Paley & Francis | ||||
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Studio album by Paley & Francis (Black Francis and Reid Paley) | ||||
Released | October 11, 2011 | |||
Recorded | September 2010 | |||
Studio | Hormone Studios, Nashville | |||
Genre | Rock, roots rock, alternative rock | |||
Length | 35:59 | |||
Label | Cooking Vinyl, Sonic Unyon, Demon Music Group | |||
Producer | Jon Tiven | |||
Black Francis chronology | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 60/100 [1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Consequence of Sound | C− [3] |
Popmatters | [4] |
Uncut | [5] |
Under the Radar | 5/10 [6] |
Paley & Francis is a studio album by Paley & Francis (Reid Paley and Black Francis), recorded in Nashville in September 2010, and released in the UK & Europe on October 10, 2011 on Cooking Vinyl, and in North America on October 11, 2011 on Sonic Unyon. [7] [8]
The album was produced by Jon Tiven, and features Reid Paley and Black Francis on guitars and vocals, accompanied by Muscle Shoals legends Spooner Oldham on piano and David Hood on bass.
Paley & Francis debuted live in early September 2011 with club performances in Albany NY, Buffalo NY, and Hamilton Ontario (unannounced), and as one of the headliners of Hamilton Ontario's Supercrawl Festival. The band for these performances consisted of Reid Paley & Black Francis on guitars and vocals, Eric Eble (of the Reid Paley Trio) on bass, and Dave Varriale on drums.
The Paley & Francis album is slated for release as a vinyl LP in 2022 by Demon Music Group. [9]
All music written by Black Francis and Reid Paley, lyricists noted below
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [10]
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