Brett Anderson (album)
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| Studio album by Brett Anderson | ||||
| Released | 26 March 2007 | |||
| Recorded | at The Pink Room and Kore between winter '05 and spring '06 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 38:26 | |||
| Label | Drowned in Sound Recordings | |||
| Producer | Brett Anderson and Fred Ball | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 51/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| BBC | (favourable) link |
| Daily Telegraph | (unfavourable) link |
| Evening Standard | link |
| The Guardian | link |
| IndieLondon | link |
| The Modern Music | (8.6/10) link |
| NME | (4/10) link |
| Pitchfork Media | (2.9/10) link |
| Uncut Magazine | link |
Brett Anderson is the first solo release from Suede and The Tears frontman Brett Anderson.
In May 2006, Anderson announced sketchy details for the album. He told NME that the title will be 'Brett Anderson' since "...that's my name, you see."
The album was recorded whilst Anderson was recording The Tears' debut album alongside Bernard Butler.
Anderson has described the record as being "...quite orchestrated, lots of string loops, that sort of thing. I guess there's a Scott Walker feel to it. I'm very proud of it; it's a very exciting record for me."
The album sees Anderson taking on many more instruments than ever before. "I've played a lot of electric guitar on it; I've written a lot of the electric guitar parts. It's my baby and I've obviously been pretty obsessed with it."
The album was not a commercial success, charting at no. 54 in the UK.[2] It garnered mixed reviews, with a score of 51/100 at aggregator website Metacritic.[1]
The cover was designed by Peter Saville, with photography by Wolfgang Tillmans.
Track listing
All songs written by Brett Anderson and Fred Ball except where noted.
- "Love Is Dead" – 3:31
- "One Lazy Morning" – 3:20
- "Dust and Rain" – 3:01
- "Intimacy" (Anderson) – 2:48
- "To the Winter" – 3:57
- "Scorpio Rising" (Anderson) – 4:01
- "The Infinite Kiss" – 4:08
- "Colour of the Night" – 2:18
- "The More We Possess the Less We Own of Ourselves" – 3:33
- "Ebony" (Anderson) – 2:32
- "Song for My Father" – 5:17
Personnel
- Fred Ball – Keyboards, Programming, Producer, String Arrangements
- Jim Dare – Guitars
- Bastian Juel – Bass
- Kristoffer Sonne – Drums
- The Dirty Pretty Strings – Strings
- Jim Hunt – Flute
- Bunt Stafford Clark – Mastering
- Steve Fitzmaurice – Mixing
- Dyre Gormsen – Engineer
- Peter Saville – Artwork
- Howard Wakefield – Artwork
References
- 1 2 "Metacritic - Brett Anderson". Metacritic. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- ↑ "Artist Chart History - Brett Anderson". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
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