Oddments
studio
ArtistKing Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
CoverOddments King Gizzard.jpg
Released7 March 2014
Genre
Length32:07
LabelFlightless
ProducerStu Mackenzie · Joe Walker
Prev year2013
Next year2014

Oddments is the fourth studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. It was released on 7 March 2014 on Flightless. It peaked at No. 13 on the ARIA Albums Chart after being re-released on vinyl in November 2018.[1] "Work This Time" was their most-streamed song on Spotify before the band withdrew their discography from the platform in July of 2025, with over 51 million streams.

Background and recording

Oddments was announced on 14 January 2014, with "Vegemite" serving as the album's lead single. Lead vocalist Stu Mackenzie said that the song was "probably the most literal song [he's] ever written".[2][3] Oddments consists of outtakes from the band's prior releases, with the album serving as a way to compile the songs without necessarily adhering to a sound or theme as the band had done up until that point;[4] the oddment nature of the songs (being leftovers from previous albums) gave the album its name.[5] The album opener "Alluda Majaka" refers to and features an audio sample of the 1995 Telugu film of the same name. During production of the album, Mackenzie's laptop was stolen with the masters for several tracks on the album alongside a majority of the tracks from The Murlocs' debut album Loopholes, forcing both bands to rerecord the lost material.[6]

Reception

Oddments was King Gizzard's fourth album in 18 months, with some reviewers noting that the album's quality seemingly suffered from the rush to quickly turnaround new material.[4][7][8] Reviewers and retrospectives on the band's discography also noted that the album was overall stylistically fractured and incohesive, something other releases of theirs had not been prior nor since,[4][9][5] although some reviewers and retrospectives also pointed out that songs had a pop lean to them.[5][10]

Track listing

Vinyl releases have tracks 1–6 on Side A, and tracks 7–12 on Side B.[11]

Personnel

Credits for Oddments adapted from liner notes.[12]

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

Additional musicians

  • Monty Hartnett – drums (tracks 9 and 10)

Production

  • Stu Mackenzie – production (tracks 1–5 and 7–12)
  • Joe Walker – production (tracks 2, 5 and 6)
  • Joe Carra – mastering
  • Jason Galea – cover art and layout
  • Jarrad Brown – recording assistance (track 7)

Charts

Chart performance for Oddments
Chart (2018)Peak
position

References

  1. ^ "A Star Is Born soundtrack holds #1 for third week". Australian Recording Industry Association. 10 November 2018. Archived 10 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  2. ^ Baroni, Nastassia (2014-01-14). "King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Announce New LP 'Oddments', Drop Single 'Vegemite'". Music Feeds. Archived 23 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  3. ^ "King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Announce New Album "Oddments" – Across The Ocean". acrosstheocean.com.au. 14 January 2014. Archived 5 April 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  4. ^ Crosbie, Niamh (2014-03-07). "An Analysis of 'Oddments' by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard". SpeakerTV. Archived 26 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  5. ^ Saunders, Luke (2020-02-06). "Every single King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard album, ranked". Happy Mag. Archived 16 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  6. ^ McCarthy, Dylan (2014-03-27). "King Gizzard, The Murlocs Lost "Entire Recordings" In Computer Robbery". Tone Deaf. Archived 18 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  7. ^ "King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard : Oddments". Beat Magazine. 2014-03-17. Archived 24 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  8. ^ Telford, Brendan (2014-02-13). "King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard / Oddments". themusic.com.au. Archived 24 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  9. ^ Handke, Tobias (2020-11-19). "We rank every King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard album". purplesneakers.com.au. Archived 1 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  10. ^ Emery, Patrick (2014-02-27). "King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: Oddments". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived 18 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
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  12. ^ Track listing and credits as per liner notes for Oddments album