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Palomine
Studio album by
Bettie Serveert
ReleasedOctober 1992 (1992-10)
StudioSound Enterprise (Weesp)
Genre
Length49:12
Label
Producer
  • Bettie Serveert
  • Frans Hagenaars
  • Edwin "Hank" Heath
Bettie Serveert chronology
Palomine
(1992) 		Lamprey
(1995)
Singles from Palomine
  1. "Tom Boy"
    Released: 1992[3]
  2. "Palomine"
    Released: 1992[3]
  3. "Kid's Allright"
    Released: 1993[3]

Palomine is the debut studio album by Dutch indie rock band Bettie Serveert. It was released in October 1992 by Brinkman Records.[4] The album was issued in the United Kingdom by the 4AD subsidiary label Guernica on 2 November 1992,[5] and in the United States by Matador Records in 1993.[6]

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention)[8]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[2]
NME6/10[9]
PopMatters8/10[10]
Q[11]
Rolling Stone[12]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[13]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[14]
Uncut8/10[15]

Q reviewer Martin Aston commented that Palomine "is produced with a bar band intimacy that amplifies the sparse, roaming spaces at the heart of the music", and that "Carol van Dijk has a vibrant, husky voice, capable of plaintive, precocious passion and gutsy ferverishness".[11] Writing for Spin, Jim Greer said that the album juxtaposes "Van Dijk's suspiciously accurate Long Island-inflected langour with the slow, intense sloppiness of the band to form one glorious mess of sound", while also finding Bettie Serveert's songwriting remarkably mature for an indie rock band.[1] At the end of 1993, Palomine placed at number 15 in The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop critics' poll.[16]

Track listing[edit]

All lyrics are written by Carol van Dijk, except where noted; all music is composed by Bettie Serveert (Herman Bunskoeke, Van Dijk, Berend Dubbe, and Peter Visser), except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Leg"6:11
2."Palomine"4:09
3."Kid's Allright"4:20
4."Brain-Tag"6:26
5."Tom Boy"4:21
6."Under the Surface"4:17
7."Balentine"4:11
8."This Thing Nowhere"3:18
9."Healthy Sick" (lyrics and music by Lou Barlow)2:23
10."Sundazed to the Core"7:05
11."Palomine (Small)"2:31
Total length:49:12

Notes

  • "Brain-Tag" is omitted from the LP edition of the album. The UK LP edition, released by Guernica, instead included a bonus 7" disc featuring "Brain-Tag" on side one and "Get the Bird" and "Smile" on side two.[5][17]

Personnel[edit]

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[18]

Bettie Serveert

  • Herman Bunskoeke – bass
  • Carol van Dijk – guitar, vocals
  • Berend Dubbe – drums
  • Peter Visser – guitar

Production

  • Bettie Serveert – production
  • Berend Dubbe – mixing
  • Frans Hagenaars – production, mixing
  • Edwin "Hank" Heath – production, mixing
  • The Masters – mastering

Design

  • Diederik van der Donk – photography
  • Roel Siebrand – cover design

Charts[edit]

Chart (1992–1994) Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[19] 43
Dutch Alternative Albums (Dutch Charts)[19] 2
UK Albums (OCC)[20] 122
Chart (2023) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[21] 177
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[19] 30

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Greer, Jim (December 1992). "Bettie Serveert: Palomine". Spin. Vol. 8, no. 9. pp. 91–93. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b Robbins, Ira (22 January 1993). "Palomine". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Singles". bettieserveert.com. p. 1. Archived from the original on 5 May 2001. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Albums". bettieserveert.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2001. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  5. ^ a b Palomine (press advertisement). Guernica. 1992. Archived from the original on 22 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ Giles, Jeff (17 May 1993). "A Dutch Treat". Newsweek. p. 70.
  7. ^ Raggett, Ned. "Palomine – Bettie Serveert". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  8. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000). "Bettie Serveert: Palomine". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 25. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  9. ^ Dalton, Stephen (7 November 1992). "Bettie Serveert: Palomine". NME. p. 37.
  10. ^ Lee, Christopher J. (22 August 2023). "Bettie Serveert Shine Again on the Re-released 'Palomine'". PopMatters. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  11. ^ a b Aston, Martin (January 1993). "Bettie Serveert: Palomine". Q. No. 76. p. 78.
  12. ^ Ali, Lorraine (29 April 1993). "Bettie Serveert: Palomine". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 8 March 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  13. ^ Harris, Keith (2004). "Bettie Serveert". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 67. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  14. ^ McDonnell, Evelyn (1995). "Bettie Serveert". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 37–38. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  15. ^ Wallace, Wyndham (July 2023). "Bettie Serveert: Palomine". Uncut. No. 314. pp. 43–44.
  16. ^ "The 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". The Village Voice. 1 March 1994. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  17. ^ Brain-Tag (liner notes). Bettie Serveert. Guernica. 1992. GU 3 S.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  18. ^ Palomine (liner notes). Bettie Serveert. Brinkman Records. 1992. BRCD 004.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  19. ^ a b c "Dutchcharts.nl – Bettie Serveert – Palomine" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  20. ^ "Chart Log UK: Darren B – David Byrne". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  21. ^ "Ultratop.be – Bettie Serveert – Palomine" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 June 2024.

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