Dude Incredible

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Dude Incredible
A landscape photograph of two monkeys placed in the bottom center of a light brown background.
Studio album by
Shellac
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2014 (2014-09-16)
Genre
Length32:43
LabelTouch and Go
ProducerShellac
Shellac chronology
Excellent Italian Greyhound
(2007) 		Dude Incredible
(2014) 		The End of Radio
(2019)

Dude Incredible is the fifth

studio album by the American rock band Shellac, released on September 16, 2014 on Touch and Go Records
.

Packaging

Physical copies of Dude Incredible are packaged in a chipboard album jacket. The packaging features two "high gloss, full color monkeys" as the front cover artwork.[1] The front cover was photographed by Reuters photographer Anton Meres; additional photographic images were provided by David Manthey.[2]

Release

Dude Incredible was announced for release on

mastered "entirely in the analog domain" using a process known as direct metal mastering. The vinyl discs were manufactured at Record Technology, Inc. in Camarillo, California using the pressing plant's HQ-180 system.[1]

The album was released on September 16, 2014 on 180-gram

Independent Breakers Album Chart.[6]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork Media
8.0/10[13]
Tiny Mix Tapes[14]

Dude Incredible received positive reviews from music critics. At

Consequence of Sound, Adam Kivel said that the album "never sounds labored over—it just sounds intensely practiced. The interlocking rhythms and riffs work like cogs in a meticulously handcrafted clock" and selected "All the Surveyors", "Riding Bikes", and "Compliant" as "essential tracks", ultimately awarding the record an A− rating.[10]

Pitchfork Media writer Nick Neyland published a favorable review of the album and said that considering the gap between its release and Excellent Italian Greyhound (2007) that "Dude Incredible sounds surprisingly vital … Prior records often contained a track or two that were lost somewhere between inspiration, endurance tests, and technical feats but there's none of that [on Dude Incredible]. Instead, Shellac go straight for your throat and don't loosen their grip until the bitter end."[13] Ludovic Hunter-Tilney of the Financial Times awarded the album a four out of five star rating.[11]
Louder Than War
. He gave the album 10/10 and called it "a relentlessly brilliant work of no compromise and musician perfection that doesn’t fit in anywhere and spits on your boring rock narrative. [18]

Tiny Mix Tapes' Simon Chandler was initially critical of the album, saying that while it maintained "the band's adherence to Spartan instrumentation, minimalist structures, and a brutally dry approach … it doesn’t throw up too many surprises." Chandler later wrote positively about the consistency of the album and noted that it "doesn't suffer from any missteps or indulgences" of Shellac's prior releases, such as Terraform (1998). He ultimately rated the album four out of five stars.[14]

Steve Albini went over each song track by track for

Exclaim! magazine.[19]

Accolades

Publication Country Accolade Rank
Consequence of Sound
 US Top 50 Albums of 2014 21[20]
Clash UK Clash's Fuss-Free Top 40 Albums Of 2014 30[21]
Pitchfork US The 50 Best Albums of 2014 47[22]
The Quietus UK Quietus Albums Of The Year 2014 60[23]
Crack Magazine
 		UK Albums of the Year 2014 74[24]
The Line of Best Fit UK The Best Fit Fifty Essential Albums of 2014 -[25]
musicOMH UK musicOMH’s Top 100 Albums Of 2014 85[26]
The Village Voice US The 2014 Pazz & Jop Critic's Poll 99[27]
Sound Opinions (Jim DeRogatis) US Jim's Top Albums 5[28]
The Guardian UK Hidden gems 2014: the albums that got away -[29]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Dude Incredible"6:00
2."Compliant"3:38
3."You Came in Me"2:06
4."Riding Bikes"5:28
Side two
No.TitleLength
5."All the Surveyors"3:20
6."The People's Microphone"3:12
7."Gary"4:00
8."Mayor/Surveyor"1:41
9."Surveyor"3:12
Total length:32:43

Personnel

All personnel credits adapted from Dude Incredible's album notes.[2]

Shellac
Technical personnel
  • Grégoire Yeche –
    engineering
  • Jon San Paolo – engineering
  • Matthew Russell – assistance
  • Steve Rooke –
    mastering
Design personnel
  • David Babbitt – layout
  • Anton Meres – photography
  • David Manthey – photography

Chart positions

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[30] 99
UK Albums (OCC)[31] 82
UK Independent Albums Chart[32]
 36
UK Independent Breakers Album Chart[6]
 5
US Billboard 200[33] 85
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[34] 20
US
Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[35]
 17
US
Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[36]
 30

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Dude Incredible | Shellac". Touch and Go Records. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
  2. ^ a b Dude Incredible (Album notes). Shellac. Touch and Go Records. 2014. TG404CD.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ "News | Shellac's Fifth Album Dude Incredible Gets A Release Date". Touch and Go Records. July 1, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  4. ^ "Dude Incredible". HDtracks. Retrieved September 28, 2014. [dead link]
  5. ^ "Music – Dude Incredible by Shellac". iTunes Store. Apple. September 16, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  6. ^ a b "2014-10-04 Top 40 Independent Albums Breakers Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  7. ^
    CBS Interactive
    . Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  8. ^ "Dude Incredible by Shellac reviews | Any Decent Music". www.anydecentmusic.com.
  9. ^
    All Media Network
    . Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  10. ^
    Consequence of Sound
    . Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  11. ^
    Pearson
    . Retrieved September 28, 2014. (subscription required)
  12. ^ a b Hannah, Andrew (September 19, 2014). "Dude Incredible by Shellac | Album Review". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  13. ^
    Pitchfork Media
    . Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  14. ^ a b Chandler, Simon (September 21, 2014). "Shellac – Dude Incredible | Music Review". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  15. ^ "Shellac Dude Incredible". exclaim.ca.
  16. ^ "Shellac - Dude Incredible". Clash Magazine.
  17. ^ "Shellac - Dude Incredible". September 19, 2014.
  18. ^ a b John Robb review on Louder Than War http://louderthanwar.com/shellac-dude-incredible-album-review-1010-for-a-stunning-return/
  19. ^ "Steve Albini Breaks Down Shellac's 'Dude Incredible' Track by Track". exclaim.ca. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  20. ^ "Top 50 Albums of 2014". December 12, 2014.
  21. ^ "Clash's Fuss-Free Top 40 Albums Of 2014". Clash Magazine.
  22. ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2014". Pitchfork.
  23. ^ "The Quietus | Features | Quietus Charts | Quietus Albums Of The Year 2014 (In Association With Norman Records)". The Quietus.
  24. ^ "Albums of the Year 2014". Crack Magazine.
  25. ^ "The Best Fit Fifty Essential Albums of 2014". The Line of Best Fit.
  26. ^ "musicOMH's Top 100 Albums Of 2014 | Lists". December 6, 2014.
  27. ^ "Pazz & Jop Stats". furia.com.
  28. ^ "Show 471: The Best Albums of 2014". soundopinions.org.
  29. ^ Empire, Kitty; Cragg, Michael; Fox, Killian; Mongredien, Phil; Spencer, Neil; Gelly, Dave; Maddocks, Fiona; Pritchard, Stephen (December 21, 2014). "Hidden gems 2014: the albums that got away" – via www.theguardian.com.
  30. ^ "Shellac – Dude Incredible". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  31. ^ "Shellac | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  32. ^ "2014-10-04 Top 40 Independent Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  33. ^ "Shellac Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  34. ^ "Shellac Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
  35. ^ "Shellac Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard.
  36. ^ "Shellac Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.

External links

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