Drifters/Love Is the Devil

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Drifters/Love Is The Devil
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 21, 2013 (2013-05-21)
RecordedMontreal and Berlin, 2012-2013
Genre
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
AllMusic[1]
Consequence of Sound[2]
Exclaim!8/10[3]
Filter81%[4]
NME6/10[5]
Now[6]
Paste76%[7]
Pitchfork8.4/10[8]
Tiny Mix Tapes[9]

Drifters/Love Is the Devil is a double album by Dirty Beaches, released on May 21, 2013. The first eight songs comprise the Drifters set, recorded in Montreal and Berlin 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.

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

Track listing[edit]

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[edit]

  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