Niño Rojo Explained

Niño Rojo
Type:studio
Artist:Devendra Banhart
Cover:DB-NinoRojo.jpg
Genre:Indie folk, psychedelic folk, freak folk, acoustic
Length:45:05
Label:Young God
Producer:Devendra Banhart, Michael Gira
Prev Title:Rejoicing in the Hands
Prev Year:2004
Next Title:Cripple Crow
Next Year:2005

Niño Rojo is the fourth studio release by freak folk artist Devendra Banhart and his third release on the label Young God Records. It was released on September 13, 2004.

In 2007, the song "Little Yellow Spider" was used in a commercial for Orange mobile phone services and in 2005 the song "At The Hop" was featured in a commercial for Cathedral City cheese and in Fat Tire Beer's "Follow your Folly" commercial.

In 2006 the album has received a silver certification from Independent Music Companies Association for 30,000+ copies sold in Europe.[1]

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Niño Rojo received an average score of 82, based on 18 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2006 January-April results IMPALA award success. Impalamusic. 9 May 2006. 5 August 2018. 5 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170805060134/http://www.impalamusic.org/docum/04-press/awardsPR0905.pdf. dead.
  2. http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Devendra+Banhart&titel=Ninorojo&cat=a Retrieved May 2, 2010.