The Sister (album)

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The Sister
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ReleasedMay 29, 2012
Genre Folk, dream pop
Length33:22
Label Box of Cedar Records
Producer Brian McTear
Marissa Nadler chronology
Marissa Nadler
(2011)
The Sister
(2012)
July
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 71/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Paste (9/10) [2]
Pitchfork 7.0/10 [3]

The Sister is an extended play by Marissa Nadler. [4] It was released on May 29, 2012, by Box of Cedar Records. [5] Nadler announced the EP on her Facebook page as a "sister album" to her 2011 eponymous album.[ citation needed ] The album was dubbed by Paste Magazine an "impressive concoction of stark minimalism." [2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Marissa Nadler

The Sister track listing
No.TitleLength
1."The Wrecking Ball Company"4:52
2."Love Again, There is a Fire"2:57
3."Christine"3:33
4."Apostle"3:51
5."Constantine"4:31
6."To a Road, Love"4:14
7."In a Little Town"3:58
8."Your Heart is a Twisted Vine"5:23
Total length:33:22

Personnel

Credits taken from the album liner notes. [6]

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References

  1. "The Sister by Marissa Nadler" . Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Marissa Nadler: The Sister". PasteMagazine.com. 2012-05-30. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
  3. "Marissa Nadler: The Sister Album Review". pitchfork.com. May 31, 2012. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  4. "Marissa Nadler - The Sister". marissanadler.com. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  5. "Check Out: Marissa Nadler – "The Wrecking Ball Company"". 14 February 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  6. The Sister (Media notes). Marissa Nadler. Box of Cedar records. 2012. BOC002.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)