North Pole Radio Station

North Pole Radio Station
Studio album by Pram
Released	16 March 1998
Recorded	Colossal Studio in Birmingham, England
Genre	Neo-psychedelia
Length	41:57
Label	Domino, Merge Records [1]
Producer	Pram
Pram chronology
Music for Your Movies (1996) North Pole Radio Station (1998) Sleepy Sweet (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
Pitchfork Media	6.3/10 [4]
Spin	[5]

North Pole Radio Station is the fourth album by Pram, released in 1998. ^{[1] [6]}

Critical reception

The Independent wrote that Pram's "dark playfulness has a woozy ambience which makes this a very friendly oddity indeed." ^[7] CMJ New Music Monthly called North Pole Radio Station "the band's most skeletal album to date," writing that "for the most part, Pram's newfound economy yields brilliant results." ^[8]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Rosie Cuckston; all music is composed by Pram.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Omnichord"	5:44
2.	"Cinnabar"	4:56
3.	"El Topo"	3:42
4.	"Bathysphere"	2:42
5.	"Fallen Snow"	5:22
6.	"The Clockwork Lighthouse"	4:43
7.	"Sleepy Sweet"	7:08
8.	"Cow Ghosts"	2:41
9.	"The Doors of Empty Cupboards"	4:59

Personnel

• Rosie Cuckston – vocals, keyboards, omnichord
• Matt Eaton – guitar, bass guitar, sampler, keyboards
• Sam Owen – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, accordion, woodwind
• Max Simpson – keyboards, sampler
• Nick Sales – keyboards, guitar, woodwind, theremin, sampler
• Daren Garratt – drums, percussion
• Mark Butterworth – drums, percussion

References

1. "Pram | Biography & History". AllMusic.
2. Mason, Stewart. "North Pole Radio Station". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
3. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 622.
4. Fowler, Shan. "Pram: North Pole Radio Station". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 24 December 2001. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
5. "North Pole Radio Station". Spin . November 1998. p. 143.
6. Sprague, David (2007). "Pram". Trouser Press . Retrieved 7 March 2013.
7. "POP: ALBUM REVIEWS" . The Independent. 21 September 2011. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022.
8. "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. 24 September 1998 – via Google Books.

External links

• North Pole Radio Station at Discogs (list of releases)