Fires

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studio album
First released:
Apr 4 2005

Overview Edit

Fires is the second album by London-born singer-songwriter Nerina Pallot. First released in April 2005 on her own independent record label, Idaho Records, Fires was met with much critical acclaim but did not gain commercial recognition.

After working as a support act for artists such as Sheryl Crow and Suzanne Vega, Pallot was signed up to 14th Floor Records, who were impressed with the audience response and after-show sales of her album. Thus, Fires was reissued in late April 2006 with revamped artwork and some slight remixes on some of Pallot's songs. The album entered at UK #41 and later, on the strength of the popular single "Everybody's Gone to War", made it as far as #21.

To date, the album has been certified gold in the UK for sales of over 100,000 and has earned Pallot a nomination at the 2007 BRIT Awards for Best British Female. As of October 4, 2009, the album has sold 138,563 copies in the UK.

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Record label:
Catalog number:
IDAHOCD001
Release dates:
  • Apr 4 2005 in United Kingdom

Genres

Pop, Folk, Rock, Singer-Songwriter, Alternative. Vote on Genres

What do Amazon.com customers think?

5 stars Fantastic
Only heard of Nina a couple of weeks ago when EGTW was mentioned as being #1 in a writer's playlist in a USA Today article.

Ordered this album from Amazon and have been playing it constantly ever since. Damascus is my favorite song. Really shows off her beautiful voice and great tune.

I've seen her called "the new Carol King" and that drew me to her because I'm a long time Carol fan, but I would say she is more similar to Sarah MacLachlan and Tori Amos.

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After listening to this for the p…
Written by D. Berdanis "endymion9"
3 stars ***1/2 stars
Nerina Pallot is an intelligent, literate songwriter with an ear for a good melody and much of her new album Fires is about a complex personality trying to navigate the worlds many complexities.

Opener 'Everybody's Gone To War' would have been nicely cast for the opening credits of Mike Moore's recent movie Fahrenheit 9-11, it somehow seems to capture the utter senselessness of war in the form of a catchy, upbeat pop song.

The big production number 'Idaho' sees Nerina Pallot at her most convin…
Written by Stephen Doig

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Fires 11 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: 14th Floor Records
catalog number: 5051011328626
release dates: Apr 24 2006 in United Kingdom
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Fires 11 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: May 1 2006
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