"Velvet" | ||||
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Single by The Big Pink | ||||
Released | April 20, 2009 February 15, 2010 (re-issue) | |||
Recorded | The Big Pink and Miloco Garden, London | |||
Length | 4:15 | |||
Label | 4AD 2009 (AD 2915) 2010 (BAD 3X09) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Milo Cordell, Robbie Furze | |||
Producer(s) | The Big Pink | |||
The Big Pink singles chronology | ||||
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The Big Pink singles chronology | ||||
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"Velvet" is the second single by The Big Pink,and their first single with the 4AD label. "Velvet" was released as a digital download and on 7-inch vinyl on April 20,2009,and was later included on their debut album A Brief History of Love in September 2009. "Velvet" was re-issued as a single on February 15,2010. [1] [2] The song was self-produced by the band,and mixed by producer Alan Moulder. [3] The 7-inch single features the exclusive B-side "An Introduction to Awareness",while the 12-inch single features a cover version of Otis Redding's 1964 song "These Arms of Mine".
Pitchfork Media described "Velvet" as "undeniably immense,but it's a tribute to the Big Pink's skill and maturity that it still manages to sound intimate," and awarded the track a 7 out of 10 rating. [4] In August 2009,"Velvet" was included on Pitchfork's Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s list,voted in at number 500. [5] On Pitchfork's end-of-the-year Top 100 Tracks of 2009 list,"Velvet" was voted at #42. [6]
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