Pale Fire (album)
Pale Fire is the fifth studio album by El Perro Del Mar released on 13 November 2012 on Memphis Industries, The Control Group and INGRID.
Pale Fire | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | November 12, 2012 November 13, 2012 | |||
Recorded | 2012 | |||
Genre | Electronic, Indie, Pop | |||
Label | Memphis Industries | |||
Producer | Sarah Assbring | |||
El Perro del Mar chronology | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 66/100[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
BBC | Positive[2] |
Slant Magazine | [3] |
Pitchfork | (6.0/10)[4] |
NME | [5] |
Filter | [6] |
Prefix | [7] |
Critical reception
The album received positive to mixed reviews. Kevin Leidel of Slant Magazine called it "one of the most beguiling and unique offerings of the Swedish pack" saying Assbring "consistently displays a steady hand with her experimentation".[8] Prefix praised "effortless knack for poetic personification", referring to 'I Was a Boy' a "humbling, devastating, quiet pop ballad".[9] Pitchfork while generally positive, expressed disappointment in light of the 2011 release 'What Do You Expect', stating, "the idea of a dance album from El Perro Del Mar is tantalizing: tears on the floor and a thick, moody fog in the air, as apt for dancing as for watching shadows".[10]
Track listing
- "Pale Fire"
- "Hold Off the Dawn"
- "Home Is to Feel Like That"
- "I Carry the Fire"
- "Love Confusion"
- "Walk on By"
- "Love in Vain"
- "To the Beat of a Dying World"
- "I Was a Boy"
- "Dark Night"
Charts
Chart (2013) | Peak position |
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Swedish Albums Chart[11] | 43 |
Tour
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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November 1, 2012 | Bergen | Norway | Ekkofestival |
November 2, 2012 | Malmö | Sweden | Inkonst |
November 3, 2012 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Vega |
November 10, 2012 | Bristol | United Kingdom | Fear of fiction |
November 11, 2012 | Manchester | United Kingdom | The Castle |
November 12, 2012 | London | United Kingdom | Village Underground |
November 13, 2012 | London | United Kingdom | Instore Rough Trade East |
November 14, 2012 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Paradiso |
November 15, 2012 | Hamburg | Germany | Uebel & Gefärlich |
November 16, 2012 | Berlin | Germany | HBC |
November 22, 2012 | Gothenburg | Sweden | Neferiti |
November 27, 2012 | Paris | France | Point Ephémère |
November 28, 2012 | Barcelona | Spain | Music Hall |
November 29, 2012 | Zaragoza | Spain | La Lata De Bombillas |
November 30, 2012 | Madrid | Spain | Circulo Des Bellas Arte |
December 1, 2012 | Stockholm | Sweden | Strand |
December 7, 2012 | Oslo | Norway | Blå |
December 13, 2012 | Helsinki | Finland | Korjaamo |
References
- https://www.metacritic.com/music/pale-fire/el-perro-del-mar
- BBC review
- "Slant review".
- https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17292-pale-fire/
- https://www.nme.com/reviews/el-perro-del-mar/13862
- http://filtermagazine.com/index.php/reviews/entry/el_perro_del_mar1
- http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/el-perro-del-mar/pale-fire/71691/
- https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/el-perro-del-mar-pale-fire/2951
- http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/el-perro-del-mar/pale-fire/71691/
- https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17292-pale-fire/
- "El Perro Del Mar – Pale Fire" (in Swedish). Swedish Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- http://www.elperrodelmar.com/news.html