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    Private Suit

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    Private Suit
    Studio album by
    Bettie Serveert
    Released5 September 2000 (2000-09-05)
    RecordedWeesp, Netherlands
    GenreIndie rock, pop rock
    Length45:38
    LabelParasol Records
    ProducerJohn Parish
    Bettie Serveert chronology
    Plays Venus in Furs and Other Velvet Underground Songs
    (1998)     		Private Suit
    (2000)     		Log 22
    (2003)

    Private Suit is the fourth studio album by Dutch indie rock band Bettie Serveert, and their first to be released on Parasol Records. It was released on 5 September 2000 through Parasol's subsidiary Hidden Agenda Records.[1] It received generally favorable reviews from critics, with a score of 80 out of 100 on the critic review aggregator site Metacritic.[2] One critic who did not like the album was Keith Harris, who wrote in the Chicago Reader that he thought the album "sounded false".[3]

    Professional ratings
    Aggregate scores
    SourceRating
    Metacritic(80%)[2]
    Review scores
    SourceRating
    AllMusic[4]
    Austin Chronicle[5]
    Entertainment WeeklyC+[6]
    Pitchfork4.9/10[7]
    PopMattersfavorable[8]
    The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[9]
    Village VoiceA–[10]
    Wall of Sound91/100[11]

    Track listing[edit]

    Music by Bettie Serveert, lyrics by Carol van Dyk, except track 9.

    1. "Unsound" – 4:32
    2. "Satisfied" – 3:41
    3. "Private Suit" – 4:32
    4. "Mariachi Souls" – 3:19
    5. "Recall" – 5:18
    6. "Auf Wiedersehen" – 3:52
    7. "Sower & Seeds" – 4:35
    8. "White Tales" – 4:20
    9. "John Darmy" – 3:10 (music by De Artsen [nl], lyrics by Joost Visser and Carol van Dyk)
    10. "My Fallen Words" – 2:47
    11. "Healer" – 4:49

    Personnel[edit]

    Bettie Serveert
    • Carol van Dyk – vocal (all tracks), guitar (1,3-8,10,11), marimba (2), piano (2,4), hammond (11)
    • Peter Visser – guitar (1-3,5-9,11), synthesizer (1,2,5), backing vocal (1), organ (2,9), marimba (2,11), piano (5,8,10), vibraphone (11)
    • Herman Bunskoeke – bass (1-3,5-11), backing vocal (1), keyboard (2,8), piano (11)
    • Reinier Veldman – drums (1-3,5-11), octopad (2,5,11)
    Additional personnel
    • Buni Lenski – violin (2,3,10)
    • Simon Lenski – cello (2,3,10)
    • Pascal Deweze – piano (6), backing vocal (6,8)
    • Allan Muller – backing vocal (6), synthesizer (8)
    • Bart Vincent – backing vocal (7,9)
    • John Parish – organ (1), tambourine (1,9,11), rhodes (2,9), congas (2,11), dobro (4), hammond (7), piano (8), marimba (11), producer, mixing, mastering
    • Sytze Gardenier- engineer

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Hay, Carla (2000-09-30). "Bettie Serveert Grows into "Private Suit"". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 40. p. 17.
    2. ^ a b "Private Suit". Metacritic.
    3. ^ Harris, Keith (17 April 2003). "Bettie and Me". Chicago Reader.
    4. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Private Suit Review". AllMusic.
    5. ^ Moser, Margaret (13 October 2000). "Private Suit Review". Austin Chronicle.
    6. ^ Scherman, Tony (2000-09-08). "Music Review: 'Private Suit'". Entertainment Weekly.
    7. ^ Rockermann, Kristin Sage (5 September 2000). "Private Suit Review". Pitchfork Media.
    8. ^ Fufkin, David (4 September 2000). "Private Suit Review". PopMatters.
    9. ^ Harris, Keith (2004). "Bettie Serveert". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698.
    10. ^ Christgau, Robert (19 September 2000). "Afropop Worldwide". Village Voice.
    11. ^ Gulla, Bob. "Private Suit Review". Wall of Sound. Archived from the original on 20 November 2000.
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