Nerina Pallot
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Nerina Pallot is a platinum selling, BRIT Award and Ivor Novello Award nominated British
singer
and songwriter
. Although born in London, Pallot was brought up in Jersey
to a half-French
father and mother from Allahabad
, India
.
as a child and wrote her first song aged 13. She has identified seeing singer and pianist Kate Bush
perform her hit song "This Woman's Work
" on television as a catalyst for her to pursue a music career. She attended Jersey College for Girls
.
, pending a planned reissue.
Subsequently she was dropped from the label partly as a result of a message she wrote on the Tipsheet message board relating to the actions of her A&R man around remixes of "Photograph", a track intended to be on the re-issued Dear Frustrated Superstar. This incident and many others related to the industry and her experiences with her debut album are discussed in stories on her official website.
In 2003 she sang lead vocals on the track "Truly" on Delerium
's album Chimera, which was also released as a single in the UK.
The album was eventually re-issued several years later after her second album, Fires had become a commercial success. The re-issue matched the original version and did not include "Photograph". Initial retailer listings showed the re-issued album as including several B-Sides from the era, but this version was never issued.
, was released in April 2005 on her own independent label, Idaho. It was published by Chrysalis Music Publishing, who have stuck with her since her Polydor days and provided her with a development deal. They initially provided her with £50,000 to make the album. When that proved insufficient for Pallot's needs, she remortgaged her house to pay for the rest of the album and for living expenses. Pallot wrote all of the songs on Fires.
The album was produced and mixed by Howard Willing (OK Go
, Stevie Nicks
, Lisa Marie Presley
, Melissa Auf der Maur
, Liz Phair
, The Smashing Pumpkins
, Van Hunt
), with producers Eric Rosse (Tori Amos
, Lisa Marie Presley
, Anna Nalick
) who produced "Learning to Breathe" and "Heart Attack" (co-produced by Howard) and Wendy Melvoin
(member of Prince's band The Revolution) who produced "Damascus". After the initial tracks were finished the rest of the record was apparently completed by Howard and Nerina flying files back and forth from London to Los Angeles. With the contacts and friendships that he had acquired over the years they were able to obtain the help of A-level musicians.
The album was preceded by a download-only single, "Everybody's Gone to War
". A second single from the record, "Damascus" was released in June 2005, and a third, "All Good People" (a Radio 2
single of the week) was released in September 2005.
At the end of 2005, Pallot signed with major label 14th Floor Records (a Warner label), the home of Damien Rice
and Joseph Arthur
. After signing with 14th Floor Records, a re-issue of the album which was more 'spangly' (Pallot's words) and featured additional strings on some tracks, was released on 24 April 2006, earning Pallot a chart success by reaching Number 21. With over 100,000 sales it was certified gold in the UK.
The first single from the revamped album was "Everybody's Gone to War", which was playlisted on most major British radio stations. The video was shown on most music television stations and on her MySpace
profile. The single became the third most played song on British radio the week before its release, and reached Number 14 in the UK Singles Chart
.
The second single from the album was "Sophia
", a re-recorded version, created in LA along with producer Mitchell Froom
, which entered the UK singles chart at Number 32. In April 2007, the song was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award.
The next single from the re-released version of Fires was "Learning to Breathe", which reached Number 70 in the UK singles chart.
The Graduate
was released on 5 October 2009 in the UK and reached number 46 in the Official UK Album Chart in its first week of release. The standard version of the album features 10 original tracks, whereas the iTunes version contains three additional tracks, and the deluxe version contains seven acoustic versions of the tracks. The album has polarised critics, with some lauding it as her best album yet and others seeing her change of direction from 'Fires' as a mistake. Having had no intention of releasing 'Fires 2', Pallot has defended the need for a progression between the two records.
via her Twitter page on 21 January 2011.
She recorded with Bernard Butler
for the album. The lead single was "Put Your Hands Up", released 24 April. The album was slated for release on the Geffen label on 30 May 2011 according to Nerina's Twitter page on 9 March 2011, but the release date was pushed to 13 June 2011, a change announced via Twitter on 5 May 2011. The American release date is 21 June 2011.
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Pallot has toured the UK many times as support act to more established singer-songwriters such as Sheryl Crow
, James Blunt
, Suzanne Vega
, Joseph Arthur
, Ray LaMontagne
and Missy Higgins
. She performed at the 2005 Guilfest music festival and headlined her own show at Bush Hall in Shepherd's Bush, London later that year.
