17 | Release date 20 April 2010 Producer Dan Snaith | |
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Released 20 April 2010 (2010-04-20) Genres Electronica, Deep house, Minimal techno, Folktronica, Experimental music, Neo-psychedelia, Electronic music Similar Dan Snaith albums, Minimal techno albums, Other albums | ||
Caribou odesa
Swim is the fifth album by Canadian mathematician and composer Dan Snaith, released on 20 April 2010 by City Slang and Merge. It is the third album credited under Caribou and deviates from the psychedelic pop and took influences from various kinds of electronic dance music, especially deep house and minimal techno.
Contents
The album was, according to Snaith, "pretty much me getting up every day and wanting to work on music. Working constantly on it. Making loads and loads and loads of music and then just sifting through to find the bits that I like". Playing more DJ gigs, such as those at London's Plastic People, influenced the musician to embrace dance music and a greater range of frequencies in his music, which led to the formulation of Swim. Nevertheless, about 700 songs, some unfinished, didn't make it onto the album.
The album continued the critical success set by Snaith and was critically acclaimed upon its release, with some reviewers putting the album onto some end-of-year lists. The album opener, "Odessa", was also featured in some commercials and the video game FIFA 11. It was recognized as one of The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far by Pitchfork in August 2014.
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Reception
The album received critical acclaim from critics, being assigned a Metascore of 83 by Metacritic. It was a shortlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize, and was named the Best Album of 2010 by Resident Advisor. The album also won the Juno Award in 2010 for Best Electronic Album of the Year and was awarded the second spot in Exclaim!'s 2010 Electronic Year in Review. Daniel Sylvester of Exclaim! praised the organic nature of the album, claiming "Caribou will be remembered for Swim."
Publications ranking Swim on their end-of-year lists included:
The first track on the album, "Odessa", was featured in a commercial for the automobile manufacturer Acura, the football video game by EA Sports, FIFA 11, as well as in a 2011 Lexus CT 200h commercial, and a 2012 Tissot commercial for watches.
Track listing
Swim Remixes, a compilation of remixes from the album, was released in 2010 by Merge Records and features remixes by artists such as Junior Boys, Fuck Buttons, and Nite Jewel.
Songs
1Odessa5:15
2Sun5:45
3Kaili4:42