| Pale Sketches | |
| Type: | compilation |
| Artist: | Jesu |
| Cover: | Jesu - Pale Sketches.jpg |
| Released: | 9 October 2007 (Worldwide) 19 August 2009 (Japan) |
| Recorded: | 2000–2007 |
| Genre: | Electronica, ambient, shoegazing, post-metal, experimental rock |
| Length: | 46:36 |
| Label: | Avalanche (AREC009) Daymare (DYMC97) |
| Producer: | Justin Broadrick |
| Prev Title: | Jesu / Eluvium |
| Prev Year: | 2007 |
| Next Title: | Lifeline (EP) |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
Pale Sketches is a full length compilation of previously unreleased studio material recorded by Jesu between 2000 and 2007. It was released worldwide on October 9, 2007 through Justin Broadrick's own Avalanche Recordings label and limited to 2,000 copies on CD, and 1,000 on gatefold vinyl LP.[1] [2]
On August 19, 2009, Daymare Recordings re-issued Pale Sketches as a two-disc CD set. The second disc features three exclusive, previously unreleased, remixes.
On August 24, 2010, Justin Broadrick released Jesu: Pale Sketches Demixed on Ghostly International under the name "Pale Sketcher". The album was a release of "demixed" remixes of the album and was preceded by the lead single of "Can I Go Now (Gone Version)".
† indicates a track exclusive to the Japanese re-release edition of the album.