The first full headlining tour for the Fires album took place in May 2006. During the year she also played headline shows in London at ICA
, the Bloomsbury Theatre, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre and at Shepherd's Bush Empire.
Another UK & Ireland tour took place in January and February 2007, taking in venues in Penzance, Bristol, Cambridge, Milton Keynes, Manchester, Newcastle, Coventry, Brighton, Belfast, Dublin, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Sheffield.
She toured the UK in October 2009, including a performance at Glasgow's Oran Mor venue on Wednesday 7 October, showcasing songs from the new album The Graduate. This was her first proper tour in almost 3 years.
She also toured the UK and Ireland once again in 2010, beginning 21 April in Bath, with eight dates, ending on 4 May in Dublin.
. It has Pallot sitting at a piano, playing and singing while fire surrounds her in a circle and her piano smokes and is also alight. Nerina's next performance, "Learning To Breathe", is more "abstract" and is computer-generated with her playing the guitar in a house with many pictures decorating the walls. The video for "Put Your Hands Up", off Year of the Wolf, was shot in and around Lant Street in Southwark
, London
.
. On 23 April 2007, it was announced that she had been nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for "Sophia
" in the category of 'Best Song (musically and lyrically)'.
Notes
1 "Damascus" charted at Number 180 in the Physical CD sales chart, but it did not make the overall singles chart.
2 "Real Late Starter" charted at Number 19 in the UK Indie chart, but it did not reach the overall top 200 singles chart.
Pallot met fellow Jersey resident and Grammy Award
nominated record producer Andy Chatterley
in January 2007. They became engaged within the first half hour of their first date, and married six weeks later on 14 February 2007. The story was told by Pallot on Janice Long
's BBC Radio 2 show on 3 June 2009. Pallot recently completed her degree in English Literature at Birkbeck, University of London
. The couple now reside in London.
On 9th Sept, 2010, Nerina announced via Twitter: "@Andy_Chatterley and I are proud to present our finest song. Our son,Wolfie Chatterley, born this morning". The child's full name is Wolfgang Amadeus Chatterley.
United Kingdom
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singer
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
and songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
. Although born in London, Pallot was brought up in Jersey
Jersey
Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...
to a half-French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
father and mother from Allahabad
Allahabad
Allahabad , or Settled by God in Persian, is a major city of India and is one of the main holy cities of Hinduism. It was renamed by the Mughals from the ancient name of Prayaga , and is by some accounts the second-oldest city in India. It is located in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh,...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
Early life
Pallot played pianoPiano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
as a child and wrote her first song aged 13. She has identified seeing singer and pianist Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and idiosyncratic vocal style have made her one of the United Kingdom's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years.In 1978, at the age of 19, Bush topped the UK Singles Chart...
perform her hit song "This Woman's Work
This Woman's Work
- Disc 2 - Lionheart :- Disc 3 - Never for Ever :- Disc 4 - The Dreaming :- Disc 5 - Hounds of Love :- Disc 6 - The Sensual World :- Disc 7 - This Woman's Work: Volume One :- Disc 8 - This Woman's Work: Volume Two :...
" on television as a catalyst for her to pursue a music career. She attended Jersey College for Girls
Jersey College for Girls
Jersey College for Girls is a fee paying States of Jersey-provided school for girls located in Saint Saviour, Jersey, Channel Islands. It currently has around 712 students.-History 1880-1999:...
.
Dear Frustrated Superstar
Pallot released her debut album on Polydor records, Dear Frustrated Superstar, in August 2001. This spawned two commercial singles, "Patience" and "Alien", with a third, "If I Know You" mooted, a video for which was filmed, but has never been publicly shown. Her album was withdrawn shortly before an arena tour with Bryan AdamsBryan Adams
Bryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...
, pending a planned reissue.
Subsequently she was dropped from the label partly as a result of a message she wrote on the Tipsheet message board relating to the actions of her A&R man around remixes of "Photograph", a track intended to be on the re-issued Dear Frustrated Superstar. This incident and many others related to the industry and her experiences with her debut album are discussed in stories on her official website.
In 2003 she sang lead vocals on the track "Truly" on Delerium
Delerium
Delerium is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, formed in 1987, originally as a side project of the influential industrial music act, Front Line Assembly...
