A Mad & Faithful Telling is the fifth studio album from the American band DeVotchKa. It was released by Anti- on March 18, 2008. The band's largest tour to date, in support of the album, began on April 26, 2008, at the music festival Coachella.
Critical reception
On the review aggregator Metacritic, A Mad & Faithful Telling has a score of 78 out of 100 based on 22 critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reception.
Todd Lavoie of the San Francisco Bay Guardian noted that "A Mad and Faithful Telling throbs and buzzes like a breathless raconteur, its 42 minutes brimming with sentimentality and spectacle", and included the album in his top 10 for 2008. Writing for The Austin Chronicle, Austin Powell said the album "unsheathes a musical realm without boundaries", giving it four out of five stars, whereas Melanie Haupt ranked it ninth on her "National Top 10" list. Joe Tangari of Pitchfork ranked it 12th on his top 25 albums of 2008.
Track listing
Personnel DeVotchKa: Vocals, guitar: Nick Urata Sousaphone: Jeanie Schroder Drums: Shawn King Piano: Thomas Hagerman Strings: Violin 1: Tom Hagerman Violin 2: Takanori Sugishita Viola: Leah Nelson Cello: Charles Lee Hot guitar: Tom Echols Oboe: Kyle Mendenhall Trumpets: Jacob Valenzuela Ron Miles Additional vocals: Timur Bekbosunov Alexandra Walker
Charts Chart (2008)Peakposition
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