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Paradise (Slow Club album)

Paradise
Slow Club - Paradise.jpg
Studio album by Slow Club
Released December 9, 2011 (2011-12-09)
Genre Folk, indie pop
Length 44:58
Label Moshi Moshi
Producer Luke Smith
Slow Club chronology
Christmas, Thanks for Nothing
(2009)
Paradise
(2011)
Complete Surrender
(2014)
Singles from Paradise
  1. "Two Cousins"
    Released: 9 May 2011
  2. "Where I'm Waking"
    Released: 24 August 2011
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 81%
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars
No Ripcord 4.5/5 stars
Under the Radar (8/10)
Pitchfork (7.8/10)
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars
NME (7/10)
MusicOMH (9/10)

Paradise is the second studio album by English folk pop duo Slow Club. It was released on September 12, 2011 on independent record label Moshi Moshi Records. The record was produced by Luke Smith, former member of Clor and producer of Foals' Mercury-nominated Total Life Forever. The album received "universal acclaim" according to review aggregator Metacritic, and peaked at number 70 on the United Kingdom Albums Chart. The songs "Two Cousins" and "Where I'm Waking" were released as singles leading up to the album's release. The next single to be released was "Beginners", whose video features Harry Potter film star Daniel Radcliffe. The video for "Beginners" was filmed in the Faltering Fullback, a pub in Finsbury Park in London, and was shot in a single take.

The album has received widespread critical acclaim from critics. On Metacritic, a website which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 from reviews by mainstream critics, it currently holds a rating of 81/100, signifying Universal Acclaim.


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