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2017 studio album by Lee Ranaldo
Electric Trim
Studio album by Lee Ranaldo
ReleasedSeptember 15, 2017 (2017-09-15)
RecordedApril 2015 (2015-04)–April 2016 (2016-04) at Echo Canyon West in Hoboken, New Jersey and Estudios Calamar, Barcelona, Spain
GenreAlternative rock, experimental rock, acoustic rock
Length55:07
LabelMute
Producer
Lee Ranaldo chronology
Acoustic Dust
(2013) 		Electric Trim
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Pitchfork6.5/10

Electric Trim is the twelfth studio album by American musician Lee Ranaldo, the former Sonic Youth guitarist, released on September 15, 2017, on Mute Records, marking his first solo album to be released on the label. The album was produced by Ranaldo along with Spanish musician Raül Refree. The album features several musicians, including Sharon Van Etten, Steve Shelley, Alan Licht, and Nels Cline.

Reception

The album has been met with positive reviews from music critics. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, it received an average score of 73, based on 13 reviews.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lee Ranaldo and Jonathan Lethem, except tracks 1, 3 and 4 by Ranaldo

No.TitleLength
1."Moroccan Mountains"7:28
2."Uncle Skeleton"5:18
3."Let's Start Again"5:28
4."Last Looks" (featuring Sharon Van Etten)6:26
5."Circular (Right as Rain)"4:27
6."Electric Trim"6:26
7."Purloined"5:11
8."Thrown Over the Wall"7:26
9."New Thing"6:49
Total length:55:07
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleLength
10."Sans Rat" (Electric Trim Demo) 

Personnel

Additional members
  • Raül Refree – productions, mixing, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, keyboards, electronics, drums, bass guitars, backing vocals
  • Sharon Van Etten – additional vocals on "Last Looks"
  • Mar Girona – backing vocals
  • Alan Licht – electric guitars
  • Nels Cline – electric guitars
  • Xavi de la Salud – trumpets, flugelhorn
  • Tim Luntzel – bajo quinto
  • Kid Millions – drums, percussions
  • Steve Shelley – drums, percussions
  • Cody Ranaldo – electronics
  • Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City in January 2017

References

  1. ^ "Electric Trim by Lee Ronaldo". Metacritic.
  2. AllMusic reviews
  3. Pitchfork reviews
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