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American Dollar Bill – Keep Facing Sideways, You're Too Hideous to Look at Face On

2018 album

American Dollar Bill – Keep Facing Sideways, You're Too Hideous to Look at Face On (Japanese: アメリカドル紙幣よ そのまま横を向いたままでいてくれ 正面からは見られたもんじゃないから, and occasionally shortened to just American Dollar Bill) is a collaborative album between Japanese free improvisation/noise music artist Keiji Haino and American post-metal band Sumac. Serving as Haino's 86th and Sumac's third studio album, American Dollar Bill was released on February 23, 2018 through Thrill Jockey.[1]

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Background and production

Sumac frontman Aaron Turner first saw Keiji Haino perform live nearly 20 years before the recording sessions for American Dollar Bill – Keep Facing Sideways, You're Too Hideous to Look at Face On. Turner was a fan of Haino's music and personal image, and reached out to Haino after some of his friends encouraged him to email his manager.[2] All members of Sumac entered the studio with Haino in June 2017 to record "a series of unrehearsed, completely non-premeditated sessions".[1] By Haino's request, the group performed two improvised sessions: one practice session and a second, entirely different session that would become an album.[2] They recorded over an hour's worth of music across three tracks (two of which were separated into two parts) that became American Dollar Bill.

Reception

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American Dollar Bill received widespread acclaim from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 81, based on nine reviews.[3] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 75 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 9 reviews.[10] Spin listed the album on their "15 Experimental Albums We Loved in 2018" list.[11]

Track listing

Titles and lyrics by Keiji Haino. Title translations by Alan Cummings. Music by Haino and Sumac.[12]

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Personnel

Album personnel adapted from CD liner notes.[12]

Band

Production

Artwork and design

  • Aaron Turner – artwork, design
  • Faith Coloccia – design
  • Takeshi – photographs

References

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    Slingerland, Calum (November 23, 2017). "Sumac Team Up with Keiji Haino for New Collaborative Album". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
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    Currin, Grayson Haver (March 27, 2018). "Keiji Haino, Dark Wizard Of The Avant-Garde, Enjoys A Good Snack Cake". NPR. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
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    "American Dollar Bill - Keep Facing Sideways, You're Too Hideous To Look at Face On by Keiji Haino Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
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    Whitfield, Robert (February 27, 2018). "Keiji Haino & Sumac meld their disparate styles on American Dollar Bill - Keep Facing Sideways You're Too Hideous to Look at Face On". The 405. Archived from the original on February 27, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
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    Simpson, Paul. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
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    Caldwell, Sean (March 1, 2018). "No Ripcord Review". No Ripcord. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
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    O'Connor, Andy (March 6, 2018). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
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    King, Ian (February 23, 2018). "Keiji Haino and SUMAC Join Forces for 'American Dollar Bill'". PopMatters. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
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    Weingarten, Christopher (September 24, 2018). "Sumac's Free Metal Breaks Ugly New Ground". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
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    "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
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    Spin Staff (December 21, 2018). "15 Experimental Albums We Loved in 2018". Spin. Spin Media. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  12. [12]
    American Dollar Bill – Keep Facing Sideways, You're Too Hideous To Look at Face On (Media notes). Chicago: Thrill Jockey. 2018. CD liner booklet. THRILL463.
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