Fires (Nerina Pallot album)

Fires
Studio album by
Nerina Pallot
Released4 April 2005
Recorded
  • Sage and Sound
  • Xstacy South
  • Sunset Sound (Los Angeles)
  • Eastcote
  • RAK
  • The Glue Hotel
  • Nerina's House (London)
Genre
Length46:55
Label
Producer
Nerina Pallot chronology
Dear Frustrated Superstar
(2001) 		Fires
(2005) 		The Graduate
(2009)
Alternative cover
2005 original release
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Contactmusic.com(positive)[2]
Entertainment.ie[3]
IndieLondon(positive)[4]
LeedsMusicScene[5]
Sound Generator[6]
The Guardian[7]
The Oxford Student(positive)[8]
The Times(positive)[9]
Virgin Media[10]

Fires is the second album by London-born singer-songwriter Nerina Pallot. First released in 4 April 2005 on her own independent record label, Idaho Records, Fires was met with much critical acclaim but did not gain commercial recognition initially.

After working as a support act for artists such as Sheryl Crow and Suzanne Vega, Pallot was signed up to 14th Floor Records, who were impressed with the audience response and after-show sales of her album. Thus, Fires was reissued on 26 April 2006 with revamped artwork and some slight remixes on some of Pallot's songs. The album entered at UK #41 and later, on the strength of the popular single "Everybody's Gone to War", made it as far as #21.

To date, the album has been certified gold in the UK for sales of over 100,000,[11] and has earned Pallot a nomination at the 2007 BRIT Awards for Best British Female. As of 4 October 2009, the album has sold 138,563 copies in the UK.

On 12 April 2024, the album has been remastered and reissued on vinyl for the first time.[12]

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Alex Lai (24 April 2006). "Nerina Pallot - Fires Album Review - Contactmusic.com". Contactmusic.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  3. ^ "Music Review - Nerina Pallot - Fires - entertainment.ie". entertainment.ie. 28 April 2005. Archived from the original on 11 August 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  4. ^ "indielondon.co.uk - music - Nerina Pallot, Fires". Archived from the original on 12 August 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  5. ^ Clare Pidsley. "Nerina Pallot - Fires". Leeds Music Scene. Archived from the original on 2 May 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  6. ^ "Re-release of last years 'Fires' album, this time expected to sell a lot more". Archived from the original on 13 August 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  7. ^ Adam Sweeting (8 April 2005). "CD: Nerina Pallot, Fires". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  8. ^ "The Oxford Student review". Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  9. ^ "Login". Archived from the original on 19 March 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  10. ^ "Virgin Media review". Archived from the original on 12 August 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  11. ^ "British certifications – Fires". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  12. ^ "Nerina Pallot Newsletter 15 Feb 2024". 15 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.