Fake (album)

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Fake
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Studio album by
Released16 September 1994
Genre Shoegaze
Length41:37
Label Creation Records - CRELP 165
Producer Paul Corkett, Pat Collier
Adorable chronology
Against Perfection
(1993)
Fake
(1994)
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Fake is the second and final album by British alternative rock band Adorable, released in 1994. [2] The sound of the album was influenced by American indie rock, a shift from the Britpop of the band's debut. [3] The album sold poorly, and Adorable were dropped from their label. [4]

Contents

Reception

Trouser Press wrote that Fake "meets the sophomore challenge with surprising grace and ease. A more coherent, ambitious album that flows far better than its predecessor, it possesses twice the bite, more interesting guitar passages and an underlying obstinacy that fuels the immaculately built tunes." [2]

Track listing

  1. "Feed Me" – 3:29
  2. "Vendetta" – 4:10
  3. "Man in a Suitcase" – 4:48
  4. "Submarine" – 4:29
  5. "Lettergo" – 3:59
  6. "Kangaroo Court" – 3:27
  7. "Radio Days" – 3:36
  8. "Go Easy on Her" – 4:33
  9. "Road Movie" – 4:17
  10. "Have You Seen the Light" – 4:49

Personnel

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References

  1. "Fake - Adorable | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  2. 1 2 "TrouserPress.com :: Adorable". www.trouserpress.com.
  3. "Adorable: Footnotes 92-94". Pitchfork.
  4. Gourlay, Dom. "Adorable at the Scala, London, UK, November 3, 2019". undertheradarmag.com.