Palomine
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Palomine is the debut studio album by Dutch indie rock band Bettie Serveert. It was released on 2 November 1992 by Brinkman Records and Guernica, and by Matador Records in the United States the following year.
Release
Palomine was released on 2 November 1992 by Brinkman Records in Benelux and by the 4AD subsidiary label Guernica in the United Kingdom.[1][2] Upon its release, the album charted at number 43 in the Netherlands.[3] In the United States, it was issued by Matador Records on 7 January 1993.[1][4] Three singles were released from Palomine: "Tom Boy" and "Palomine" in 1992,[5] the second of which reached number 122 on the UK Singles Chart,[6] and "Kid's Allright" in 1993.[5]
On 7 July 2023, Palomine was reissued by Matador for the album's 30th anniversary.[7] The reissue reached a new peak of number 30 in the Netherlands,[3] while also reaching number 177 on the Belgian Flanders albums chart.[8]
Critical reception
Q reviewer Martin Aston commented that Palomine "is produced with a bar band intimacy that amplifies the sparse, roaming spaces at the heart of the music", and that "Carol van Dijk has a vibrant, husky voice, capable of plaintive, precocious passion and gutsy ferverishness".[9] Stephanie Zacharek, writing for CD Review, said that as a vocalist, van Dijk "taps into" the subtleties of her "austere" lyrics and "brings home, in words, the sorts of things that are otherwise best communicated by a wry smile or the flutter of eyelashes."[10] SpinTemplate:'s Jim Greer stated that the album juxtaposes "Van Dijk's suspiciously accurate Long Island-inflected langour with the slow, intense sloppiness of the band to form one glorious mess of sound", while also finding Bettie Serveert's songwriting remarkably mature for an indie rock band.[11] In The New York Times, Jon Pareles wrote that the band's songs "echo the clear-cut melodies and verbal directness of Neil Young and the garage-rock scruffiness of his collegiate-rock heirs, like Dinosaur Jr."[12]
Palomine placed at number 15 in The Village VoiceTemplate:'s 1993 year-end Pazz & Jop critics' poll.[13] Robert Christgau, the poll's creator, awarded it a "two-star honorable mention" and remarked, "by the time the tunes grow on you, you'll be wondering why the songs never get where they're going".[14]
Track listing
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Notes
- "Brain-Tag" is omitted from the LP edition of the album. The UK LP edition, released by Guernica, instead included a bonus 7" disc featuring "Brain-Tag" on side one and "Get the Bird" and "Smile" on side two.[2][15]
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[16]
Bettie Serveert
- Herman Bunskoeke – bass
- Carol van Dijk – guitar, vocals
- Berend Dubbe – drums
- Peter Visser – guitar
Production
- Bettie Serveert – production
- Berend Dubbe – mixing
- Frans Hagenaars – production, mixing
- Edwin "Hank" Heath – production, mixing
- The Masters – mastering
Design
- Diederik van der Donk – photography
- Roel Siebrand – cover design
Charts
Template:Album chart| Chart (1992–1993) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Dutch Alternative Albums (Dutch Charts)[3] | 2 |
| Chart (2023) | Peak position |
|---|
References
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