Fool's Gold (Fool's Gold album)

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Fool's Gold
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 29, 2009
Recorded2008 at Sunset Lodge Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre World, Tropical, Indie
Length43:05
Label IAMSOUND Records
Fool's Gold chronology
Fool's Gold
(2009)
Leave No Trace
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
BBC (favorable) [1]
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Drowned in Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Filter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Pitchfork Media 7.6/10 [7]
Prefix Magazine7.5/10 [8]
The Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [10]
XLR8R (favorable) [11]

Fool's Gold is the first studio album by the American indie band Fool's Gold. It was released on September 29, 2009 by IAMSOUND Records in the United States, and on January 25, 2010 in the United Kingdom. [12]

Track listing

  1. "Surprise Hotel" – 6:48
  2. "Nadine" – 5:50
  3. "Ha Dvash" – 5:04
  4. "The World is All There Is" – 4:42
  5. "Poseidon" – 6:38
  6. "Yam Lo Moshech" – 4:39
  7. "Night Dancing" – 4:48
  8. "Momentary Shelter" – 4:39

References

  1. BBC review
  2. Boston Phoenix review
  3. "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on January 24, 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
  4. Filter review
  5. "Fool's Gold: Fool's Gold | CD review". The Guardian . January 22, 2010. Archived from the original on March 16, 2021.
  6. NME review
  7. Pitchfork Media review
  8. Prefix Magazine review
  9. The Times review [ dead link ]
  10. "Uncut review". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
  11. "XLR8R review". Archived from the original on January 8, 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
  12. IAMSOUND Records "Fool’s Gold Debut LP Available in the UK Today! Archived January 4, 2025, at the Wayback Machine ". Accessed February 1, 2010.