Drifters/Love Is the Devil

Drifters/Love Is The Devil
Studio album by
Dirty Beaches
Released21 May 2013
RecordedMontreal and Berlin, 2012-2013
Genres
Length75:34
LabelZoo Music
ProducerAlex Zhang Hungtai
Dirty Beaches chronology
Water Park OST
(2012)		 ''Drifters/Love Is The Devil''
(2013)		 Stateless
(2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarHalf star[1]
Consequence of SoundStarStarStarHalf star[2]
Exclaim!8/10[3]
Filter81%[4]
NME6/10[5]
NowStarStarStarStar[6]
Paste76%[7]
Pitchfork8.4/10[8]
Tiny Mix TapesStarStarStarStar[9]

Drifters/Love Is the Devil is a double album by Dirty Beaches, released on 21 May 2013.

The first eight songs comprise the Drifters set, recorded in Montreal, Canada and Berlin, Germany and featuring songwriter, instrumentalist and singer Alex Zhang Hungtai, guitarist Shub Roy, electronic musician Bernardino Femminielli, with additional contributions by saxophonist Francesco De Gallo and drummer Jesse Locke. The final eight songs comprise the Love Is The Devil set, recorded by Zhang in Berlin and featuring his instrumental guitar and keyboard work. Zhang had recorded in Berlin on the invitation of Anton Newcombe of The Brian Jonestown Massacre where he used his studio in the late hours when not in use.

The photo for the album cover was shot in Roses, a gay bar on Oranienstrasse in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin.

Track listing

Drifters: Side One
No.TitleLength
1."Night Walk"3:55
2."I Dream In Neon"3:36
3."Belgrade"3:39
4."Casino Lisboa"3:46
5."ELLI"3:15
Total length:17:11
Drifters: Side Two
No.TitleLength
1."Au Revoir Mon Visage"4:01
2."Mirage Hall"9:47
3."Landscapes In The Mist"5:13
Total length:19:01
Love is the Devil: Side One
No.TitleLength
1."Greyhound At Night"3:24
2."This Is Not My City"3:42
3."Woman"3:53
4."Love Is The Devil"4:11
Total length:15:10
Love is the Devil: Side Two
No.TitleLength
1."Alone At The Danube River"7:33
2."I Don't Know How To Find My Way Back To You"3:28
3."Like The Ocean We Part"4:32
4."Berlin"7:39
Total length:23:11

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Hadusek, Jon (May 23, 2013). "Album Review: Dirty Beaches – Drifters/Love is the Devil". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved Jun 3, 2013.
  3. ↑ Exclaim! review
  4. ↑ Filter review
  5. ↑ New Musical Express review
  6. ↑ Now review
  7. ↑ Paste review
  8. ↑ Fitzmaurice, Larry (2013-05-23). "Pitchfork review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2013-05-31.
  9. ↑ Tiny Mix Tapes review
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