Private Suit is the fourth studio album by Dutch indie rock band Bettie Serveert, and their first to be released on Parasol Records. It was released on 5 September 2000 through Parasol's subsidiary Hidden Agenda Records.[1] It received generally favorable reviews from critics, with a score of 80 out of 100 on the critic review aggregator site Metacritic.[2] One critic who did not like the album was Keith Harris, who wrote in the Chicago Reader that he thought the album "sounded false".[3]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(80%)[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Austin Chronicle[5]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[6]
Pitchfork4.9/10[7]
PopMattersfavorable[8]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[9]
Village VoiceA–[10]
Wall of Sound91/100[11]

Track listing

Music by Bettie Serveert, lyrics by Carol van Dyk, except track 9.

  1. "Unsound" – 4:32
  2. "Satisfied" – 3:41
  3. "Private Suit" – 4:32
  4. "Mariachi Souls" – 3:19
  5. "Recall" – 5:18
  6. "Auf Wiedersehen" – 3:52
  7. "Sower & Seeds" – 4:35
  8. "White Tales" – 4:20
  9. "John Darmy" – 3:10 (music by De Artsen [nl], lyrics by Joost Visser and Carol van Dyk)
  10. "My Fallen Words" – 2:47
  11. "Healer" – 4:49

Personnel

Bettie Serveert
  • Carol van Dyk – vocal (all tracks), guitar (1, 3–8, 10, 11), marimba (2), piano (2, 4), hammond (11)
  • Peter Visser – guitar (1–3, 5–9, 11), synthesizer (1, 2, 5), backing vocal (1), organ (2, 9), marimba (2, 11), piano (5, 8, 10), vibraphone (11)
  • Herman Bunskoeke – bass (1–3, 5–11), backing vocal (1), keyboard (2, 8), piano (11)
  • Reinier Veldman – drums (1–3, 5–11), octopad (2, 5, 11)
Additional personnel

References

  1. ^ Hay, Carla (2000-09-30). "Bettie Serveert Grows into "Private Suit"". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 40. p. 17.
  2. ^ a b "Private Suit". Metacritic.
  3. ^ Harris, Keith (17 April 2003). "Bettie and Me". Chicago Reader.
  4. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Private Suit Review". AllMusic.
  5. ^ Moser, Margaret (13 October 2000). "Private Suit Review". Austin Chronicle.
  6. ^ Scherman, Tony (2000-09-08). "Music Review: 'Private Suit'". Entertainment Weekly.
  7. ^ Rockermann, Kristin Sage (5 September 2000). "Private Suit Review". Pitchfork Media.
  8. ^ Fufkin, David (4 September 2000). "Private Suit Review". PopMatters.
  9. ^ Harris, Keith (2004). "Bettie Serveert". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698.
  10. ^ Christgau, Robert (19 September 2000). "Afropop Worldwide". Village Voice.
  11. ^ Gulla, Bob. "Private Suit Review". Wall of Sound. Archived from the original on 20 November 2000.
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