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Lux Prima is a collaborative studio album by American singer-songwriter Karen O and Danger Mouse. It was released in March 2019 under BMG Records.

Lux Prima
Studio album by Karen O and Danger Mouse
Released	March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)
Genre	Psychedelic rock orchestral pop trip hop
Length	40:42
Label	BMG
Producer	Danger Mouse
Karen O chronology
Crush Songs (2014) Lux Prima (2019)
Danger Mouse chronology
After the Disco (2014) Lux Prima (2019)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.5/10[1]
Metacritic	79/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Clash	7/10[4]
Consequence	B+[5]
Crack	4/10[6]
DIY	[7]
The Guardian	[8]
The Irish Times	[9]
musicOMH	[10]
Pitchfork	7.3/10[11]
Rolling Stone	[12]

Composition

With Lux Prima, the duo craft "sprawling, soulful [and] cinematic" psych rock.[13] 1960s orchestral pop and the "packed and dusty" sound of 1990s trip hop are also worked in.[14][11] Other styles featured include disco, funk, soul,[5] and lounge-pop.[8]

Track listing

All music produced by Danger Mouse.

Personnel

Sourced from AllMusic.[3]

Karen O & Danger Mouse

• Karen Orzolek - lead & background vocals (all tracks), synthesizers (tracks 4, 6), electric guitar (track 6), acoustic guitar (tracks 8, 9); string arrangements
• Brian Burton - background vocals (tracks 2, 6), synth bass (tracks 1, 2), Wurlitzer (tracks 1, 2, 7), synthesizers (tracks 1, 3-5, 7-9), percussion (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 9), drum programming (tracks 2, 3), electric guitar (tracks 2, 3), acoustic guitar (tracks 2, 3, 9), bass (tracks 2, 4, 8, 9), drums (track 4), strings (track 6), organ (track 7), Mellotron (track 8), programming (track 8); horn & string arrangements

Additional musicians

• Sam Cohen - bass (tracks 1-4, 6-8), electric guitar (tracks 1-3, 5-7), synthesizer (tracks 1, 3), drums (track 2)
• David Christian - drums (tracks 1 [parts I and IV], 4-7)
• Héctor Delgado - drum programming (tracks 2, 3)
• Jared Samuel - piano (track 4), Wurlitzer (track 5), Rhodes (track 6)
• Nick Zinner - electric guitars (tracks 4, 8)
• Daniele Luppi - string arrangements, string conductor
  • Mei Chang, Sharon Jackson, Marina Manukian, Cameron Patrick, Benjamin Powell, Kathleen Robertson, Erika Walczak - violin
  • Adriana Zoppo - viola
  • Stefanie Fife - cello
• Chris Tedesco - music contractor, trombone & trumpet (tracks 1, 5, 6)

Charts

Chart performance for Lux Prima

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA)[15]	28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16]	104
French Albums (SNEP)[17]	173
Scottish Albums (OCC)[18]	17
UK Albums (OCC)[19]	35
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[20]	1

References

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Lux Prima — студийный альбом американской певицы Karen O (Karen Lee Orzolek; вокалистки группы Yeah Yeah Yeahs) и диджея и продюсера Danger Mouse (Брайан Джозеф Бёртон), вышедший 15 марта 2019 года на лейбле BMG Records.

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