Pale Fire
Studio album by
El Perro del Mar
ReleasedSwedenUnited Kingdom November 12, 2012
United StatesEuropean Union November 13, 2012
Recorded2012
GenreElectronic, Indie, Pop
LabelMemphis Industries
ProducerSarah Assbring
El Perro del Mar chronology
Love Is Not Pop
(2009)		 Pale Fire
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic66/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
BBCPositive[2]
Slant Magazine [3]
Pitchfork(6.0/10)[4]
NME[5]
Filter[6]
Prefix[7]

Pale Fire is the fifth studio album by El Perro Del Mar released on 13 November 2012 on Memphis Industries, The Control Group and INGRID.

Critical reception

The album received positive to mixed reviews. Kevin Leidel of Slant Magazine called it "one of the most beguiling and unique offerings of the Swedish pack" saying Assbring "consistently displays a steady hand with her experimentation".[8] Prefix praised "effortless knack for poetic personification", referring to 'I Was a Boy' a "humbling, devastating, quiet pop ballad".[7] Pitchfork while generally positive, expressed disappointment in light of the 2011 release 'What Do You Expect', stating, "the idea of a dance album from El Perro Del Mar is tantalizing: tears on the floor and a thick, moody fog in the air, as apt for dancing as for watching shadows".[4]

Track listing

  1. "Pale Fire"
  2. "Hold Off the Dawn"
  3. "Home Is to Feel Like That"
  4. "I Carry the Fire"
  5. "Love Confusion"
  6. "Walk on By"
  7. "Love in Vain"
  8. "To the Beat of a Dying World"
  9. "I Was a Boy"
  10. "Dark Night"

Charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Swedish Albums Chart[9] 43

Tour

Date City Country Venue
November 1, 2012 Bergen Norway Norway Ekkofestival
November 2, 2012 Malmö Sweden Sweden Inkonst
November 3, 2012 Copenhagen Denmark Denmark Vega
November 10, 2012 Bristol United Kingdom United Kingdom Fear of fiction
November 11, 2012 Manchester United Kingdom United Kingdom The Castle
November 12, 2012 London United Kingdom United Kingdom Village Underground
November 13, 2012 London United Kingdom United Kingdom Instore Rough Trade East
November 14, 2012 Amsterdam Netherlands Netherlands Paradiso
November 15, 2012 Hamburg Germany Germany Uebel & Gefärlich
November 16, 2012 Berlin Germany Germany HBC
November 22, 2012 Gothenburg Sweden Sweden Neferiti
November 27, 2012 Paris France France Point Ephémère
November 28, 2012 Barcelona Spain Spain Music Hall
November 29, 2012 Zaragoza Spain Spain La Lata De Bombillas
November 30, 2012 Madrid Spain Spain Circulo Des Bellas Arte
December 1, 2012 Stockholm Sweden Sweden Strand
December 7, 2012 Oslo Norway Norway Blå
December 13, 2012 Helsinki Finland Finland Korjaamo

[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Pale Fire by El Perro del Mar". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  2. ↑ Aston, Martin. "BBC - Music - Review of El Perro del Mar - Pale Fire". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Slant review". Slant Magazine. 15 December 2012.
  4. 1 2 "El Perro Del Mar: Pale Fire". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "El Perro Del Mar – 'Pale Fire'". Nme.com. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "FILTER Magazine - Reviews - el Perro del Mar". Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  7. 1 2 "Album Review: El Perro del Mar - Pale Fire | Prefix". Archived from the original on 2012-11-17. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  8. ↑ Liedel, Kevin (15 December 2012). "Review: El Perro Del Mar, Pale Fire". Slantmagazine.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "El Perro Del Mar – Pale Fire". Swedishcharts.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  10. ↑ "E P D M - P A L E F I R E". Elperrodelmar.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
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