Taiga is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Zola Jesus. It was released on October 6, 2014 in the UK and EU and on October 7, 2014 in the US through Mute.[1] The album was produced by Nika Roza Danilova and co-produced by Dean Hurley.[1] It marks the first Zola Jesus record to be released through Mute Records. The album title Taiga is the Russian word for boreal forests. A music video was released for the album's first single "Dangerous Days".[2] The music video was directed by Timothy Saccenti and filmed in Hoh Rainforest, Washington.[2]
Upon its release, Taiga received generally positive reviews from music critics. The review aggregator website Metacritic assigns a "Metascore" to each album, which is based on the ratings and reviews of selected mainstream independent publications, and the release has a score of a 66 based on 21 selected critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]
taiga, zola, jesus, album, taiga, fourth, studio, album, american, singer, songwriter, zola, jesus, released, october, 2014, october, 2014, through, mute, album, produced, nika, roza, danilova, produced, dean, hurley, marks, first, zola, jesus, record, release. Taiga is the fourth studio album by American singer songwriter Zola Jesus It was released on October 6 2014 in the UK and EU and on October 7 2014 in the US through Mute 1 The album was produced by Nika Roza Danilova and co produced by Dean Hurley 1 It marks the first Zola Jesus record to be released through Mute Records The album title Taiga is the Russian word for boreal forests A music video was released for the album s first single Dangerous Days 2 The music video was directed by Timothy Saccenti and filmed in Hoh Rainforest Washington 2 TaigaStudio album by Zola JesusReleasedOctober 6 2014GenreSynth popLength42 36LabelMuteProducerNika Roza Danilova Dean HurleyZola Jesus chronologyVersions 2013 Taiga 2014 Okovi 2017 Singles from Taiga Dangerous Days Released June 23 2014 Go Blank Sea Released September 17 2014 Hunger Released February 9 2015 Nail Released September 18 2015 Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts 5 References 6 External linksCritical reception editProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic66 100 3 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 Consequence of SoundC 5 Exclaim 7 10 6 MusicOMH nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 7 NME7 10 8 Pitchfork5 9 10 9 PopMatters6 10 10 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 11 Upon its release Taiga received generally positive reviews from music critics The review aggregator website Metacritic assigns a Metascore to each album which is based on the ratings and reviews of selected mainstream independent publications and the release has a score of a 66 based on 21 selected critics indicating generally favorable reviews 3 Track listing editAll tracks are written by Nika Roza DanilovaNo TitleLength1 Taiga 2 552 Dangerous Days 4 293 Dust 3 324 Hunger 4 325 Go Blank Sea 4 056 Ego 2 497 Lawless 5 158 Nail 3 059 Long Way Down 3 5810 Hollow 3 5011 It s Not Over 4 05Total length 42 36Personnel editCredits adapted from liner notes Zola Jesus Nika Roza Danilova vocals synthesizer programming production arrangement Additional musicians Joe Exley horn arrangement tuba Kyra Sims French horn Gabe Martin flugelhorn trumpet Garth Flowers trumpet Andris Mattson trumpet Erik Hughes trombone Matt Melore trombone James Rogers trombone Drake Smith trombone Kim Free violin Gillian Rivers violin Yuiko Kamakari viola Justin Kantor cello Technical personnel Dean Hurley production engineering mixing Chris Coady additional production Brian Rosemeyer additional engineering David Tolomei additional engineering Blake Mares mixing assistance Brian Lucey mastering Caleb Braaten art direction design David Correll art direction design Julia Comita cover insert photography Jeff Elstone back cover photographyCharts editChart Peakposition UK Independent Albums OCC 12 48 US Heatseekers Albums Billboard 13 9 US Independent Albums Billboard 14 40References edit a b Jenn Pelly July 15 2014 Zola Jesus Shares Taiga Album Art Tracklist Announces International Tour Pitchfork Retrieved July 20 2014 a b John Walker August 28 2014 Zola Jesus Dangerous Days Video Is So Overwhelming MTV Retrieved September 10 2014 a b Taiga Zola Jesus Metacritic Retrieved 20 October 2014 Phares Heather Taiga Zola Jesus AllMusic Retrieved 20 October 2014 Geffen Sasha October 7 2014 Zola Jesus Taiga Consequence of Sound Retrieved October 10 2014 Sylvester Daniel Taiga Zola Jesus Exclaim Retrieved 20 October 2014 Hogwood Ben 6 October 2014 Taiga Zola Jesus MusicOMH OMH Retrieved 20 October 2014 Cooper Leonie 3 October 2014 Zola Jesus Taiga NME Retrieved 20 October 2014 St Asaph Katherine Zola Jesus Taiga Pitchfork Retrieved 20 October 2014 Paul John Zola Jesus Taiga PopMatters Retrieved 20 October 2014 Weiner Sophie 7 October 2014 Goth queen goes pop with anonymous sounding results Rolling Stone Retrieved 20 October 2014 Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 12 October 2014 18 October 2014 Official Charts Company Retrieved May 9 2018 Zola Jesus Heatseekers Albums Billboard Retrieved May 9 2018 Zola Jesus Independent Albums Billboard Retrieved May 9 2018 External links editTaiga at Discogs list of releases Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Taiga Zola Jesus album amp oldid 1178320050, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