's album Chimera, which was also released as a single in the UK.
The album was eventually re-issued several years later after her second album, Fires had become a commercial success. The re-issue matched the original version and did not include "Photograph". Initial retailer listings showed the re-issued album as including several B-Sides from the era, but this version was never issued.
Fires
Her second album, FiresFires (Nerina Pallot album)
Fires is the second album by London-born singer-songwriter Nerina Pallot. First released in April 2005 on her own independent record label, Idaho Records, Fires was met with much critical acclaim but did not gain commercial recognition....
, was released in April 2005 on her own independent label, Idaho. It was published by Chrysalis Music Publishing, who have stuck with her since her Polydor days and provided her with a development deal. They initially provided her with £50,000 to make the album. When that proved insufficient for Pallot's needs, she remortgaged her house to pay for the rest of the album and for living expenses. Pallot wrote all of the songs on Fires.
The album was produced and mixed by Howard Willing (OK Go
OK Go
OK Go is a rock band originally from Chicago, Illinois, USA, now residing in Los Angeles, California, USA. The band is composed of Damian Kulash , Tim Nordwind , Dan Konopka and Andy Ross , who joined them in 2005, replacing Andy Duncan...
, Stevie Nicks
Stevie Nicks
Stephanie Lynn "Stevie" Nicks is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and an extensive solo career, which collectively have produced over forty Top 50 hits and sold over 140 million albums...
, Lisa Marie Presley
Lisa Marie Presley
Lisa Marie Presley is an American singer and songwriter, also known as the "Princess of Rock and Roll". She is the only child of Elvis Presley, and daughter of Priscilla Presley.-Early life:...
, Melissa Auf der Maur
Melissa Auf der Maur
Melissa Auf der Maur is a Canadian rock musician from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Her career has included 5 years as bassist with the band Hole and she later toured with The Smashing Pumpkins for their 2000 tour. Her second solo album, Out of Our Minds, was released on March 30, 2010. She is also a...
, Liz Phair
Liz Phair
Phair's entry into the music industry began when she met guitarist Chris Brokaw, a member of the band Come. Brokaw and Phair moved to San Francisco together, and Phair tried to become an artist there...
, The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988. Formed by Billy Corgan frontman and James Iha , the band has included Jimmy Chamberlin , D'arcy Wretzky , and currently includes Jeff Schroeder Mike Byrne , and Nicole Fiorentino The Smashing...
, Van Hunt
Van Hunt
Van Hunt is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He released his debut album, Van Hunt, in 2004, and a follow-up, On the Jungle Floor, in 2006, both on Capitol Records...
), with producers Eric Rosse (Tori Amos
Tori Amos
Tori Amos is an American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. She was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few alternative rock performers to use a piano as her primary instrument...
, Lisa Marie Presley
Lisa Marie Presley
Lisa Marie Presley is an American singer and songwriter, also known as the "Princess of Rock and Roll". She is the only child of Elvis Presley, and daughter of Priscilla Presley.-Early life:...
, Anna Nalick
Anna Nalick
Anna Christine Nalick is an American singer-songwriter. Her debut album, Wreck of the Day, featuring her first radio hit, "Breathe ", was released on April 19, 2005. Nalick left her label under Sony in 2009 after a falling-out surrounding the release of her second album...
) who produced "Learning to Breathe" and "Heart Attack" (co-produced by Howard) and Wendy Melvoin
Wendy Melvoin
Wendy Melvoin is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Prince as part of his backing band The Revolution, and for her collaboration with Lisa Coleman as one half of the duo Wendy & Lisa....
(member of Prince's band The Revolution) who produced "Damascus". After the initial tracks were finished the rest of the record was apparently completed by Howard and Nerina flying files back and forth from London to Los Angeles. With the contacts and friendships that he had acquired over the years they were able to obtain the help of A-level musicians.
The album was preceded by a download-only single, "Everybody's Gone to War
Everybody's Gone to War
"Everybody's Gone to War" is a Pop rock song written and recorded by the London-born and Jersey-raised singer-songwriter Nerina Pallot.The song, an anti-war protest, was written during the early stages of the Iraq War in 2003, and was composed on bass guitar by Pallot...
". A second single from the record, "Damascus" was released in June 2005, and a third, "All Good People" (a Radio 2
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...
single of the week) was released in September 2005.
