Paradise (Slow Club album)

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Paradise
Slow Club - Paradise.jpg
Studio album by
Slow Club
Released9 December 2011 (2011-12-09)
Genre Folk, indie pop
Length44:58
Label Moshi Moshi
Producer Luke Smith
Slow Club chronology
Christmas, Thanks for Nothing
(2009)		Paradise
(2011)		 Complete Surrender
(2014)
Singles from Paradise
  1. "Two Cousins"
    Released: 9 May 2011
  2. "Where I'm Waking"
    Released: 24 August 2011

Paradise is the second studio album by English folk pop duo Slow Club. It was released on 12 September 2011, on independent record label Moshi Moshi Records. The record was produced by Luke Smith, former member of Clor and producer of Foals' Mercury-nominated Total Life Forever . [1] The album received "universal acclaim" according to review aggregator Metacritic, [2] and peaked at number 70 on the United Kingdom Albums Chart. [3] The songs "Two Cousins" and "Where I'm Waking" were released as singles leading up to the album's release. The next single to be released was "Beginners", whose video features Harry Potter film star Daniel Radcliffe. The video for "Beginners" was filmed in the Faltering Fullback, a pub in Finsbury Park in London, and was shot in a single take.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Track listing

Paradise
No.TitleLength
1."Two Cousins"3:50
2."If We're Still Alive"3:17
3."Never Look Back"4:30
4."Where I'm Waking"3:43
5."Hackney Marsh"3:52
6."Beginners"4:16
7."You, Earth or Ash"4:28
8."Gold Mountain"3:24
9."The Dog"2:43
10."Horses Jumping"10:59
Total length:44:58
Paradise – Deluxe edition (bonus tracks) [4]
No.TitleLength
10."Horses Jumping"6:29
11."Paradise"4:25
12."Half Drunk"4:01
13."Palms"3:00
14."Two Cousins (Acoustic Version)"2:43
15."Never Look Back (Acoustic Version)"3:23
16."Two Cousins (Malcolm Middleton & Aidan Moffatt 1999 Version)"4:12
17."Two Cousins (Music video)"3:01
18."Paradise (Live video)"3:15
19."Wild Blue Milk (Live video)"3:32
20."US Tour (video)"1:07
21."European Tour (video)"2:40
Total length:75:53

Reception

Critical response

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
No RipcordStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]
Under the Radar (8/10) [7]
Pitchfork (7.8/10) [8]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
NME (7/10) [10]
MusicOMH (9/10) [11]
Paste (7.6/10) [12]

The album has received widespread critical acclaim from critics. On Metacritic, a website which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 from reviews by mainstream critics, it currently holds a rating of 81/100, signifying Universal Acclaim.

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References

  1. ↑ Kelly, Stephen (9 September 2011). "Review of Slow Club - Paradise". BBC . Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Paradise Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  3. ↑ Phares, Heather (13 September 2011). "Paradise - Slow Club". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "iTunes – Music – Paradise (Deluxe) by Slow Club". iTunes Store (US). Apple Inc. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  5. ↑ Phares, Heather. "Review of Paradise". AllMusic .
  6. ↑ Rivers, Joe. "Review of "Paradise"". No Ripcord.
  7. ↑ Studarus, Laura (19 September 2011). "Review of Paradise". Under the Radar .
  8. ↑ Perpetua, Matthew. "Review of "Paradise"". Pitchfork .
  9. ↑ Dolan, Jon. "Review of "Paradise"". Rolling Stone.
  10. ↑ Malone, Ailbhe. "Review of "Paradise"". NME .
  11. ↑ Murphy, John. "Review of "Paradise"". MusicOMH .
  12. ↑ Vitcavage, Adam. "Slow Club: Paradise". Paste .
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