Fur and Gold explained

Fur and Gold
Type:studio
Artist:Bat for Lashes
Cover:Bat for Lashes - Fur and Gold.png
Recorded:2006
Genre:Folktronica[1]
Label:Echo, Manimal Vinyl
Producer:
Next Title:Two Suns
Next Year:2009

Fur and Gold is the debut studio album by English singer Bat for Lashes. It was released on 11 September 2006 by The Echo Label. It was met with critical acclaim and received a nomination for the 2007 Mercury Prize. In 2007, the album was re-released through Parlophone. Fur and Gold spawned the singles "The Wizard", "Trophy", "Prescilla", and "What's a Girl to Do?". In 2008, "What's a Girl to Do?" was re-released as a 12-inch vinyl with a remix featuring Scroobius Pip and Plaid. As of April 2009, Fur and Gold had sold 27,000 copies in United States.[2]

Music

Journalist Garry Mulholland wrote that singer Natasha Khan and producer David Kosten "reinvent Siouxsie / [Kate] Bush/ Björk mystical sex, musical travelogue and poetic dreamstate for the contemporary singer-songwriter milieu".[3] Magic described the song "What’s A Girl To Do?" as such: "starting with an original drumbeat of the Ronettes and embracing modernity in the form of a rudimentary drum machine, before returning to its 1960's trademarks with the help of a simple drum. Not to spoil anything, the chorus irremediably evokes the divine "Arabian Knights" of Siouxsie and the Banshees".[4]

Critical reception

Fur and Gold received widespread acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 81, based on 15 reviews.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Fur and Gold.[5]

Musicians

Technical

Artwork

Release history

RegionDateEditionLabel
United Kingdom11 September 2006StandardThe Echo Label[6]
France2 July 2007EMI[7]
United Kingdom16 July 2007ReissueParlophone[8]
Australia27 July 2007Standard[9]
United States31 July 2007[10]
Germany2 November 2007EMI[11]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ferguson . Jason . Bat For Lashes: The Haunted Man . . 23 October 2012 . 3 October 2016.
  2. Smirke . Richard . Bat Out of Hell . Billboard . 121 . 14 . 11 April 2009 . 32 . 0006-2510 . 23 December 2018.
  3. Web site: Mulholland . Garry . Bat For Lashes, Fur and Gold . . 13 August 2006 . 29 December 2020.
  4. Web site: Etienne. Greib . Fun and Gold [review] ]. https://web.archive.org/web/20121109100824/https://www.magicrpm.com/artistes/bat-for-lashes/a-lire/chroniques/fur-and-gold. dead. 2012-11-09. Magic. 112. 2 July 2020.
  5. Fur and Gold . . liner notes . . 2006 . ECHCD 72.
  6. Web site: Fur and Gold: Bat For Lashes . Amazon (UK) . 23 December 2018.
  7. Web site: Fur and gold – Bat for Lashes . French . . 8 April 2012.
  8. Web site: Bat For Lashes: Two Suns . . 8 April 2012 . https://archive.today/20120710095110/http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;1;-1;-1;-1&sku=684923 . 10 July 2012.
  9. Web site: Fur & Gold – Bat For Lashes . . 6 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130216044709/http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/alternative/fur-gold/277511 . 16 February 2013.
  10. Web site: Fur & Gold: Bat for Lashes . Amazon (US) . 23 December 2018.
  11. Web site: Bat for Lashes // Fur And Gold . German . . 8 April 2012 . https://archive.today/20120804030815/http://www.emimusic.de/release/3253045,0094639820023/bat-for-lashes-fur-and-gold . 4 August 2012.

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