At the end of 2005, Pallot signed with major label 14th Floor Records (a Warner label), the home of Damien Rice
Damien Rice
Damien Rice is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician and record producer who plays guitar, piano, clarinet and percussion....
and Joseph Arthur
Joseph Arthur
Joseph Arthur is an American singer-songwriter and artist from Akron, Ohio. Combining poetic lyrics with a layered sonic palette, Arthur has built his reputation over the years through critically acclaimed releases and constant touring; his unique solo live performances incorporate the use of a...
. After signing with 14th Floor Records, a re-issue of the album which was more 'spangly' (Pallot's words) and featured additional strings on some tracks, was released on 24 April 2006, earning Pallot a chart success by reaching Number 21. With over 100,000 sales it was certified gold in the UK.
The first single from the revamped album was "Everybody's Gone to War", which was playlisted on most major British radio stations. The video was shown on most music television stations and on her MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
profile. The single became the third most played song on British radio the week before its release, and reached Number 14 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
.
The second single from the album was "Sophia
Sophia (song)
"Sophia" is the second single released from the re-release of Nerina Pallot's second album, Fires. It was released on October 2, 2006. It was nominated to an Ivor Novello Award in the category of Best Song ....
", a re-recorded version, created in LA along with producer Mitchell Froom
Mitchell Froom
-Career:Froom began his career as a keyboard player in Sonoma County, California. The band Crossfire featured two keyboards players; Mitchell on one side of the stage and brother David on the other with Gary Pihl on guitar...
, which entered the UK singles chart at Number 32. In April 2007, the song was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award.
The next single from the re-released version of Fires was "Learning to Breathe", which reached Number 70 in the UK singles chart.
The Graduate
Pallot worked with several big name co-writers in preparation for the follow-up to Fires, including Linda Perry (Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful") and Rob Davis (Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out Of My Head"). She also wrote an album's worth of material with Rick Nowels (Madonna's "Power of Goodbye", Belinda Carlisle's "Heaven Is A Place on Earth"). However, she struggled with the co-writing process and in the end only self-written songs made the album.The Graduate
The Graduate (Nerina Pallot album)
-Background and production:The album was released more than three years after the gold-selling Fires and marks a change in the musical genre for Pallot. According to her biography on her official MySpace page: "The Graduate has piano-driven songs high on happy pills, woozy electronics and beefed up...
was released on 5 October 2009 in the UK and reached number 46 in the Official UK Album Chart in its first week of release. The standard version of the album features 10 original tracks, whereas the iTunes version contains three additional tracks, and the deluxe version contains seven acoustic versions of the tracks. The album has polarised critics, with some lauding it as her best album yet and others seeing her change of direction from 'Fires' as a mistake. Having had no intention of releasing 'Fires 2', Pallot has defended the need for a progression between the two records.
Year of the Wolf
In July 2010, Nerina returned to Geffen Records and to the A&R that first signed her to Polydor. Nerina confirmed her new album would be titled Year of the WolfYear of the Wolf
-Track listing:...
via her Twitter page on 21 January 2011.
She recorded with Bernard Butler
Bernard Butler
Bernard Joseph Butler is an English musician and record producer. He first emerged in the early Britpop era with Suede. He has been hailed by some critics as the greatest guitarist of his generation, as well as one of Britain's most original and influential guitarists...
for the album. The lead single was "Put Your Hands Up", released 24 April. The album was slated for release on the Geffen label on 30 May 2011 according to Nerina's Twitter page on 9 March 2011, but the release date was pushed to 13 June 2011, a change announced via Twitter on 5 May 2011. The American release date is 21 June 2011.
Tours
Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Suzanne Crow is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and actress. Her music incorporates elements of rock, folk, hip hop, country and pop...
, James Blunt
James Blunt
James Hillier Blount , better known by his stage name James Blunt, is an English singer-songwriter and musician, and former army officer, whose debut album, Back to Bedlam and single releases, including "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover", brought him to fame in 2005...
, Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Nadine Vega is an American songwriter and singer known for her eclectic folk-inspired music.Two of Vega's songs reached the top 10 of various international chart listings: "Luka" and "Tom's Diner"...
