Album · 2011
Pala
Pala is a 2011 club album by Friendly Fires. It runs 12 tracks across 49 minutes on Polydor. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.5/5 from 1 rating.
Club · Electronic · Indie Rock
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- 4.5 /5
- 1 rating
- 73 /100
- 12 critics
- 12
- Tracks
- 49 min
- Runtime
- 113 bpm
- Tempo
- D major
- Key
Ratings
1 rating · avg 4.5
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12 publications
- MusicOMH4.5/5
- Evening Standard4/5
- Metro4/5
- AllMusic4/5
- Drowned in Sound8/10
- NME8/10
- TMR8/10
- The Guardian4/5
- Pitchfork Media7.4/10
- Slant Magazine3.5/5
- Clash4/10
- The Independent2/5
- Metacriticaggregate73/100
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Pala album cover
The Pala cover was designed by Phil Lee and photographed by Satoshi Minakawa and Sølve Sundsbø.
- Design
- Phil Lee
- Photography
- Satoshi Minakawa, Sølve Sundsbø
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Tracklist
12 tracks · 49 min
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About
Pala is the second album from British alternative dance band Friendly Fires. It was released in the UK on 16 May 2011, and charted at number 6 on the UK Albums Chart. The album name comes from Aldous Huxley's final novel Island, which tells the story of a journalist shipwrecked on the fictional island of Pala, which supports a utopian society. The parrot photograph was chosen from the private collection of Norwegian fashion photographer Sølve Sundsbø.
In brief
- Is Pala good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Pala 4.5/5 from 1 rating.
- When was Pala released?
- Pala was released in 2011 on Polydor.
- How many tracks are on Pala?
- Pala has 12 tracks, with a runtime of 49 minutes.
- What genre is Pala?
- Pala is catalogued under Club, Electronic, Indie Rock.
- What BPM is Pala?
- Pala runs at a median tempo of 113 BPM across its tracks, most often in D major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Pala?
- Listeners of Pala also rate Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix, Gossamer by Passion Pit, Oracular Spectacular by MGMT.
- Who produced Pala?
- Pala was produced by Ed MacFarlane, Paul Epworth, Chris Zane and Friendly Fires. Ed MacFarlane produced 8 of them.
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Alex Frankel- Vocals by
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