Paradise (Slow Club album)

Paradise
Studio album by Slow Club
Released	9 December 2011 (2011-12-09)
Genre	Folk, indie pop
Length	44:58
Label	Moshi Moshi
Producer	Luke Smith
Slow Club chronology
Christmas, Thanks for Nothing (2009) Paradise (2011) Complete Surrender (2014)
Singles from Paradise
"Two Cousins" Released: 9 May 2011 "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 ]}

Track listing

Paradise

No.	Title	Length
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

• The track "Horses Jumping" has a hidden track on the end called "Paradise".

Paradise – Deluxe edition (bonus tracks) ^[4]

No.	Title	Length
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
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100 [2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Drowned in Sound	8/10 [6]
NME	7/10 [7]
musicOMH	[8]
Paste	7.6/10 [9]
Pitchfork	7.8/10 [10]
Q	[2]
Rolling Stone	[11]
Uncut	[12]
Under the Radar	8/10 [13]

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.

References

1. Kelly, Stephen (9 September 2011). "Review of Slow Club - Paradise". BBC . Retrieved 12 June 2012.
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. Archived from the original on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
5. Phares, Heather. "Review of Paradise". AllMusic .
6. Cooke, Robert (9 September 2011). "Slow Club - Paradise". Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on 28 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
7. Malone, Ailbhe (20 September 2011). "Review of "Paradise"". NME .
8. Murphy, John. "Review of "Paradise"". MusicOMH .
9. Vitcavage, Adam. "Slow Club: Paradise". Paste .
10. Perpetua, Matthew. "Review of "Paradise"". Pitchfork .
11. Dolan, Jon (13 September 2011). "Review of "Paradise"". Rolling Stone.
12. Sprawling, impassioned and mostly terrific. [Oct 2011, p.98]
13. Studarus, Laura (19 September 2011). "Review of Paradise". Under the Radar .