, Joseph Arthur
Joseph Arthur
Joseph Arthur is an American singer-songwriter and artist from Akron, Ohio. Combining poetic lyrics with a layered sonic palette, Arthur has built his reputation over the years through critically acclaimed releases and constant touring; his unique solo live performances incorporate the use of a...
, Ray LaMontagne
Ray LaMontagne
Raymond "Ray" Charles Jack LaMontagne is a Grammy-award winning American singer-songwriter. LaMontagne has released four studio albums, Trouble, Till the Sun Turns Black, Gossip in the Grain and God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise. He was born in New Hampshire and was inspired to create music after...
and Missy Higgins
Missy Higgins
Melissa "Missy" Morrison Higgins is an Australian pop singer-songwriter, musician and actor. Her No. 1 albums in Australia are The Sound of White and On a Clear Night , and her Top Ten singles are "Scar", "The Special Two", "Steer" and "Where I Stood". From a musical family in...
. She performed at the 2005 Guilfest music festival and headlined her own show at Bush Hall in Shepherd's Bush, London later that year.
The first full headlining tour for the Fires album took place in May 2006. During the year she also played headline shows in London at ICA
Institute of Contemporary Arts
The Institute of Contemporary Arts is an artistic and cultural centre on The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. It is located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps and Admiralty Arch...
, the Bloomsbury Theatre, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre and at Shepherd's Bush Empire.
Another UK & Ireland tour took place in January and February 2007, taking in venues in Penzance, Bristol, Cambridge, Milton Keynes, Manchester, Newcastle, Coventry, Brighton, Belfast, Dublin, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Sheffield.
She toured the UK in October 2009, including a performance at Glasgow's Oran Mor venue on Wednesday 7 October, showcasing songs from the new album The Graduate. This was her first proper tour in almost 3 years.
She also toured the UK and Ireland once again in 2010, beginning 21 April in Bath, with eight dates, ending on 4 May in Dublin.
Videos
Pallot has released six videos to go with singles from Dear Frustrated Superstar, Fires, and Year of the Wolf. Her first video for "Patience" features Pallot in various scenes, notably wearing white and barefoot, continually floating to and from earth. "Alien" begins with Pallot lying down, it then becomes apparent that she had fallen onto a plumber's van, crushing it, and the video implies she has fallen from the sky "like an alien". The unreleased "If I Know You" video features multiple Nerinas fighting each other in a theatre. For "Damascus", Pallot is seen playing piano and singing in a recording studio. Pallot's next video was for "Everybody's Gone to War", which includes cabbage-throwing goths and pineapple bombs. Her next video was for "Sophia", and was filmed in the middle of the desert in MoroccoMorocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
. It has Pallot sitting at a piano, playing and singing while fire surrounds her in a circle and her piano smokes and is also alight. Nerina's next performance, "Learning To Breathe", is more "abstract" and is computer-generated with her playing the guitar in a house with many pictures decorating the walls. The video for "Put Your Hands Up", off Year of the Wolf, was shot in and around Lant Street in Southwark
Southwark
Southwark is a district of south London, England, and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Southwark. Situated east of Charing Cross, it forms one of the oldest parts of London and fronts the River Thames to the north...
, London
London
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.
Songwriting & Production
- Pallot along with her husband Andy ChatterleyAndy ChatterleyAndy Chatterley is a Grammy nominated remixer, record producer, song writer, and keyboard player. He was born 8 May 1973, in Jersey, Channel Islands, and educated at Victoria College, Jersey....
wrote and produced two songs for AphroditeAphroditeAphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation.Her Roman equivalent is the goddess .Historically, her cult in Greece was imported from, or influenced by, the cult of Astarte in Phoenicia....
, the 2010 album by Kylie MinogueKylie MinogueKylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
, the title track "AphroditeAphroditeAphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation.Her Roman equivalent is the goddess .Historically, her cult in Greece was imported from, or influenced by, the cult of Astarte in Phoenicia....
" and third single "Better Than TodayBetter Than Today"Better Than Today" is a song performed by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue from her eleventh studio album Aphrodite . The track was originally written and produced by Nerina Pallot and Andy Chatterley for Pallot's 2009 extended play, Buckminster Fuller EP. It was re-recorded by Minogue in...
