Fires (Nerina Pallot album)
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| Released | 4 April 2005 | |||
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| Length | 46:55 | |||
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| Contactmusic.com | (positive) |
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| IndieLondon | (positive) |
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| The Oxford Student | (positive) |
| The Times | (positive) |
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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, 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.