Perfect Darkness
| Perfect Darkness | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 13 June 2011 | |||
| Length | 46:54 | |||
| Label | Ninja Tune | |||
| Producer | Billy Bush, Fink | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 69/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | StarStarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svg[2] |
| BBC Music | (positive)[3] |
| The Guardian | StarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[4] |
| PopMatters | 7/10[5] |
| Under the Radar | 5/10[6] |
Perfect Darkness is the fifth studio album from British musician Fink, and the fourth to be recorded with his self-titled band. It was released on 13 June 2011 on Ninja Tune.[7][8]
Background
[edit | edit source]The album was recorded in the space of 20 days with the intention of capturing a "sense of right nowness" and an "organic sounding recording". The title was chosen because it sounded "really first-tracky" to the band. Behind the title is also a deliberate misinterpretation of the genre of folk, and the album is described by Greenall not to be "a collection of songs about being dumped or ships leaving meadows or whatever it is people think folk's supposed to be nowadays, [it] is not that at all."[9]
The album was produced by Billy Bush (who has worked with artists such as Beck and Garbage) and recorded in Brighton and Los Angeles.[10]
Critical reception
[edit | edit source]Perfect Darkness was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 69 based on 7 reviews.[1]
In a review for The Guardian, critic reviewer Caroline Sullivan wrote: "His [Fink] fifth album often achieves such loveliness you don't want it to end. An organic warmth prevails on even the most emotionally chaotic songs – delicate fingerpicking and squeaking guitar strings sweeten the scathing "Honesty", while his hungover rasp on "Berlin Sunrise" paints an oddly seductive picture of the new day."[4]
Track listing
[edit | edit source]All tracks are written by Fin Greenall, Tim Thornton and Guy Whittaker, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Perfect Darkness" |
| 6:39 |
| 2. | "Fear Is like Fire" | 3:58 | |
| 3. | "Yesterday Was Hard on All of Us" | 4:55 | |
| 4. | "Honesty" |
| 4:33 |
| 5. | "Wheels" | 3:04 | |
| 6. | "Warm Shadow" | 5:46 | |
| 7. | "Save It for Somebody Else" |
| 3:49 |
| 8. | "Who Says" | 5:04 | |
| 9. | "Foot in the Door" | 5:03 | |
| 10. | "Berlin Sunrise" | 4:04 |
Personnel
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Fink
Additional personnel
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Production
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Chart performance
[edit | edit source]| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| French Albums (SNEP)[11] | 149 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12] | 78 |
Release history
[edit | edit source]| Region | Date | Label | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 13 June 2011 | Ninja Tune | ZENCD170 |
| United States | 19 July 2011 |
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- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Fink {UK} – Perfect Darkness" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
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