Iaora Tahiti
{{Infobox album
| name = Iaora Tahiti
| type = studio
| artist = Mouse on Mars
| cover = Iaora Tahiti.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1995|10|03|df=yes}}
| recorded =
| studio = Academy of St. Martin in the Streets
| genre = {{hlist|IDM{{cite web|last=Fucks|first=Niklas|url=https://spex.de/lieblingsplatte-festival-vol-2/|title=Ein Fest für Albumfreunde: Lieblingsplatte in Düsseldorf|work=Spex|date=26 October 2017|accessdate=20 March 2020|language=de|archive-date=20 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320025709/https://spex.de/lieblingsplatte-festival-vol-2/|url-status=dead}}|electronica|downtempo{{cite web|last=Segal|first=Dave|url=https://www.thestranger.com/seattle/up-and-coming/Content?oid=16044842|title=Mouse on Mars, Matmos, Horse Lords|work=The Stranger|date=20 February 2013|accessdate=12 September 2019}}}}
| length = {{Duration|m=68|s=21}}
| label = Too Pure
| producer = {{hlist|Jan St. Werner|Andi Toma}}
| prev_title = Vulvaland
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Autoditacker
| next_year = 1997
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Iaora Tahiti
| type = studio
| single1 = Bib
| single1date = 1995
}}
}}
Iaora Tahiti is the second studio album by German electronica duo Mouse on Mars. It was released in 1995.
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web|last=Cooper|first=Sean|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/iaora-tahiti-mw0000176265|title=Iaora Tahiti – Mouse on Mars|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=11 September 2014}}
| rev2 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book|chapter=Mouse on Mars|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|publisher=Omnibus Press|edition=5th concise|year=2011|isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}
| rev3 = Muzik
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Bush|first=Calvin|title=Mouse on Mars: Iaora Tahiti (Too Pure)|url=http://www.muzikmagazine.co.uk/issues/muzik004_september_1995.pdf|magazine=Muzik|issue=4|date=September 1995|page=85 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402181415/http://www.muzikmagazine.co.uk/issues/muzik004_september_1995.pdf |archive-date=2 April 2022}}
| rev4 = NME
| rev4score = 8/10{{cite magazine|title=Mouse on Mars: Iaora Tahiti|magazine=NME|date=19 August 1995|page=49}}
| rev5 = Pitchfork
| rev5score = 8.3/10{{cite web|last=Richard-San|first=Mark|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/m/mouse-on-mars/iaora-tahiti.shtml|title=Mouse on Mars: Iaora Tahiti|work=Pitchfork|date=April 1997|accessdate=19 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040810055950/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/m/mouse-on-mars/iaora-tahiti.shtml|archive-date=10 August 2004|url-status=dead}}
| rev6 = The Village Voice
| rev6score = C+{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/ts95-95.php|title=Turkey Shoot|work=The Village Voice|location=New York|date=28 November 1995|accessdate=11 September 2014}}
}}
In 2003, Pitchfork placed Iaora Tahiti at number 67 on its list of "Top 100 Albums of the 1990s".{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/5923-top-100-albums-of-the-1990s/?page=4|title=Top 100 Albums of the 1990s|page=4|work=Pitchfork|date=17 November 2003|accessdate=10 January 2018}} Critic Mark Richardson said, "This is sunny electronic music operating in accordance with the pleasure principle."
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma, except where noted
| title1 = Stereomission
| length1 = 4:32
| title2 = Kompod
| length2 = 4:05
| title3 = Saturday Night Worldcup Fieber
| length3 = 4:19
| title4 = Schunkel
| length4 = 5:00
| title5 = Gocard
| length5 = 3:54
| title6 = Kanu
| length6 = 5:57
| title7 = Bib
| length7 = 5:59
| title8 = Schlecktron
| length8 = 4:59
| title9 = Preprise
| length9 = 1:35
| title10 = Papa, Antoine
| length10 = 6:51
| title11 = Omnibuzz
| length11 = 4:33
| title12 = Hallo
| length12 = 3:59
| title13 = Die Innere Orange
| note13 = St. Werner, Toma, Harald Ziegler
| length13 = 12:38
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Japanese edition bonus track
| title14 = Bib
| note14 = Lomo Mix
| length14 = 8:00
}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
Mouse on Mars
- Jan St. Werner – composition, arrangement, production
- Andi Toma – composition, arrangement, production
Additional personnel
- Nobuko Sugai – vocals (1)
- Wolfgang Flür – drums (1)
- Dodo Nkishi – drums (1, 4, 6, 7)
- Bodo Staiger – pedal steel guitar (10)
- Harald Ziegler – lyrics (13), vocals (13)
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|15025|Iaora Tahiti}}
- {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=bf0b37f8-5cd2-3cb3-ac96-36f35f60f91c|name=Iaora Tahiti}}
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