Dark Island (album)

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Dark Island
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Studio album by
Released2003
Genre Avant-garde
Length44:43
Label Domino Records [1]
Pram chronology
The Museum of Imaginary Animals
(2000)
Dark Island
(2003)
The Moving Frontier
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [3]
Pitchfork 5.7/10 [4]

Dark Island is an album by English band Pram, released in 2003. [5] [6] The album contains the song "Track of the Cat", which was used on a BT advert in 2003.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by Pram

  1. "Track of the Cat" – 4:13
  2. "Penny Arcade" – 4:27
  3. "The Pawnbroker" – 3:19
  4. "Paper Hats" – 4:05
  5. "Peepshow" – 3:28
  6. "Sirocco" – 4:25
  7. "The Archivist" – 6:01
  8. "Goodbye" – 5:06
  9. "Leeward" – 3:36
  10. "Distant Islands" – 6:03

Personnel

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References

  1. "Pram - Dark Island (CD) | Domino Mart". Domino Recording Company.
  2. Dark Island at AllMusic
  3. "Album Review: Pram - Dark Island". DrownedInSound. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  4. "Pram: Dark Island". Pitchfork.
  5. "Pram: "Dark Island"". Salon. 25 March 2003.
  6. Inc, CMJ Network (20 April 2003). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. via Google Books.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)