Bavarian Fruit Bread
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| Studio album by Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions | ||||
| Released | October 23, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 2000 in Oakland, London & Oslo | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, dream pop, folk | |||
| Length | 49:24 | |||
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Sanctuary (U.S.) Rough Trade (U.K.) |
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| Producer |
Hope Sandoval Colm Ó Cíosóig |
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| Pitchfork Media | (5.6/10) |
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Bavarian Fruit Bread is the debut album from Hope Sandoval, former vocalist of Mazzy Star and Colm Ó Cíosóig, former drummer of My Bloody Valentine, released under the name Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions on October 23, 2001 by Sanctuary Records in the United States and on November 5, 2001 by Rough Trade in the United Kingdom.
"Suzanne," the album's first and only official single, became a minor hit, with its accompanying music video, directed by Elise Collins, receiving heavy rotation on MTV2 in both the US and UK. A few songs on the album, including "Suzanne", pre-date the formation of Mazzy Star.
Seminal folk musician Bert Jansch performed guitar on two songs found on the album, "Charlotte" and "Butterfly Mornings," the latter being a cover of a song found in the 1970 film The Ballad of Cable Hogue, where it appeared under its original title of "Butterfly Mornings and Wildflower Afternoons." A large portion of "Butterfly Mornings" was used in an advert for Irish TV channel Setanta Sports during Christmas period 2009.
The Japanese and Australian releases contain a thirteenth track, "Sparkly", as a bonus track; it is identical to the track of the same name that appears on the accompanying At the Doorway Again EP, which was released over a year before its parent album.
The album debuted and peaked at #39 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart.
Initial critical response to Bavarian Fruit Bread was generally positive. According to Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75 out of 100, based on 15 reviews.
Many of the positive reviews focused heavily on Sandoval's vocals, with Q magazine stating that "the glacial tones and chimes that The Velvet Underground modelled on "Sunday Morning" are invoked with absolute perfection. Yet even beyond this, Sandoval's sedated, spellbound voice remains a remarkable presence." Lori Miller Barrett, in an overwhelmingly positive review of the album for neumu.net, stated "it's magical and mysterious, compelling and complex," before giving the record a 10 out of 10 score. Alternative Press described the album as "consistently intriguing, haunting and above all, very good," before giving the album a 9 out of 10 score.
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