Palomine

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Palomine
Palomine.jpg
Studio album by
Bettie Serveert
ReleasedOctober 1992 (1992-10)
StudioSound Enterprise (Weesp)
Genre Indie pop [1]
Length49:12
Label
Producer
  • Bettie Serveert
  • Frans Hagenaars
  • Edwin "Hank" Heath
Bettie Serveert chronology
Palomine
(1992)		 Lamprey
(1995)
Singles from Palomine
  1. "Tom Boy"
    Released: 1992 [2]
  2. "Palomine"
    Released: 1992 [2]
  3. "Kid's Allright"
    Released: 1993 [2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
Christgau's Consumer Guide Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [4]
Entertainment Weekly A− [1]
NME 6/10 [5]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 8/10 [9]

Palomine is the debut studio album by Dutch indie rock band Bettie Serveert. It was released in October 1992 by Brinkman Records. [10] The album was issued in the United Kingdom by the 4AD subsidiary label Guernica on 2 November 1992, [11] and in the United States by Matador Records in 1993. [12]

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Carol van Dijk, except where noted; all music is composed by Bettie Serveert (Herman Bunskoeke, Van Dijk, Berend Dubbe, and Peter Visser), except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Leg"6:11
2."Palomine"4:09
3."Kid's Allright"4:20
4."Brain-Tag"6:26
5."Tom Boy"4:21
6."Under the Surface"4:17
7."Balentine"4:11
8."This Thing Nowhere"3:18
9."Healthy Sick" (lyrics and music by Lou Barlow)2:23
10."Sundazed to the Core"7:05
11."Palomine (Small)"2:31
Total length:49:12

Notes

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [14]

Bettie Serveert

Production

Design

Charts

Chart (1992–1994)Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [15] 43
Dutch Alternative Albums (Dutch Charts) [15] 2
UK Albums (OCC) [16] 122

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Singles". bettieserveert.com. p. 1. Archived from the original on 5 May 2001. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Raggett, Ned. "Palomine – Bettie Serveert". AllMusic . Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Christgau, Robert (2000). "Bettie Serveert: Palomine". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 25. ISBN   0-312-24560-2 . Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  5. ↑ Dalton, Stephen (7 November 1992). "Bettie Serveert: Palomine". NME . p. 37.
  6. ↑ Aston, Martin (January 1993). "Bettie Serveert: Palomine". Q . No. 76. p. 78.
  7. ↑ Ali, Lorraine (29 April 1993). "Bettie Serveert: Palomine". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on 8 March 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  8. ↑ Harris, Keith (2004). "Bettie Serveert". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p.  67. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
  9. ↑ McDonnell, Evelyn (1995). "Bettie Serveert". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 37–38. ISBN   0-679-75574-8.
  10. ↑ "Albums". bettieserveert.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2001. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  11. 1 2 Palomine (press advertisement). Guernica. 1992. Archived from the original on 22 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. ↑ Giles, Jeff (17 May 1993). "A Dutch Treat". Newsweek . p. 70.
  13. ↑ Brain-Tag (liner notes). Bettie Serveert. Guernica. 1992. GU 3 S.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  14. ↑ Palomine (liner notes). Bettie Serveert. Brinkman Records. 1992. BRCD 004.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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