Palomine

Palomine is the debut studio album by Dutch indie rock band Bettie Serveert. It was released in October 1992 by Brinkman Records.[4] The album was issued in the United Kingdom by the 4AD subsidiary label Guernica on 2 November 1992,[5] and in the United States by Matador Records in 1993.[6]

Not to be confused with Pal o' Mine or Pal-o-mine.
Palomine
Studio album by
Bettie Serveert
ReleasedOctober 1992 (1992-10)
StudioSound Enterprise (Weesp)
Genre
Length49:12
Label
Producer
  • Bettie Serveert
  • Frans Hagenaars
  • Edwin "Hank" Heath
Bettie Serveert chronology
Palomine
(1992)		 Lamprey
(1995)
Singles from Palomine
  1. "Tom Boy"
    Released: 1992[3]
  2. "Palomine"
    Released: 1992[3]
  3. "Kid's Allright"
    Released: 1993[3]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
Christgau's Consumer Guide[8]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[2]
NME6/10[9]
PopMatters8/10[10]
Q[11]
Rolling Stone[12]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[13]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[14]
Uncut8/10[15]

Q reviewer Martin Aston commented that Palomine "is produced with a bar band intimacy that amplifies the sparse, roaming spaces at the heart of the music", and that "Carol van Dijk has a vibrant, husky voice, capable of plaintive, precocious passion and gutsy ferverishness".[11] Writing for Spin, Jim Greer said that the album juxtaposes "Van Dijk's suspiciously accurate Long Island-inflected langour with the slow, intense sloppiness of the band to form one glorious mess of sound", while also finding Bettie Serveert's songwriting remarkably mature for an indie rock band.[1] At the end of 1993, Palomine placed at number 15 in The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop critics' poll.[16]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Carol van Dijk, except where noted; all music is composed by Bettie Serveert (Herman Bunskoeke, Van Dijk, Berend Dubbe, and Peter Visser), except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Leg"6:11
2."Palomine"4:09
3."Kid's Allright"4:20
4."Brain-Tag"6:26
5."Tom Boy"4:21
6."Under the Surface"4:17
7."Balentine"4:11
8."This Thing Nowhere"3:18
9."Healthy Sick" (lyrics and music by Lou Barlow)2:23
10."Sundazed to the Core"7:05
11."Palomine (Small)"2:31
Total length:49:12

Notes

  • "Brain-Tag" is omitted from the LP edition of the album. The UK LP edition, released by Guernica, instead included a bonus 7" disc featuring "Brain-Tag" on side one and "Get the Bird" and "Smile" on side two.[5][17]

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[18]

Bettie Serveert

  • Herman Bunskoeke – bass
  • Carol van Dijk – guitar, vocals
  • Berend Dubbe – drums
  • Peter Visser – guitar

Production

  • Bettie Serveert – production
  • Berend Dubbe – mixing
  • Frans Hagenaars – production, mixing
  • Edwin "Hank" Heath – production, mixing
  • The Masters – mastering

Design

  • Diederik van der Donk – photography
  • Roel Siebrand – cover design

Charts
Chart (1992–1994) Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[19]43
Dutch Alternative Albums (Dutch Charts)[19] 2
UK Albums (OCC)[20]122
Chart (2023) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[21]177
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[19]30

References
  1. Greer, Jim (December 1992). "Bettie Serveert: Palomine". Spin. Vol. 8, no. 9. pp. 91–93. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  2. Robbins, Ira (22 January 1993). "Palomine". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  3. "Singles". bettieserveert.com. p. 1. Archived from the original on 5 May 2001. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  4. "Albums". bettieserveert.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2001. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  5. Palomine (press advertisement). Guernica. 1992. Archived from the original on 22 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. Giles, Jeff (17 May 1993). "A Dutch Treat". Newsweek. p. 70.
  7. Raggett, Ned. "Palomine – Bettie Serveert". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  8. Christgau, Robert (2000). "Bettie Serveert: Palomine". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 25. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  9. Dalton, Stephen (7 November 1992). "Bettie Serveert: Palomine". NME. p. 37.
  10. Lee, Christopher J. (22 August 2023). "Bettie Serveert Shine Again on the Re-released 'Palomine'". PopMatters. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  11. Aston, Martin (January 1993). "Bettie Serveert: Palomine". Q. No. 76. p. 78.
  12. Ali, Lorraine (29 April 1993). "Bettie Serveert: Palomine". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 8 March 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  13. Harris, Keith (2004). "Bettie Serveert". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 67. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  14. McDonnell, Evelyn (1995). "Bettie Serveert". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 37–38. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  15. Wallace, Wyndham (July 2023). "Bettie Serveert: Palomine". Uncut. No. 314. pp. 43–44.
  16. "The 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". The Village Voice. 1 March 1994. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  17. Brain-Tag (liner notes). Bettie Serveert. Guernica. 1992. GU 3 S.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  18. Palomine (liner notes). Bettie Serveert. Brinkman Records. 1992. BRCD 004.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  19. "Dutchcharts.nl – Bettie Serveert – Palomine" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  20. "Chart Log UK: Darren B – David Byrne". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  21. "Ultratop.be – Bettie Serveert – Palomine" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
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