Dear Frustrated Superstar
Occupation
- Vocal / Piano / Guitar: Nerina Pallot
Dear Frustrated Superstar is the first album by British singer-songwriter Nerina Pallot. In the UK, over 10,000 copies of their debut album were sold.
History
Your mentor Andrew King (ex - manager of The Clash and Ian Dury ) led to the musician Nerina Pallot to accommodate their demos at various record companies. In fact, the musician receives a contract with Universal subsidiary Polydor Records. Although King has concerns, but Pallot ignored. On August 20, 2001 Dear Frustrated Superstar finally appeared. To promote Pallot was allowed to occur in the music show Live and Kicking, but Faye Tozer (ex Steps) was displaced in front of the camera. After a modest chart entry at number 82 album of Polydor is classified as a commercial failure. A marketing campaign with a kind of remix album Pallot agrees not to, and falls out with the competent A & Rs As part of it was removed from the opening act of the Bryan Adams tour and eventually terminated. Nerina Pallot retreated initially into private life before them with the self-released album Fires could make a comeback in 2005.
In the wake of the commercial success of the follow-up album Fires a re-issue was published in 2006, which includes as bonus tracks the two songs The Girl from Lakeville and 57 Flavours ( The Height of Bad Behaviour ), which were previously only available as B- side of the single Alien.
Track Listings
The following are the titles directories of the original version of Dear Frustrated Superstar and the re-release, the so-called re-issue version specified. The bold songs characterize the coupled singles.
[ a] ↑ In the parentheses, the name of the respective co- composer specified, all the other songs were written solely by Pallot. [b ] ↑ a hidden track is included in the longer version. After eight minutes of silence, which contains the song Daphne and Apollo. [c ] ↑ Another album version, the bonus track Daphne and Apollo listed directly and without hidden track. [ d] ↑ bonus tracks are included by default in the re-issue version. The Girl from Lakeville and 57 Flavours ( The Height of Bad Behaviour ) were assumed by the B-side song of the single alien.
Music style
Nerina Pallot united on their debut album different styles of music, with a focus on folk-rock in the vein of Joni Mitchell. Most of the songs are accompanied only by a piano or a guitar. But the album also includes bonds from the electronic music, such as elements of trip-hop and various samples with the aid of synthesizers and drum machines. These influences come from pop music. The singing of Pallot is high, but yet durable and warm. Comparison between the musical style frequently with Alanis Morissette, Tori Amos, Dido, Kate Bush and Shawn Colvin. The lyrics are about Pallots view of the world and their quest for success.
Charts
Album
Singles
The two singles Patience and Alien were released from the album. The planned third extraction If I Know You were denied a publication due to the termination of contract with Polydor.