Penny Sparkle

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Penny Sparkle
Penny Sparkle.jpg
Studio album by
Blonde Redhead
ReleasedSeptember 13, 2010 (2010-09-13)
Studio
  • The Magic Shop, New York City
  • Sear Sound, New York City
  • DNA, New York City
Genre
Length43:56
Label 4AD
Producer
  • Blonde Redhead
  • Van Rivers & the Subliminal Kid
  • Drew Brown
  • Alan Moulder
Blonde Redhead chronology
23
(2007)		Penny Sparkle
(2010)		 Barragán
(2014)
Singles from Penny Sparkle
  1. "Here Sometimes"
    Released: August 24, 2010 [3]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 6.0/10 [4]
Metacritic 64/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The A.V. Club B− [8]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
NME 8/10 [11]
Pitchfork 4.0/10 [12]
Spin 6/10 [13]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [14]

Penny Sparkle is the eighth studio album by American alternative rock band Blonde Redhead. The album was released by 4AD on September 13, 2010 internationally, and on the following day in the USA. [15]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Blonde Redhead (Kazu Makino, Amedeo Pace and Simone Pace)

No.TitleLength
1."Here Sometimes"4:43
2."Not Getting There"2:46
3."Will There Be Stars"4:27
4."My Plants Are Dead"4:17
5."Love or Prison"6:13
6."Oslo"3:54
7."Penny Sparkle"4:33
8."Everything Is Wrong"2:49
9."Black Guitar"5:19
10."Spain"4:55
Total length:43:56
iTunes Store edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
11."Untitled"3:03
Total length:46:59
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Untitled"3:03
12."Love or Prison" (Kastellet mix)4:39
Total length:51:38

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [16]

Blonde Redhead

Additional musicians

Production

Design

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [17] 57
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [18] 65
French Albums (SNEP) [19] 89
Greek Albums (IFPI) [20] 18
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [21] 41
US Billboard 200 [22] 79
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [23] 16
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [24] 18
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [25] 29

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