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Oi Va Voi (album)

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Oi Va Voi
Studio album by
Released9 July 2007
GenreAlternative
Length40:45
LabelV2[1]
ProducerMike Spencer[2]
Oi Va Voi chronology
Laughter Through Tears
(2003)
Oi Va Voi
(2007)
Travelling the Face of the Globe
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Drowned in Sound2/10[3]
The Guardian[4]

Oi Va Voi is a studio album by the English, London-based, experimental band Oi Va Voi, released in 2007.[5][2]

Critical reception

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AllMusic wrote that the album "saw Oi Va Voi embracing their peculiarities and creating a swirling mix of rock music, soulful electronica, and world music influences."[5] The Guardian wrote that the band "excel here at everything from an Air-style 'kitsch space song' about Yuri Gagarin via skittering beats, Arabic strings and Jewish klezmer to the sensitive 'Dry Your Eyes.'"[4] Drowned in Sound called it "an astoundingly bland, wearingly tedious long-player, with precious little to recommend it."[3]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Yuri"4:33
2."Further Deeper"5:45
3."Look Down"5:18
4."Dissident"4:01
5."Balkanik"3:54
6."Black Sheep"4:54
7."Nosim"1:00
8."Dry Your Eyes"4:47
9."Worry Lines"4:29
10."Spirit of Bulgaria"2:09

Personnel

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  • Alice McLaughlin – lead vocals
  • Lemez Lovas – lyrics, arrangement, trumpet, vocals
  • Nik Ammar – guitar
  • Josh Breslaw – drums
  • Stephen Levi – clarinet
  • Leo Bryant – bass
  • Anna Phoebe – violin

References

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  1. ^ "Oi Va Voi – Oi Va Voi | The Skinny". www.theskinny.co.uk.
  2. ^ a b "Oi Va Voi all over again". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com.
  3. ^ a b "Album Review: Oi Va Voi – Oi Va Voi". DrownedInSound. Archived from the original on 17 June 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b "CD: Oi Va Voi, Oi Va Voi". the Guardian. 16 June 2007.
  5. ^ a b "Oi Va Voi | Biography & History". AllMusic.
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