Philharmonics (album)
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| Studio album by Agnes Obel | ||||
| Released | 4 October 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2004–2010 (Berlin, Germany) |
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| Length | 39:51 | |||
| Label | PIAS | |||
| Producer | Agnes Obel | |||
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| BBC Music | Very Favourable |
| Drowned in Sound | 7/10 |
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Philharmonics is the first studio album by the Danish singer-songwriter Agnes Obel. It was released from 17 September 2010 by PIAS. The album received positive reviews from both Danish and international music critics. Philharmonics peaked at number one in Denmark and Belgium, and charted inside the top ten in France and the Netherlands. The album has sold 450,000 copies in Europe.
Obel cited Erik Satie as an influence on many of the compositions: "I am a huge fan of his work on silences. I like also his uses of repetitive sequences, almost hypnotic. That gives extremely strong pieces, calms and powerful at the same time."
According to the singer, "The texts come from the melody, its atmosphere, the piano (…) They also speak about the uncertainty of the future and undoubtedly of the feeling of loneliness, but without the anger which, for me, is not a musical engine".
Philarmonics's lyrics are simple, mysterious and allegoric. Philippe Cornet says, "The texts in question sound like metaphors of love, death, impetuosities of nature or sudden rustles of the city."
Philharmonics contains three titles that are purely instrumental: "Falling, Catching", "Louretta" and "Wallflower".
"Just So" was used in a Deutsche Telekom commercial in Germany. Three songs from the album were on the soundtrack of the 2009 film Submarino. "Riverside" was used in the episode "Not Responsible" of Grey's Anatomy and in episode 12 of the second season of Offspring. It was again played in the episode "What Are You Doing Here, Ho-Bag?" from The CW hit series Ringer.
The ABC television show Revenge have used two songs from this album in their show. "Avenue" was played in the episode "Trust" and "Riverside" was played in the episode entitled Duplicity.
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