Description
'The Bachelor' is the fourth studio album by talented English singer-songwriter Patrick Wolf. Originally titled 'The Battle', Wolf enlists the help of noise terrorist Alec Empire, actress Tilda Swinton as well as Eliza Carthy and Matthew Herbert to create a magical and individual album. An intelligent, versatile and textured record, this demonstrates why Wolf is lauded as one of the last great British musical hopes. Includes the single 'Vulture'.
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Product Details
- Artist
- Patrick Wolf
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Recording Environment
- Studio
- Label / Studio
- BLOODY CHAMBER
- Media Content Format
- Album
- Original year of release
- 2009
- Media Format
- Audio CD
- Year of release
- 2009
- Cast & Crew
- Patrick Wolf (Music Performer)
Press Reviews
The BACHELOR, like so many romantic yarns before it, is epic - and a whispered breath away from sheer perfection Clash
Richly textured electro-pop teems with flamboyance and sees Wolf come over like a cosmic Martin Fry Observer Music Magazine
3 stars out of 5 -- "THE BACHELOR returns to the intensity of Wolf's earliest, most enduring work....A determined reaffirmation of identity. Record Collector (magazine) (p.98)
It's a ravishing production, and with a companion disc promised next year, feels like a fresh start for a brilliant career Uncut
Tracklisting
Disc 1:
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Kriespiel
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Hard Times
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Promiscuous - (Featuring Timbaland)
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Bachelor, The
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Damaris
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Thickets
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Count of Casualty
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Who Will
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Vulture
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Blackdown
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Sun Is Often Out, The
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Theseus
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Battle
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Messenger, The
