Fur and Gold
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| Studio album by Bat for Lashes | ||||
| Released | 11 September 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Genre | Folktronica | |||
| Length | 46:47 | |||
| Label | Echo, Parlophone, Manimal Vinyl | |||
| Producer | Natasha Khan, David Kosten | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 81/100 |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| The A.V. Club | B+ |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− |
| The Guardian | |
| The Independent | |
| Los Angeles Times |  |
| Pitchfork Media | 6.5/10 |
| PopMatters | 7/10 |
| Slant Magazine | |
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Fur and Gold is the debut album by English recording artist Bat for Lashes, released on 11 September 2006 by The Echo Label. It was released to critical acclaim and was nominated for the 2007 Mercury Prize. In 2007, the album was re-released through Parlophone. Fur and Gold contains the singles "The Wizard", "Trophy", "Prescilla", and "What's a Girl to Do?" In 2008, "What's a Girl to Do?" was re-released as a 12" with a remix featuring Scroobius Pip and Plaid.
Fur and Gold was generally well received by critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 15 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".
All tracks written by Natasha Khan, except where noted.
In US it has sold over 27,000 copies.
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