". - Pallot wrote and co-produced "Put It Back Together" for Diana VickersDiana VickersDiana Vickers is an English singer-songwriter, stage actress and fashion designer who initially came to public attention as a semi-finalist on the fifth series of British talent show The X Factor in 2008...
from her debut album Songs From The Tainted Cherry TreeSongs from the Tainted Cherry TreeUpon its release, Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree generated mixed reviews from music critics. Mayer Nissim of Digital Spy awarded the album five out of five stars, stating that Vickers and her collaborators "have crafted an album that's drenched in accessible pop melodies while never sacrificing...
, Vickers performed 'Put It Back Together' as a special guest at Pallot's live concert at Union ChapelUnion Chapel, IslingtonThe Union Chapel is a Grade II* listed church and music venue in Islington, North London, England, located on Compton Terrace.An example of Victorian gothic architecture, it was designed by James Cubitt, and constructed between 1874 and 1877, with further additions 1877-90, providing an ambitious...
in IslingtonIslingtonIslington is a neighbourhood in Greater London, England and forms the central district of the London Borough of Islington. It is a district of Inner London, spanning from Islington High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the area around the busy Upper Street...
, north London, on 28 April 2010. - Nerina's "Real Late Starter" was covered by 2009 X FactorThe X Factor (UK)The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. Created by Simon Cowell, it began in September 2004 and is contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. It is the originator of the international X Factor franchise. The seven series of the show to date...
UK winner Joe McElderryJoe McElderryJoseph "Joe" McElderry is an English singer and model. He won the sixth series of the ITV show The X Factor in 2009. His first single "The Climb" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Charts. He was also crowned the winner of the second series of Popstar to Operastar, two...
for his debut album, Wide AwakeWide Awake (Joe McElderry album)Wide Awake is the debut album of English pop singer Joe McElderry, winner of the sixth series of British talent competition The X Factor...
, released on 25 October 2010
Notable events
- 'Record of the Week' on BBC Radio 1BBC Radio 1BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
- A spot on Top of the PopsTop of the PopsTop of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...
- An appearance on BBC OneBBC OneBBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
's Heaven and Earth with Gloria HunnifordGloria HunnifordGloria Hunniford is a Northern Irish TV and radio presenter, and formerly a singer.-Biography:...
on 18 June 2006 - A cover story in The TimesThe TimesThe Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
magazine (see link below) - An appearance on The Charlotte Church Show on 29 September 2006
- An appearance on Children in NeedChildren in NeedChildren in Need is an annual British charity appeal organised by the BBC. Since 1980 it has raised over £500 million. The highlight of the Children in Need appeal is an annual telethon, held in November. A teddy bear named "Pudsey Bear" fronts the campaign, while Terry Wogan is a long...
2006 broadcast 18 November 2006 - Pallot featured in Asian Woman magazine. She spoke of her Indian heritage and of her evolving musical career. The photo shoot featured was styled by celebrity fashion stylist Fiona Fraser and photographed by Paul West. The shoot took place on location at Canazaro House, Wimbledon Common in November 2006
- A BRIT AwardBrit AwardsThe Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain" or "Britannia", but subsequently became a backronym for British Record Industry Trust...
nomination for Best British Female 2007 - An appearance on Never Mind the BuzzcocksNever Mind the BuzzcocksNever Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game television show with a pop music theme, currently without a permanent presenter. It stars Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding as team captains. The show is produced by Talkback Thames for the BBC, and is usually aired on BBC Two...
broadcast 31 January 2007 - An appearance on Live from Abbey RoadLive from Abbey RoadLive from Abbey Road is a 12-part, one-hour performance series/documentary that began filming its first season during 2006 at Abbey Road Studios in London. Season 2 was filmed between 2007 and 2008, season 3 was filmed in 2009 and Season 4 was filmed in 2011...
in March 2007, performing the song "Idaho". The live session was recorded in November 2006 and she shared her episode with The ZutonsThe ZutonsThe Zutons are an English indie rock band from Liverpool. They were formed in 2001 but did not release their first album, Who Killed...... The Zutons?, until May 2004. They achieved their biggest hits with "Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?" and "Valerie", both taken from their second studio album...
