Tommy (Dosh album)

Tommy is the fifth solo studio album by American multi-insturmentalist Dosh. It was released on Anticon on April 13, 2010.^[1]

Tommy
Studio album by Dosh
Released	April 13, 2010 (2010-04-13)[1]
Genre	Post-rock, instrumental hip hop[2]
Length	43:57
Label	Anticon
Dosh chronology
Wolves and Wishes (2008) Tommy (2010) Milk Money (2013)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The A.V. Club	A−[5]
Cokemachineglow	78/100[6]
Pitchfork	6.9/10[7]
PopMatters	[8]
The Skinny	[9]
URB	[10]

Andrew Bird contributed vocals on "Number 41" and "Nevermet".^[11] "Airlift" contains a sample of Dosh and his friend covering "Run Like Hell" by Pink Floyd.^[1] The album is named after and dedicated to Tom Cesario.^[1]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76% based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[3]

Zach Cole of URB gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "Dosh's focus on Tommy falls on the elegance of the music first and foremost, and the tracks evoke warmth as they evolve in sequence."^[10] He added, "Dosh pays particular attention to the delicate balance of the instruments on each track, making sure that no one sound overpowers another."^[10] M. R. Newmark of PopMatters gave the album 7 stars out of 10, saying: "This is Dosh taking a step back, slowing down, freaking out a little (check the snarling ending of album finale 'Gare de Lyon'), and making the most personal music of his career."^[8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Martin Dosh, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Subtractions"	4:18
2.	"Yer Face"	3:22
3.	"Number 41" (Dosh, Andrew Bird)	3:04
4.	"Town Mouse"	3:09
5.	"Loud" (Mike Lewis)	3:31
6.	"Airlift"	3:58
7.	"Country Road X" (Dosh, Ryan Francesconi)	5:05
8.	"Call the Kettle"	5:38
9.	"Nevermet" (Dosh, Bird)	3:23
10.	"Gare de Lyon" (Dosh, Andrew Broder, Everest, Bryan Olson)	8:29

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Martin Dosh – everything else
• Mike Lewis – backing vocals (1, 3), saxophone (1, 4, 8), synthesizer (2), piano (3, 5, 6, 7), bass guitar (5, 8, 10), glockenspiel (5)
• Jeremy Ylvisaker – electric guitar (2, 3, 4, 5, 6), backing vocals (3), synthesizer (3), slide guitar (8), feedback guitar (10)
• Ryan Francesconi – accordion (7), guitar (7, 8, 9, 10), bass guitar (7, 9), banjo (10), tambura (10)
• Mike Sopko – acoustic guitar (1), electric guitar (1)
• Chris Morrissey – electric bass (1, 4, 6)
• Todd Sickafoose – acoustic bass (2, 9)
• Jon Davis – microphone (3), bass sample (3)
• Paul Niehaus – pedal steel guitar (3)
• Andrew Bird – vocals (3, 9), lyrics (3, 9)
• Bryan Olson – guitar (4)
• Derek Phillips – drums (4)
• Freddy Votel – percussion (5, 8, 10)
• J.T. Bates – cymbal (6)
• Tim Glenn – prepared piano (7)