Bitte Orca
2009 album by Dirty Projectors / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bitte Orca is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Dirty Projectors, released on June 9, 2009, by Domino Recording Company. The word "bitte" is a German word for "please", and "orca" is another name for a killer whale. Frontman David Longstreth states that he liked the way the words sounded together.[3] Longstreth notes that the music contained within the album "felt very [much] about colors, and their interaction,"[3] and that the music was written with the notion of the band, as a whole, in mind.[3]
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Released | June 9, 2009 | |||
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Length | 41:08 | |||
Label | Domino | |||
Producer | David Longstreth | |||
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Two of the album's tracks, "Temecula Sunrise" and "Cannibal Resource", appeared on the subsequent EP release, Temecula Sunrise, alongside two new songs.[4]
The album peaked at #65 on the Billboard 200 and #12 on the Independent Albums chart.[5] As of April 4, 2012, the album has sold 85,000 copies in the U.S.[6]
Bitte Orca is the only studio album by the group to feature Angel Deradoorian as a full-time member.