Bitte Orca
by Dirty Projectors
  • Record Label: Domino
  • Release Date: Jun 9, 2009
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 120 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 106 out of 120
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 120
  3. Negative: 8 out of 120

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  1. MSimpson
    Aug 13, 2009
    6
    I recognise that this is a really good album with some strong tracks. I can't help feeling that its a little too 'arty' however. The album sometimes reminds me of a bunch of undergraduate art students being earnest around a laptop in crumby digs whilst experimenting with dope to escape from their middle-class anxieties.
  2. GriffT
    Aug 19, 2009
    6
    I don't really understand why people are calling it a masterpiece. David Longstreth wants it to be avant garde, but it just comes off as aimless.
  3. JackM.
    Jun 10, 2009
    4
    Mixing Eclectic pop elements can often lead to something amazing, but not here. It
  4. MatthewS.
    Jul 12, 2009
    4
    Probably the worst lead singer in any band going in indie-land. His throat needs to be smacked into its old shape and put through a car wash. Do we really need pretentious white-boy hipster yodeling at this point in Pop History? I don't understand the hype by the critics. Although, I do have respect for the even-handedness and selective nature of Pitchfork, I just don't see why Probably the worst lead singer in any band going in indie-land. His throat needs to be smacked into its old shape and put through a car wash. Do we really need pretentious white-boy hipster yodeling at this point in Pop History? I don't understand the hype by the critics. Although, I do have respect for the even-handedness and selective nature of Pitchfork, I just don't see why it deserves a 9.2 by any regard. The musical arrangements, as well as track 4 and 5, actually are quite good. But the singer has to go.… Expand

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#16 Best Album of 2009
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#53 Most Shared Album of 2009

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Metascore
85

Universal acclaim - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. MSN Consumer Guide (Robert Christgau)
    83
    Not only will you hum snatches, you'll parse lyrical bits, too: a basement-dwelling twentysomething high on Gatorade in an underpopulated housing development, a waitressing job for Solange Knowles.
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  2. musicOMH.com
    80
    Clever, original, complicated, sometimes frustrating but more often revelatory, it will, given time, uncover its manifold delights.
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  3. Observer Music Monthly
    60
    Their seventh album remembers to add tunes, and is thus less baffling than before.
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