Serena Maneesh (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Serena Maneesh
Type = Album
Artist = Serena Maneesh


Released = August 29 2005 flagicon|Norway CD December 11 2005 flagicon|Spain CD December 20 2005 flagicon|Norway LP May 9 2006 flagicon|Canada flagicon|USA CD May 9 2006 flagicon|Canada LP May 23 2006 flagicon|USA LP June 23 2006 flagicon|Germany LP/CD June 24 2006 flagicon|Australia LP/CD June 26 2006 flagicon|UK LP/CD June 27 2006 flagicon|France LP/CD
Recorded = April - October 2004
Genre = Shoegazing, Indie rock, Noise pop
Length = 58:16
Label = HoneyMilk Records Hype City Recordings TouchMe Records Playlouder Recordings Remote Control Records Indigo Naïve Records
Producer = Emil Nikolaisen Daniel Smith
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:apfexqldldde link]
*Pitchfork (8.6/10) [http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/36430/Serena_Maneesh_Serena_Maneesh 9/6/05] |Last album = "Zurück" (2005)
This album = "Serena Maneesh" (2005)
Next album = "Drain Cosmetics" (2006)

"Serena Maneesh" or "Serena-Maneesh" (Honey020) is the debut self-titled album by Serena Maneesh.

The LP was partly recorded in Steve Albini’s respected Electrical Audio Recordings studio in Chicago as well as in various facilities in New York and Oslo. Contributors to the album include Sufjan Stevens, Martin Bisi (who worked with Sonic Youth and Iggy Pop) and producer Daniel Smith of the Danielson Famile. All tracks are composed by frontman Emil Nikolaisen.

Track listing

#"Drain Cosmetics" – 3:41
#"Selina's Melodie Fountain" – 5:39
#"Un-Deux" – 1:56
#"Candlelighted" – 6:36
#"Beehiver II" – 4:44
#"Her Name Is Suicide" – 3:44
#"Sapphire Eyes" – 7:09
#"Don't Come Down Here" – 7:20
#"Chorale Lick" – 3:16
#"Simplicity" – 1:56
#"Your Blood in Mine" – 12:09
#"Untitled#1" (Vinyl bonus track, HCR-011)
#"Untitled#2" (Vinyl bonus track, HCR-011)

Personnel

*Emil Nikolaisen: vocals, guitar, bass, samples, organ, vibes, drums, piano, harmonium, mellotron, mandolin
*Anders Møller: percussion
*David Wallumrød: organ
*Anders Salomon Lidal: flute, analog synth
*Sondre Tristan Midttun: guitar
*Lina Holmström: vocals
*Eivind Schou: violin
*Hilma Nikolaisen: vocals
*Håvard Krogedal: cello, organ
*Harald Frøland: guitar
*Sufjan Stevens: flute, marimba
*Inge Svege: harmonica
*Hilde Bialach: cello
*Samuel Durling: indian vibes
*Dag Stiberg: sax
*Daniel Smith: backing vocals
*Asle Eikrem: tamburin

Production

*Christian Engfelt: mix
*Marius Bodin: mix
*Morten Lund: mastering
*Ingar Hunskaar: pre-mastering
*Tommy Akerholdt: drums, co-arranger
*Björn Engelmann: mastering
*Martin Bisi: samples, mix
*Espen Høydalsvik: percussion, engineer
*Greg Norman: sound engineer

Other release formats

* Hype City has later released a 2-LP vinyl edition featuring two bonus tracks (HCR-011).
* Since the band's signing to Beggars Group label Playlouder Recordings in March 2006, the album has become available internationally. The LP (PLAYR4CD) and CD (PLAYR4LP) were re-released in North America in May 2006, and in Europe, in June of the same year.
* "Beehiver II" is an alternative version of the "Beehiver" track released in the "Fixxations" EP in 2002.
* "Your Blood in Mine" title was changed to "Your Blood Is Mine" in the international release.
* An alternative version of "Saphire Eyes", named "Sapphire Eyes (Serena-Maneesh Refix)" was released as Digital single, as a B-Side of the split SP with American band Blood on the Wall and as part of the Drain Cosmetics single.

Press

* Indie music website Pitchfork Media rated the album as one of the "Top 50 Albums of 2005" [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/top/2005/index3.shtml]
* Norway's national newspaper Dagbladet rated it "Norwegian Album of the Year" [http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2005/12/06/451380.html] (6/12/2005)
* American AMG (Allmusic) has rated the LP "4.5/5" [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1jzsa9wgr23a 2005] .
* [http://noreardrums.blogspot.com/2005/06/eardrums-interview-emil-nikolaisen.html Eardrums interview: Emil Nikolaisen from Serena Maneesh] , about the S/T album (June 17th, 2005)]

Miscellanea

*"Un-Deux" is French for "One-Two".
* A limited number of mislabeled vinyls were released by Hype City. This collector first print is known as "NAH-MANEESH" and is in circulation since February 2006.

Media links

* [http://media2.7digital.com/motion/Serena_Maneesh_Drain_Cosmetics_High.mov Drain Cosmetics promo video] Hi-Fi QuickTime for Win/Mac
* [http://yannickbarcelo.free.fr/catosalsaexperience/more/premium/downloadroom.serena_maneesh.html "Un-Deux" legal MP3] GrandRockStation.tk

External links

* [http://www.honeymilk.no/serena_index.html Serena Maneesh@HoneyMilk] Artist page (domestic label)
* [http://serena-maneesh.com Serena Maneesh website]