Fragrant World

Fragrant World is the third studio album by American psychedelic pop band Yeasayer, released on August 21, 2012, on Secretly Canadian.

Critical reception
The album has received a provisional score of 71 from Metacritic indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on the reviews of 44 critics.

Yeasayer

 * Chris Keating – lead vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 11), backing vocals (3, 5, 9 and 10) , Maschine synth (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11) , drum programming (2, 3, 4, 6 and 8) , synthesizer (2, 4, 5 and 8) , Jupiter (7)
 * Anand Wilder – lead vocals (3, 5, 9 and 10), backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 11) , guitar (1, 4, 8, 9 and 11) , piano (1) , Nord (1) , Juno 106 (3, 4, 9 and 10) , Jupiter MKS-80 (3) , Korg MS-20 (3) , Farfisa (3) , Boss Supershifter (3) , organ (4) , cello (5) , drum programming (5) , Electribe (6) , synthesizer (6) , trident piano (7) , ARP Omni 2 (7) , talk box (8) , celeste (9) , 12-string guitar (10) , Rhodes (10) , mellotron (10)
 * Ira Wolf Tuton – J bass (2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 11), backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 10) , melodyne vocals (1) , Omnisphere (9 and 10) , Harmonic Octave Generator (4) , Roland SH-2 (5) , bass synthesizer (6) , Roland SH-101 (7) , ARP 2600 (7) , tambourine (7) , Moog Murf (9) , piano (10)

Additional musicians

 * Jason Trammell – drums (2, 4 and 7), percussion (6) , MPC (11)
 * Ahmed Gallab – percussion (6)
 * Brian McOmber – drums (2, 4 and 9), percussion (9)
 * Dan Carey – MPC (3 and 5)
 * Al Carlson – melodyne (4), saxophone (10)
 * Kishi Bashi – strings (2)
 * "Delicate" Steve Marion – guitar (3)
 * Elliot Bergman – kalimba (5)

Recording personnel

 * Yeasayer – producer
 * Al Carlson – recording
 * Abe Seiferth – additional recording
 * Alexis Smith – engineer
 * Dan Carey – mixing

Artwork

 * Ana Maria Lucaciu – modeling
 * Jason Nocito – photography
 * Other Means – design