, Ray LaMontagneRay LaMontagneRaymond "Ray" Charles Jack LaMontagne is a Grammy-award winning American singer-songwriter. LaMontagne has released four studio albums, Trouble, Till the Sun Turns Black, Gossip in the Grain and God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise. He was born in New Hampshire and was inspired to create music after...
and Shawn ColvinShawn ColvinShawn Colvin is an American singer-songwriter and musician.-Childhood and early career:Colvin was born in Vermillion, South Dakota. Her formative years were spent in the town of Carbondale, Illinois, where she attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She learned to play guitar at the age... - In 2009 she began working with Diana VickersDiana VickersDiana Vickers is an English singer-songwriter, stage actress and fashion designer who initially came to public attention as a semi-finalist on the fifth series of British talent show The X Factor in 2008...
on her upcoming album & wrote the song "Put It Back Together" that features on the album. The album was released in May 2010 and charted at Number 1 in the UK Charts. - Alongside her husband Andy ChatterleyAndy ChatterleyAndy Chatterley is a Grammy nominated remixer, record producer, song writer, and keyboard player. He was born 8 May 1973, in Jersey, Channel Islands, and educated at Victoria College, Jersey....
, she wrote and produced Kylie MinogueKylie MinogueKylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
on her album "Aphrodite" - writing the title track 'Aphrodite' and confirmed third single "Better Than Today" which first appeared on Nerina's "Buckminster Fuller" EP from 2009. - In 2010 she co-wrote a song with Brazilian singer SandySandySandy may refer to:* Characteristic of sand* Sandy , including a list of people with the name* Sandy brown, a shade of brown- Places :* Sandy, Bedfordshire, England* Sandy, Carmarthenshire, Wales* Sandy, Oregon, United States...
, called "Dias Iguais" - from Sandy's album "Manuscrito". - Nerina's song "Real Late StarterReal Late Starter"Real Late Starter" is the first single from Nerina Pallot's third album, The Graduate. The single was released as a three-track digital download and as well as an exclusive 7" vinyl, only available on Nerina's website in the UK on October 19, 2009...
" has been covered by 2009 X FactorThe X Factor (UK)The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. Created by Simon Cowell, it began in September 2004 and is contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. It is the originator of the international X Factor franchise. The seven series of the show to date...
UK winner Joe McElderryJoe McElderryJoseph "Joe" McElderry is an English singer and model. He won the sixth series of the ITV show The X Factor in 2009. His first single "The Climb" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Charts. He was also crowned the winner of the second series of Popstar to Operastar, two...
and was included on his debut LP Wide AwakeWide Awake (Joe McElderry album)Wide Awake is the debut album of English pop singer Joe McElderry, winner of the sixth series of British talent competition The X Factor...
, released on 25 October 2010.
Awards and nominations
Pallot was nominated for British Female Solo Artist at the 2007 BRIT Awards2007 BRIT Awards
The 2007 BRIT Awards was the 27th edition of the biggest annual pop music awards in the United Kingdom. They are run by the British Phonographic Industry and took place on 14 February 2007 at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London...
. On 23 April 2007, it was announced that she had been nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for "Sophia
Sophia (song)
"Sophia" is the second single released from the re-release of Nerina Pallot's second album, Fires. It was released on October 2, 2006. It was nominated to an Ivor Novello Award in the category of Best Song ....
" in the category of 'Best Song (musically and lyrically)'.
