{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=February 2013}} {{Infobox album | name = Anotherland | type = studio | artist = Dave Dobbyn | cover = Anotherland, Dave Dobbyn.jpeg | released = 2008 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Rock | length = 52:47 | label = Sony BMG | producer = | prev_title = Available Light | prev_year = 2005 | year = 2008 | next_title = Beside You: 30 Years of Hits | next_year = 2009 }}

'''''Anotherland''''' is a 2008 album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Dave Dobbyn. It was recorded in England with producer Adrian Sherwood and musician 'Little Axe' Skip McDonald.<ref>{{cite web|title=Review: Anotherland|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/album-reviews/613529/CD-review-i-Anotherland-i-Dave-Dobbyn|work=stuff.co.nz|accessdate=22 September 2012}}</ref> The album debuted at number 2 on the New Zealand Music Charts<ref>{{cite web|title=Anotherland: Charting|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Dave+Dobbyn&titel=Anotherland&cat=a|publisher=charts.nz|accessdate=22 September 2012}}</ref> and was later certified Gold.

==Background== Dobbyn was put in contact with Sherwood and McDonald through his manager Lorraine Barry, who had been based in the UK before moving to New Zealand and knew Sherwood well. They were introduced at a Dobbyn gig in London. Dobbyn recorded the album in London over three weeks with his touring band.<ref name=radio-nz>{{cite web|last=Trevor Reekie|title=Access All Areas: Dave Dobbyn Vs Adrian Sherwood in Anotherland|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/accessallareas/audio/2514428/access-all-areas-dave-dobbyn-vs-adrian-sherwood-in-anotherland|publisher=Radio NZ|accessdate=17 November 2012|date=3 November 2008}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | collapsed = | headline =

| all_writing = Dave Dobbyn | all_lyrics = | all_music =

| title1 = At Light Speed | length1 = 1:53

| title2 = Anotherland | length2 = 3:10

| title3 = Crosstown Static | length3 = 3:13

| title4 = Only Love Remains | length4 = 2:57

| title5 = When The Water Runs Out | length5 = 3:52

| title6 = Wild Kisses Like Rain | length6 = 3:05

| title7 = Howling at the Moon | length7 = 3:33

| title8 = A Long Way Across Town | length8 = 3:11

| title9 = Deep Calling Deep | length9 = 2:53

| title10 = Hey Stranger | length10 = 3:39

| title11 = Instinct for the Blue | length11 = 2:26

| title12 = The Black Swing | length12 = 4:31

| title13 = Just What I Need | length13 = 3:29

| title14 = Be My Guiding Light | length14 = 4:02

| title15 = Miles and Miles | length15 = 2:37

| title16 = Arms of Eternity | length16 = 4:19 }}

==Critical reception== Critical reception was generally favourable, with praise given to Dobbyn for moving away from his usual rock roots towards dubstep.<ref>{{cite web|title=SmokeCDs: Review|url=http://www.smokecds.com/cd/43720|work=smokecds.com|publisher=Smoke CDs|accessdate=22 September 2012}}</ref> Tony Parker of NZ Musician commented that through "unlikely pairing with Sherwood [Dobbyn] has taken the best of what he does and moulded it into something new."<ref>{{cite web|last=Parker|first=Tony|title=Review: Anotherland|url=http://www.nzmusician.co.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/album/pi_albumid/1167|work=nzmusician.co.nz|publisher=NZ Musician|accessdate=22 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929084204/http://www.nzmusician.co.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/album/pi_albumid/1167|archive-date=29 September 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Fairfax gave more muted praise, as they saw the mixed results as being "a missed opportunity".<ref>{{cite web|title=Review: Anotherland|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/album-reviews/613529/CD-review-i-Anotherland-i-Dave-Dobbyn|publisher=stuff.co.nz|accessdate=22 September 2012}}</ref>

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==External links== * [http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/accessallareas/audio/2514428/access-all-areas-dave-dobbyn-vs-adrian-sherwood-in-anotherland Access All Areas: Dave Dobbyn andAdrian Sherwood], Radio New Zealand interview

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