Palomine

Not to be confused with Pal o' Mine or Pal-o-mine.

1992 studio album by Bettie Serveert

Palomine

Studio album by

Bettie Serveert

Released| 2 November 1992 (1992-11-02)
Studio| Sound Enterprise (Weesp)
Genre|

* Indie rock[1]
* indie pop[2]

Length| 49:12
Label|

* Brinkman
* Guernica
* Matador

Producer|

* Bettie Serveert
* Frans Hagenaars
* Edwin "Hank" Heath

Bettie Serveert chronology
|  | Palomine
(1992)  | Lamprey
(1995)

|
|

Singles from  Palomine

1. "Tom Boy"
Released: 1992
2. "Palomine"
Released: 1992
3. "Kid's Allright"
Released: 1993

Palomine is the debut studio album by Dutch indie rock band Bettie Serveert. It was released on 2 November 1992 by Brinkman Records and Guernica, and by Matador Records in the United States the following year.

## Release

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Palomine was released on 2 November 1992 by Brinkman Records in Benelux and by the 4AD subsidiary label Guernica in the United Kingdom.[3][4] Upon its release, the album charted at number 43 in the Netherlands.[5] In the United States, it was issued by Matador Records on 7 January 1993.[3][6] Three singles were released from Palomine: "Tom Boy" and "Palomine" in 1992,[7] the second of which reached number 122 on the UK Singles Chart,[8] and "Kid's Allright" in 1993.[7]

On 7 July 2023, Palomine was reissued by Matador for the album's 30th anniversary.[9] The reissue reached a new peak of number 30 in the Netherlands,[5] while also reaching number 177 on the Belgian Flanders albums chart.[10]

## Critical reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [11]
CD Review| [12]
Entertainment Weekly| A−[2]
NME| 6/10[13]
PopMatters| 8/10[14]
Q| [15]
Rolling Stone| [16]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide| [17]
Spin Alternative Record Guide| 8/10[18]
Uncut| 8/10[19]

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".[15] Stephanie Zacharek, writing for CD Review, said that as a vocalist, van Dijk "taps into" the subtleties of her "austere" lyrics and "brings home, in words, the sorts of things that are otherwise best communicated by a wry smile or the flutter of eyelashes."[12] Spin's Jim Greer stated 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] In The New York Times, Jon Pareles wrote that the band's songs "echo the clear-cut melodies and verbal directness of Neil Young and the garage-rock scruffiness of his collegiate-rock heirs, like Dinosaur Jr."[20]

Palomine placed at number 15 in The Village Voice's 1993 year-end Pazz & Jop critics' poll.[21] Robert Christgau, the poll's creator, awarded it a "two-star honorable mention" and remarked, "by the time the tunes grow on you, you'll be wondering why the songs never get where they're going".[22]

## Track listing

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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.| Title| Length

|
|

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.[4][23]

## Personnel

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Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[24]

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

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Chart (1992–1993)  | Peak
position

|

Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[5] | 43
Dutch Alternative Albums (Dutch Charts)[5] | 2
Chart (2023)  | Peak
position

|

Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10] | 177
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[5] | 30

## References

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1. ^ a b Greer, Jim (December 1992). "Bettie Serveert: Palomine". Spin. Vol. 8, no. 9\. pp. 91–93. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
2. ^ a b Robbins, Ira (22 January 1993). "Palomine". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
3. ^ a b "Bettie Serveert History 1982–1993" (PDF). bettieserveert.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 May 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
4. ^ a b 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)
5. ^ a b c d e "Dutchcharts.nl – Bettie Serveert – Palomine" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
6. ^ Giles, Jeff (17 May 1993). "A Dutch Treat". Newsweek. p. 70.
7. ^ a b "Singles". bettieserveert.com. p. 1\. Archived from the original on 5 May 2001. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
8. ^ "Chart Log UK: Darren B – David Byrne". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
9. ^ "Bettie Serveert → Palomine Reissue". Matador Records. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
10. ^ a b "Ultratop.be – Bettie Serveert – Palomine" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
11. ^ Raggett, Ned. "Palomine – Bettie Serveert". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
12. ^ a b Zacharek, Stephanie (May 1993). "Bettie Serveert: Palomine". CD Review. Vol. 9, no. 9\. p. 64.
13. ^ Dalton, Stephen (7 November 1992). "Bettie Serveert: Palomine". NME. p. 37.
14. ^ Lee, Christopher J. (22 August 2023). "Bettie Serveert Shine Again on the Re-released 'Palomine'". PopMatters. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
15. ^ a b Aston, Martin (January 1993). "Bettie Serveert: Palomine". Q. No. 76\. p. 78.
16. ^ Ali, Lorraine (29 April 1993). "Bettie Serveert: Palomine". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 8 March 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
17. ^ 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.
18. ^ 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.
19. ^ Wallace, Wyndham (July 2023). "Bettie Serveert: Palomine". Uncut. No. 314\. pp. 43–44.
20. ^ Pareles, Jon (1 May 1993). "Pop and Jazz in Review". The New York Times. p. 1.18. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
21. ^ "The 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". The Village Voice. 1 March 1994. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
22. ^ 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.
23. ^ Brain-Tag (liner notes). Bettie Serveert. Guernica. 1992. GU 3 S.`{{cite AV media notes}}`: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
24. ^ Palomine (liner notes). Bettie Serveert. Brinkman Records. 1992. BRCD 004.`{{cite AV media notes}}`: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

## External links

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* Palomine at Discogs (list of releases)

* v
* t
* e

Bettie Serveert

* Carol van Dijk
* Peter Visser
* Herman Bunskoeke
* Martijn Blankestijn
* Gino Geudens

Albums|

* Palomine
* Lamprey
* Dust Bunnies
* Plays Venus in Furs and Other Velvet Underground Songs
* Private Suit
* Log 22
* Attagirl
* Bare Stripped Naked
* Pharmacy of Love
* Oh, Mayhem!
* Damaged Good

EPs/singles|

* Tom Boy
* Palomine
* Kids Alright
* Palomine (new single edition)
* Crutches
* Something So Wild
* Ray Ray Rain
* Co-coward
* Rudder
* What Friends?
* Our New Demo
* White Tales
* Private Suit
* Smack
* Wide Eyed Fools
* Deny All
* Never Be Over

Related articles|

* Chitlin' Fooks
* Bauer

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* MusicBrainz release group

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