Obel’s 2010 award-winning debut, Philharmonics, was a delicate, simply constructed set of songs that evinced the singer/songwriter’s classical training and tasteful restraint. The Danish songwriter’s second full-length album, Aventine, has an even more captivating and hushed intimacy. Much of Aventine floats along with a hazy sense of melancholy, accompanied by Obel’s solo piano or a small chamber ensemble. Songs like “Fuel to Fire” and “The Curse” use the sparest of elements for haunting results. The evocative highlights are many, but “Smoke & Mirrors” is utterly disarming.
Tracklisting
| Position | Title |
|---|---|
| A1 | Chord Left |
| A2 | Fuel To Fire |
| A3 | Dorian |
| A4 | Aventine |
| A5 | Run Cried The Crawling |
| B1 | Tokka |
| B2 | The Curse |
| B3 | Pass Them By |
| B4 | Words Are Dead |
| B5 | Fivefold |
| B6 | Smoke & Mirrors |
| CD1-1 | Chord Left |
| CD1-2 | Fuel To Fire |
| CD1-3 | Dorian |
| CD1-4 | Aventine |
| CD1-5 | Run Cried The Crawling |
| CD1-6 | Tokka |
| CD1-7 | The Curse |
| CD1-8 | Pass Them By |
| CD1-9 | Words Are Dead |
| CD1-10 | Fivefold |
| CD1-11 | Smoke & Mirrors |
| CD2-1 | The Curse (Instrumental Version) |
| CD2-2 | Aventine (Instrumental Version) |
| CD2-3 | Fuel To Fire (Instrumental Version) |
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Release Information
| Key | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | 1× Vinyl LP, Album |
| Label | Play It Again Sam |
| Catalog Number | PIASR615BOX |
| Notes | Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set 180g Heavyweight Vinyl & CD Album plus exclusive Instrumental CD, Sheet Music of The Curse and Photographic Print. |
| Discogs URL | Agnes Obel - Aventine |