Velvet (The Big Pink song)
| "Velvet" | ||||||||||||||||
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| Single by The Big Pink | ||||||||||||||||
| Released |
April 20, 2009 February 15, 2010 (re-issue) | |||||||||||||||
| Format | 7" vinyl, digital download; 12" vinyl | |||||||||||||||
| Recorded | The Big Pink and Miloco Garden, London | |||||||||||||||
| Length | 4:15 | |||||||||||||||
| Label |
4AD 2009 (AD 2915) 2010 (BAD 3X09) | |||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Milo Cordell, Robbie Furze | |||||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | The Big Pink | |||||||||||||||
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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]
A 7-minute remix of "Velvet" by Gang Gang Dance followed the original single release in May 2009 as an online-streaming single.[7] Remixes by Mount Kimbie and Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid (producers for Fever Ray) were also commissioned.
The song was commonly covered by Swedish artist Lykke Li during her 2011 Wounded Rhymes Tour.
Track listing
- 7" vinyl (AD 2915) and download
- "Velvet" – 4:15
- "An Introduction to Awareness" – 4:22
- 2010 12" vinyl re-issue (BAD 3X09) and download
- "Velvet" – 4:15
- "Velvet" (Perversion) – 3:46
- "These Arms of Mine" (Otis Redding cover) – 2:37
- Remixes
- "Velvet" (BDG Remix by Gang Gang Dance), 6:50 – available as a free download on the band's website in May 2009, and later included on a one-sided/etched pink-and-black-coloured 12" single with limited edition vinyl pressings of A Brief History of Love in September 2009.
- "Velvet" (Mount Kimbie Remix), 3:12 – available on a 4AD promo CD-R of "Velvet" remixes, and also included on the band's Japanese EP This Is Our Time in June 2009.[8]
- "Velvet" (Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid Remix), 4:01 – also available on a promo CD-R of "Velvet" remixes, and as one of three exclusive bonus tracks featured on the Japanese pressing of A Brief History of Love.
Credits
2009 release
- All music and vocals by Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell.
- "Velvet"
- Produced by The Big Pink.
- Lauren Jones – vocals.
- Akiko Matsuura – drums.
- Engineered by Jimmy Robertson.
- Mixed by Alan Moulder at Assault and Battery.
- Recorded at The Big Pink and at Miloco Garden, London.
- "An Introduction to Awareness"
- Produced and recorded by The Big Pink.
- Mixed by Al O'Connell.
- Recorded and mixed at The Big Pink.
- Art direction and design by Vaughan Oliver and Chris Bigg at v23.
- Photography by Marc Atkins at panoptika.net.[9]
2010 release
- All music and vocals by Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell.
- "Velvet" (Perversion)
- Performed by Milo Cordell, Robbie Furze, Akiko Matsuura, and Daniel O'Sullivan.
- Produced, recorded, and mixed by The Big Pink.
- "These Arms of Mine"
- Written by Otis Redding.
- Produced, recorded, and mixed by The Big Pink.
- Art direction and design by Edward Quarmby.
- Photography by Marc Atkins at panoptika.net.
References
- ↑ 2009 4AD Discography (originally set to be 4AD catalog number 2939); retrieved 5 January 2010
- ↑ Altsounds.com News | The Big Pink release 'Velvet' as a single proper; retrieved 20 January 2010
- ↑ Big Pink, The - Velvet (7", Single) at Discogs
- ↑ Pitchfork: Track Reviews - Velvet
- ↑ Pitchfork: Staff Lists: The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s: 500-201
- ↑ Pitchfork: Staff Lists: The Top 100 Tracks of 2009 (page 6)
- ↑ Pitchfork: Track Reviews - Velvet (Gang Gang Dance Remix)
- ↑ Big Pink, The - Velvet Remixes (CDr, Single, Promo) at Discogs
- ↑ panoptika.net - The Big Pink - Velvet