Albums
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| UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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| Dear Frustrated Superstar Dear Frustrated Superstar Dear Frustrated Superstar is the debut album by Nerina Pallot. Following its release in August 2001, the album peaked at UK #82, but officially did not chart as the official UK Albums Chart lists only the Top 75 sellers.... |
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| Fires Fires (Nerina Pallot album) Fires is the second album by London-born singer-songwriter Nerina Pallot. First released in April 2005 on her own independent record label, Idaho Records, Fires was met with much critical acclaim but did not gain commercial recognition.... |
(Re-released: 24 April 2006) |
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| The Graduate The Graduate (Nerina Pallot album) -Background and production:The album was released more than three years after the gold-selling Fires and marks a change in the musical genre for Pallot. According to her biography on her official MySpace page: "The Graduate has piano-driven songs high on happy pills, woozy electronics and beefed up... |
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| Year of the Wolf Year of the Wolf -Track listing:... |
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EPs
| Album Title | Album details |
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| Buckminster Fuller EP Buckminster Fuller EP Buckminster Fuller is an EP by Jersey-born singer-songwriter Nerina Pallot, released on Friday the 13th 2009 as an exclusive CD for her fans that were attending the "flurry of gigs" in February 2009... |
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| Junebug EP |
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| Skeleton Key EP |
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Singles
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| UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
UK Airplay United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
NET Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... |
SWE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
SWI Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
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| 2001 | "Patience" | 61 | 48 | — | — | — | — | Dear Frustrated Superstar |
| "Alien Alien Alien or Aliens may refer to:* Alien , a non-citizen inhabitant of a country* Extraterrestrial life, defined as life that does not originate from Earth* Introduced species, a species living outside its native distributional range... " |
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| 2005 | "Damascus Damascus Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major... " 1 |
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| "All Good People" | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006 | "Everybody's Gone To War Everybody's Gone to War "Everybody's Gone to War" is a Pop rock song written and recorded by the London-born and Jersey-raised singer-songwriter Nerina Pallot.The song, an anti-war protest, was written during the early stages of the Iraq War in 2003, and was composed on bass guitar by Pallot... " |
14 | 3 | 41 | 48 | — | 98 | |
| "Sophia Sophia (song) "Sophia" is the second single released from the re-release of Nerina Pallot's second album, Fires. It was released on October 2, 2006. It was nominated to an Ivor Novello Award in the category of Best Song .... " |
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| 2007 | "Learning to Breathe Learning to Breathe (song) "Learning to Breathe" is the third single from the re-release of Nerina Pallot's album Fires; overall it is the album's fifth single release... " |
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| 2009 | "Real Late Starter Real Late Starter "Real Late Starter" is the first single from Nerina Pallot's third album, The Graduate. The single was released as a three-track digital download and as well as an exclusive 7" vinyl, only available on Nerina's website in the UK on October 19, 2009... "2 |
— | 29 | — | — | — | — | The Graduate |
| 2010 | "I Don't Want To Go Out" | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2011 | "Put Your Hands Up" | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | Year Of The Wolf |
| "Turn Me On Again" | — | 32 | — | — | — | — |
As featured artist
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album |
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| UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 2004 | "Truly" (Delerium Delerium Delerium is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, formed in 1987, originally as a side project of the influential industrial music act, Front Line Assembly... featuring Nerina Pallot) |
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Notes
1 "Damascus" charted at Number 180 in the Physical CD sales chart, but it did not make the overall singles chart.
2 "Real Late Starter" charted at Number 19 in the UK Indie chart, but it did not reach the overall top 200 singles chart.
Other contributions
- Acoustic 05 (2005, Echo) - "Idaho"
- The Saturday Sessions: The Dermot O'Leary ShowThe Saturday Sessions: The Dermot O'Leary ShowThe Saturday Sessions: The Dermot O'Leary Show is a 2-disc compilation album of BBC Radio 2 popular music recordings, released in the United Kingdom in July 2007...
(2007, EMIEMIThe EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
) - "Confide in Me" - Manuscrito (Sandy Leah) - "Dias Iguais" - Brazil 2010
Personal life
In early 2006 Pallot became engaged to Howard Willing, one of the producers who worked on her second album 'Fires', but the relationship ended later that year.Pallot met fellow Jersey resident and Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
nominated record producer Andy Chatterley
Andy Chatterley
Andy Chatterley is a Grammy nominated remixer, record producer, song writer, and keyboard player. He was born 8 May 1973, in Jersey, Channel Islands, and educated at Victoria College, Jersey....
in January 2007. They became engaged within the first half hour of their first date, and married six weeks later on 14 February 2007. The story was told by Pallot on Janice Long
Janice Long
Janice Long is an English radio broadcaster currently working on BBC Radio 2. Her show is on Sunday to Thursday nights from midnight to 02:00. She is the older sister of TV and radio personality Keith Chegwin.-Early career:...
's BBC Radio 2 show on 3 June 2009. Pallot recently completed her degree in English Literature at Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It offers many Master's and Bachelor's degree programmes that can be studied either part-time or full-time, though nearly all teaching is...
. The couple now reside in London.
On 9th Sept, 2010, Nerina announced via Twitter: "@Andy_Chatterley and I are proud to present our finest song. Our son,Wolfie Chatterley, born this morning". The child's full name is Wolfgang Amadeus Chatterley.
External links
- NerinaPallot.com — Nerina Pallot official website
- Times article
- Interview at Wears the Trousers Magazine
- Article by Nerina on her internet presence at Wears the Trousers Magazine
- Asian Woman Magazine photo shoot