Colin Leonard – mastering (tracks 12–17).Michael Tayler – mixing (tracks 2, 7-10), production (tracks 8, 9).François Tétaz – production, mixing (tracks 1, 3–6, 11).Kimbra – lead vocals (all tracks), production (tracks 2–4, 8-10), mixing (tracks 3, 4, 7–9), engineering (tracks 14, 15).If New Zealand deluxe edition tracks are tracks 12-17: "Home" features excerpts from the Apes & Androids recording, "Locked in a Car".Track listing Vows – Original release No. It consisted of Kimbra's body painted white with black body art on, and standing in front of a white background. The album artwork including body art and illustrations were created by Rhys Mitchell and Raphael Rizzo.
PLAIN GOLD RING KIMBRA ALBUM MOVIE
This song was also featured in the ending credits of the 2013 movie The Heat.
" Cameo Lover" was released as the album's second single on 29 March 2011.The song peaked at number 37 on the New Zealand Singles Chart. " Settle Down" was released as the album's lead single on 10 June 2010 and was re-released on 1 November 2011.Jody Rosen of Rolling Stone gave a positive review of the album, comparing the material to that of Björk. Lydia Jenkin, of The New Zealand Herald's Time Out magazine, gave Vows 4/5 stars, praising Kimbra's "exciting vocal experiments on this colourful debut with impressive range". The album received generally favorable reviews, obtaining a normalised score of 72 out of 100 from Metacritic, based on reviews from 16 selected mainstream critics.
PLAIN GOLD RING KIMBRA ALBUM PROFESSIONAL
Reception Professional ratings Aggregate scores Kimbra has stated the following quote as a summary of the album's concept and overall feel: "Vows say a lot about who you are, and even more when we choose to break them." The genres of the album consist of indie pop, soul, jazz, and art pop. Kimbra has said many times that she chose the singles for this album by visualizing music videos for each of the songs and chose the top six ideas. She found Nina Simone as a huge inspiration for the track Plain Gold Ring. She wanted the album to have an overall jazzy feel, thus trying make a record that pushes boundaries but still be considered "pop music". Musically, Kimbra was heavily influenced by Björk, The Mars Volta, Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainwright and others during the creation of Vows. The songs on the record follow a theme of love, loss, romance and want.
Kimbra recorded the album at her home and other various studios throughout Australia. The album's lead single Settle Down was the earliest song she had written, being when she was sixteen years old. Kimbra started recording and writing the album in 2008. Shortly after being discovered by Mark, she moved to Melbourne, Australia to follow her path in the music industry, signing with Forum 5. Kimbra was originally discovered by her soon-to-be manager, Mark Richardson at the age of 17. On Vows was released to the North American market, debuting at number 14 on the Billboard 200. This edition of the album was released in New Zealand on as Vows: Deluxe Edition. It was released in Australia as Vows: Australian Tour Edition to coincide with her winter 2012 tour and included 6 previously unreleased songs. On, the album was re-released with six new songs, new mixing and was mastered by Colin Leonard in Atlanta, US. Vows has been certified Platinum in Australia for shipment of 70,000 units and Platinum in New Zealand for sales of 15,000 units.Īt the J Awards of 2011, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year. In Australia, the album debuted at number five on the ARIA Albums Chart, later peaking at number four. Vows opened at number three on the RIANZ Albums Chart in its first week after release, with "Settle Down" re-entering the singles chart at number 37. Vows has spawned 3 charting singles, " Settle Down", " Cameo Lover" and " Good Intent". The album was recorded between 20 and was released on 29 August 2011 in New Zealand, and on 2 September in Australia by Warner Bros. Vows is the debut studio album by New Zealand singer Kimbra.
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