Odditorium or Warlords of Mars is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band The Dandy Warhols

The Dandy Warhols

The Dandy Warhols are an American alternative rock band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1994. The band was founded by singer-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor and guitarist Peter Holmström, with keyboardist Zia McCabe and drummer Eric Hedford later joining. Hedford left in 1998 and was replaced by...

. It was released on 13 September 2005 on Capitol Records

Capitol Records

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. The album features a return to the psychedelic guitar-rock of ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

…The Dandy Warhols Come Down is the second studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols, released in July 1997 on Capitol Records. The album features a change in style from the garage rock- and shoegaze-influenced sound of their previous album, Dandys Rule OK, to a more...

, following their foray into electropop with 2003's Welcome to the Monkey House

Welcome to the Monkey House

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.

Track listing

Reception

The album received a mixed critical reception, generally polarising critics. Allmusic called it "half inspired, half-embarrassing, and completely self-indulgent." Pitchfork

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 gave the album an exceptionally low 1.2/10 rating, writing "only the truly earless would mistake this assortment of bloated in-jokes and interminable, sub-song drones for some kind of masterpiece.", while The Guardian

The Guardian

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called it "their best yet".

Personnel

• Courtney Taylor-Taylor
  Courtney Taylor-Taylor
  Courtney Taylor-Taylor is an American singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon. He is the lead singer and guitarist of alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols, a band he co-founded. The vast majority of the band's songs are written by Taylor-Taylor, including hits "We Used to Be Friends" and...
  
   – vocals, guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , keyboard
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  , percussion
• Peter Holmstrom
  Peter Loew
  Peter Holmström is a guitarist from Portland, Oregon, United States. He is a founding member of The Dandy Warhols and Pete International Airport. He is a graduate of the Oregon Episcopal School in Portland and also attended NYU. His influences include The Jesus and Mary Chain, Love and Rockets, and...
  
   – guitar, vocals
• Zia McCabe
  Zia McCabe
  Zia McCabe is a percussionist, bass guitarist, and keyboard player. She is a member of American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. She graduated from Battle Ground High School in Battle Ground, Washington in 1992. In 1995, with hardly any prior musical experience, Zia joined The Dandy Warhols...
  
   – keyboards, bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , vocals
• Brent De Boer
  Brent De Boer
  Brent "Fathead" DeBoer is an American singer and drummer, known for being the drummer of alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. He replaced founding member Eric Hedford in 1998 and is a cousin of Warhols' frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor. He graduated from Lakeridge High School in Lake Oswego,...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
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  , guitar, vocals
• Bill Kurtis
  Bill Kurtis
  Bill Kurtis is an American television journalist, producer, narrator, and news anchor. He is also the current host of A&E crime and news documentary shows, including Investigative Reports, American Justice, and Cold Case Files...
  
  - narrates intro on track 1

External links

• Odditorium or Warlords of Mars at The Dandy Warhols' official website