| Artist |
Fink |
| Album Title: |
Perfect Darkness |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative |
| Format |
Vinyl |
| Released |
06/13/2011 |
| Label |
Ninja Tune |
| Catalog No |
ZEN170 |
| Bar Code No |
5021392657189 |
| Packaging |
Gatefold LP Sleeve |
| Tracks |
| A1.
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Perfect Darkness (6:39)
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| A2.
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Fear is Like Fire (3:58)
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| A3.
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Yesterday Was Hard on All of Us (4:55)
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| A4.
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Honesty (4:33)
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| A5.
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Wheels (3:04)
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| B1.
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Warm Shadow (5:47)
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| B2.
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Save it for Somebody Else (3:49)
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| B3.
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Who Says (5:04)
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| B4.
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Foot in the Door (5:03)
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| B5.
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Berlin Sunrise (4:04)
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| Date Acquired |
11/12/2023 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Juno |
| Purchase Price |
16.00 |
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Notes |
Notes:
Release in a gatefold sleeve. Contains booklet with lyrics, credits and illustrations / photographs.
Contains download coupon for the free MP3 download of the entire album.
℗ & © Ninja Tune 2011
All tracks published by Just Isn't Music Ltd (PRS) except:
A1 & B2 Just Isn't Music Ltd (PRS) & Copyright Control; A4 Just Isn't Music Ltd (PRS) & Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
Recorded at Steakhouse Studio, North Hollywood, CA.
November 22 - December 9, 2010.
Additional recording at 7Dials, Brighton, UK.
Mixed at Red Razor Sounds, Atwater Village, CA.
Mastered at The Lodge, NYC.
Pressed at MPO, Averton.
Fink is managed exclusively by Sumit Bothra for Embargo Management.
Credits:
Acoustic Bass, Electric Bass – Guy Whittaker
Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Effects [Fx] – Fin Greenall
Design – Alli Metall, Jónas Valtýsson
Drums, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Tim Thornton
Keyboards [Electric] – Shane Beales (tracks: B4)
Lacquer Cut By [Uncredited] – Kevin Metcalfe
Management – Embargo Management, Sumit Bothra, Sumit Bothra
Mastered By – Emily Lazar, Joe LaPorta
Mixed By [Assistant] – Veela M.
Photography By – Marino Thorlacius
Photography By [Fin At Lido, Berlin] – Natalie Guicking
Producer, Recorded By, Mixed By – Billy Bush
Recorded By [Assistant] – Jun Park, Ken Eisennagel
Strings, Arranged By [Strings] – Matt Kelly (tracks: A1)
Technician [Drum Tech] – Mike Fasano
Trombone – Michael Flury (tracks: B2)
Written-By – B. Mackichan (tracks: A4), F. Greenall, Fink, G. Whittaker, M. Kelly (tracks: A1), M. Flury (tracks: B2), T. Thornton
Companies, etc.:
Published By – Just Isn't Music
Published By – Just Isn't Music Ltd.
Published By – Copyright Control
Published By – Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
Recorded At – Steakhouse Studios
Recorded At – 7Dials
Mixed At – Red Razor Sounds
Mastered At – The Lodge, New York
Pressed By – MPO
Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode: 5021392657189
Label Code: LC-12885
Rights Society (Just Isn't Music Ltd): PRS
Matrix / Runout (Run-out Side A): ZEN 170 A MPO
Matrix / Runout (Run-out Side B): ZEN 170 B MPO
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Analyzed Folder: Fink - Perfect Darkness_dr.txt (Downloaded Files)
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR5 +0.00 dB -07.84 dB 01 - Perfect Darkness.aiff
DR6 -0.02 dB -08.37 dB 02 - Fear Is Like Fire.aiff
DR6 -0.00 dB -08.19 dB 03 - Yesterday Was Hard On All Of Us.aiff
DR5 -0.00 dB -07.97 dB 04 - Honesty.aiff
DR6 -0.08 dB -07.14 dB 05 - Wheels.aiff
DR5 +0.00 dB -07.34 dB 06 - Warm Shadow.aiff
DR6 -0.20 dB -08.38 dB 07 - Save It For Somebody Else.aiff
DR5 -0.08 dB -07.34 dB 08 - Who Says.aiff
DR7 -0.00 dB -10.28 dB 09 - Foot In The Door.aiff
DR6 -0.00 dB -07.12 dB 10 - Berlin Sunrise.aiff
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Number of Files: 10
Official DR Value: DR6
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review by Alexey Eremenko:
On Perfect Darkness, Fink sticks to the excellent template he developed around 2006, and in its best moments, the record offers sounds on par with anything off his previous two records: the same taut folky guitar, the same delicate grooves, and the same quiet, reserved vocals all rolled into one laconic, low-key package. It's not really as dark as he says, but instead, it's perfect introspection music, sort of like Early Day Miners covering Recoil's bluesy electronica gem, or SubHuman, only using even fewer notes than usual, with two or three sparse textures at most, other than the vocals. Therein lies the problem, though, as deeper into the album, Fink tries to take brevity to new heights and limits the instrumentation to his guitar and nothing else. But while his guitar lines on tunes like "Honesty" are as moody and to the point as ever, they come dangerously close to plodding without something else to underscore them. He eventually gets to build up the tension, producing, in fact, with more noise than before; see, for example, the final part of "Warm Shadow" or the sporadic gospel choirs and electric guitars on other tunes. But it still feels like Fink tries to express solitude head-on -- if you sit and brood alone, there's got to be only one instrument on the song -- and it doesn't really work that way. Some of the lyrics also toe the line between profound and contrived: -- "Fear is like fire/You can warm your hands on it/Fear is like fire/You can burn your house down with it" is a good example. But still, even in its low moments, when Perfect Darkness recedes into the background, it doesn't lose the beautiful, pensive vibe that is the best thing about Fink, and tracks like the opener or "Foot in the Door" deliver the groovy melancholy like few others can.
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