Bitte Orca
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| Studio album by Dirty Projectors | ||||
| Released | June 9, 2009 | |||
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| Length | 41:08 | |||
| Label | Domino | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 85/100 |
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| AllMusic |   |
| The A.V. Club | A |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− |
| The Guardian | |
| MSN Music | B+ |
| NME | 8/10 |
| Pitchfork Media | 9.2/10 |
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| Rolling Stone | |
| Spin | 8/10 |
Bitte Orca is a studio album by American experimental rock band Dirty Projectors, released on June 9, 2009 on Domino Records. The word "bitte" is a German word for "please," and "orca" is another name for a killer whale. Frontman David Longstreth states that he liked the way the words sound together. Longstreth notes that the music contained within the album "felt very [much] about colors, and their interaction," and that the music was written with the notion of the band, as a whole, in mind.
Two of the album's tracks, "Temecula Sunrise" and "Cannibal Resource", appeared on the subsequent EP release, Temecula Sunrise, alongside two new songs.
The album peaked at #65 on the Billboard 200 and #12 on the Independent Albums chart. As of April 4, 2012, the album has sold 85,000 copies in the U.S.
The album's artwork was designed by Rob Carmichael, who runs Catsup Plate Records and has created art for artists such as Animal Collective and Atlas Sound, with direction from Dave Longstreth. Carmichael believed "in some ways the idea was to evoke old-school European paintings and the female form." The artwork also strongly resembles their 2004 release, Slaves' Graves and Ballads, but features band members Amber Coffman and Angel Deradoorian. Regarding their role on this album, Longstreth states:
The photoshoot that spawned the photo utilized in the artwork also produced the photo featured on the back (consisting of Longstreth facing Friedrich Nietzsche).
Bitte Orca is Dirty Projectors' first album for Domino Records. The album was released on five different formats: digital download; compact disc; limited edition two-CD, which contains the original album plus the five-track "Stillness is the Move" single; vinyl LP; and a limited edition cassette. All hard copy releases included a free digital download of the album. An expanded edition of the album was released September 28, 2010, featuring a bonus disc consisting of b-sides, an acoustic set recorded at New York's Other Music and a cover of Bob Dylan's "As I Went Out One Morning."
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