Penny Sparkle

Studio album by Blonde Redhead

Released

September 13, 2010

Genre

Indie rock, dream pop, electronica

Length

43:56

Label

4AD

Producer

Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid, Blonde Redhead

Blonde Redhead chronology

23
(2007)

Penny Sparkle
(2010)

Barragán
(2014)

Singles from Penny Sparkle

"Here Sometimes"
Released: August 24, 2010

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	64/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Consequence of Sound	^[3]
NME	(8/10) ^[4]
MusicOMH	^[5]
Pitchfork Media	(4.0/10) ^[6]
God Is in the TV Zine	^[7]

Penny Sparkle is the eighth studio album by American alternative rock band Blonde Redhead, released on September 13, 2010 (2010-09-13) in the U.K. and September 14, 2010 (2010-09-14) in the U.S. The album was recorded in New York and Stockholm, Sweden.

Track listing

(All songs by Blonde Redhead)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Here Sometimes"	4:43
2.	"Not Getting There"	2:46
3.	"Will There Be Stars"	4:27
4.	"My Plants Are Dead"	4:18
5.	"Love or Prison"	6:13
6.	"Oslo"	3:54
7.	"Penny Sparkle"	4:34
8.	"Everything Is Wrong"	2:49
9.	"Black Guitar"	5:20
10.	"Spain"	4:56
Total length:		43:56

iTunes bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Untitled"	3:03
12.	"Love or Prison" (Kastellet Mix)	4:39

Personnel

Kazu Makino — vocals, guitar
Amedeo Pace — vocals, guitar
Simone Pace — drums
David Thor Jonsson — keyboards
Walter Sear — modular moog

References

↑ http://www.metacritic.com/music/penny-sparkle/blonde-redhead
↑ Penny Sparkle at AllMusic
↑ Burleson, Ryan (Sep 15, 2010). "Album Review: Blonde Redhead - Penny Sparkle". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved Oct 9, 2013.
↑ NME review
↑ Musicomh.com review
↑ Pitchfork review
↑ God is in the TV Zine review

Blonde Redhead

Kazu Makino Amedeo Pace Simone Pace Vern Rumsey Maki Takahashi Toko Yasuda

Studio albums	Blonde Redhead La Mia Vita Violenta Fake Can Be Just as Good In an Expression of the Inexpressible Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons Misery Is a Butterfly 23 Penny Sparkle Barragán

EPs	Melodie Citronique The Secret Society of Butterflies

Singles	"Amescream / Big song" "Vague / Jet Star" "Feet High / Valentine" "Flying Douglas / Harmony" "Symphony of Treble / Kasuality" "Limited conversation / Slogan" "Elephant Woman" "Equus" "23" "Silently" "Here Sometimes" "Not Getting There"

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