...Earth to the Dandy Warhols... is the sixth studio album by American alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band The Dandy Warhols

The Dandy Warhols

The Dandy Warhols are an American alternative rock band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1994. The band was founded by singer-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor and guitarist Peter Holmström, with keyboardist Zia McCabe and drummer Eric Hedford later joining. Hedford left in 1998 and was replaced by...

, released for download and streaming play on 19 May 2008, with the CD version of the album released on 18 August 2008. It is their first release on their self-founded Beat the World Records label, after leaving Capitol Records

Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

 in 2007.

The album continues in a similar electro-rock style to 2003's Welcome to the Monkey House

Welcome to the Monkey House

Welcome to the Monkey House is an assortment of short stories written by Kurt Vonnegut, first published in August 1968. The stories range from war-time epics to futuristic thrillers, given with satire and Vonnegut's unique edge...

, following the psychedelic guitar-rock of 2005's Odditorium or Warlords of Mars

Odditorium or Warlords of Mars

Odditorium or Warlords of Mars is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released on 13 September 2005 on Capitol Records...

. The album received a mixed critical reception, tending towards the negative.

Track listing

Music videos

Videos for "Mission Control", "Mis Amigos", "Now You Love Me", "The Legend of the Last of the Outlaw Truckers (AKA the Ballad of Sheriff Shorty)", "The World Come On", "Talk Radio", "Welcome to the Third World", and "Then I Dreamt of Yes" were released.

Reception

The album received a mixed critical reception, though leaning toward the negative. While Robert Christgau

Robert Christgau

Robert Christgau is an American essayist, music journalist, and self-proclaimed "Dean of American Rock Critics".One of the earliest professional rock critics, Christgau is known for his terse capsule reviews, published since 1969 in his Consumer Guide columns...

 gave it a two-star rating, meaning an "Honorable Mention", and Allmusic called it "a giant leap in the right direction" after the "uneven" Odditorium or Warlords of Mars

Odditorium or Warlords of Mars

Odditorium or Warlords of Mars is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released on 13 September 2005 on Capitol Records...

, the album was generally received quite poorly by critics, with The Guardian

The Guardian

The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...

calling it "achingly dull".

Personnel

• Courtney Taylor-Taylor
  Courtney Taylor-Taylor
  Courtney Taylor-Taylor is an American singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon. He is the lead singer and guitarist of alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols, a band he co-founded. The vast majority of the band's songs are written by Taylor-Taylor, including hits "We Used to Be Friends" and...
  
   – guitars, vocals, mixing on "The Legend of the Last of the Outlaw Truckers"
• Peter Holmström – guitars
• Zia McCabe
  Zia McCabe
  Zia McCabe is a percussionist, bass guitarist, and keyboard player. She is a member of American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. She graduated from Battle Ground High School in Battle Ground, Washington in 1992. In 1995, with hardly any prior musical experience, Zia joined The Dandy Warhols...
  
   – keyboards
• Brent DeBoer – drums and vocal harmonies
• Greg Gordon – engineering, mixing, and post-mixing
• Jeremy Sherrer – engineering
• Jacob Martin Portrait – mixing
• Steve Marcusson – mastering

External links

• ...Earth to the Dandy Warhols... at The Dandy Warhols' official website