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May 22, 2013 · Eleanor Friedberger has taken a more traditional approach, beginning with 2011’s low-key delight of a debut solo record, Last Summer. This follow-up is a more expansive – commercial, even – record than anything either of the Furnaces have put their name to. In many ways it reads like a love letter to music itself, flitting between
Personal Record is jam-packed with clever wordplay and fleeting emotions, but the tight, buoyant pop arrangements keep it from getting bogged down.
Jun 11, 2013 · Most solo efforts delivered nine albums into a career leave you pining for the glory days of an artist’s former work. Well, for want of a more delicate way to put it – fuck that noise. In Personal Record, Eleanor Friedberger has delivered on every promise she’s ever made with her music, and come up with an ever-unfolding, fully-realised gem.
- Alex Wisgard
The title of The Fiery Furnaces singer/songwriter Eleanor Friedberger's second solo record could be read as a sly wink. Her 2011 debut, Last Summer, was the true Personal Record.
Jun 4, 2013 · That fact is immediately apparent in Eleanor’s latest LP, Personal Record, its sun-bleached nostalgia and dryly delivered depths indulging in a bit more AM radio sepia than Fiery Furnaces, yet still clearly of that same language.
Jun 12, 2013 · On Personal Record, Friedberger settles further into a vintage, Laurel Canyon-inspired sonic space, in which sparkling electric pianos and swirling organs commune with her sweetly brash vocals. Personal Record’s best moments are its most subdued.
Jun 11, 2013 · With flare in all the right places, Personal Record is an album that sits with you like a good drink – after you finish – you will ask for some more and Eleanor Friedberger is right there to fill your glass! Key Tracks: “When I Knew”, “Stare At The Sun”, “She’s A Mirror”
