Diploid Love is the debut solo album Brody Dalle, frontwoman of the Distillers. The digital download was released on 28 April 2014 in the United States and 29 April in Canada, followed by the CD and vinyl record set on 19 May. The lead single, "Meet the Foetus/Oh the Joy", was streamed for free on SoundCloud on 9 February before being released to iTunes on 17 February.
The album features collaborations from Garbage's Shirley Manson, The Strokes' Nick Valensi, Michael Shuman of Queens of the Stone Age and Emily Kokal of Warpaint.
Reception Diploid Love has received mostly positive reviews, with NME rating it 7 out of 10 while Rolling Stone rated it four out five stars.
The album debuted at number 33 on the UK Albums Chart and number 7 on the US Top Heatseekers albums chart. It also debuted and peaked at number 89 on the Australian Albums Chart. ARIA Report 1262, Pandora Archive
Track listing
Personnel Brody Dalle – lead vocals, guitars, bass, drums, fun machine, synths, bass synth Alain Johannes – guitars, bass, piano, trumpet, mellotron, slide guitars Nick Valensi – guitar Michael Shuman – bass Darren Weiss – drums Bral – drums Hayden Scott – drums Cindy of El Mariachi Divas – horns Mariachi El Bronx – horns Jessy Greene – violins Tyler Parkford – piano Shirley Manson – backing vocals on "Meet the Foetus/Oh the Joy" Emily Kokal – backing vocals on "Meet the Foetus/Oh the Joy"
Charts + Chart performance for Diploid LoveChart (2014)PeakpositionAustralian Albums (ARIA)89
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