Fires (Nerina Pallot album)

2005 studio album by Nerina Pallot

Fires

Studio album by

Nerina Pallot

Released| 4 April 2005
Recorded|

* Sage and Sound
* Xstacy South
* Sunset Sound (Los Angeles)
* Eastcote
* RAK
* The Glue Hotel
* Nerina's House (London)

Genre|

* Pop rock
* alternative rock

Length| 46:55
Label|

* Idaho
* 14th Floor

Producer|

* Nerina Pallot
* Howard Willing
* Wendy Melvoin
* Eric Rosse

Nerina Pallot chronology
| Dear Frustrated Superstar
(2001)  | Fires
(2005)  | The Graduate
(2009)

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Alternative cover

2005 original release

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
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]

## Track listing

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All songs written by Nerina Pallot.

1. "Everybody's Gone to War" – 3:54
2. "Halfway Home" – 4:26
3. "Damascus" – 4:42
4. "Idaho" – 4:29
5. "All Good People" – 4:16
6. "Mr King" – 4:22
7. "Geek Love" – 4:00
8. "Sophia" – 3:40
9. "Learning to Breathe" – 4:09
10. "Heart Attack" – 3:25
11. "Nickindia" – 5:28

## Singles

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The original release of the album was preceded by a download-only single, "Everybody's Gone to War". Two further singles, "Damascus" (June 2005) and "All Good People" (September 2005), the latter a BBC Radio 2 Single of the Week, failed to dent the UK Singles Chart. "All Good People" did, however, peak at #21 on the UK Airplay Chart in August 2005 and spent four weeks inside the Airplay Top 30.

After Pallot's success on the support slot circuit in 2005 led to her signing with 14th Floor Records, "Everybody's Gone to War" was re-released on download, CD, and 7" vinyl on 22 May 2006. With a memorable video directed by Marc Klasfeld and high-profile UK TV appearances, the song peaked at UK #14 and also peaked at #3 on the UK Airplay Chart.

A remixed version of "Sophia" followed on download, CD, and 7" vinyl after much delay on 2 October 2006, peaking at UK #32 (and #12 on the UK Airplay Chart). A fifth and final single from Fires, "Learning to Breathe", peaked at UK #70 following its release on 8 January 2007, but fared significantly better on the UK Airplay Chart, peaking at #22.

### Chart statistics

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Title  | Release date  | Peak chart positions

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AUS | NLD | UK | UK Airplay
"Damascus"  | 6 June 2005  | — | — | — | —
"All Good People"  | 5 September 2005  | — | — | — | 21
"Everybody's Gone to War"  | 22 May 2006  | 41 | 48 | 14 | 3
"Sophia"  | 2 October 2006  | — | — | 32 | 12
"Learning to Breathe"  | 8 January 2007  | — | — | 70 | 22

## References

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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.

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Nerina Pallot

Studio albums|

* Dear Frustrated Superstar
* Fires
* The Graduate
* Year of the Wolf
* The Sound and the Fury
* Stay Lucky
* I Don't Know What I'm Doing

Extended plays|

* Buckminster Fuller

Singles|

* "Everybody's Gone to War"
* "Sophia"
* "Real Late Starter"

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