Fur and Gold

Journalist Garry Mulholland wrote that singer Natasha Khan and producer David Kosten "reinvent Siouxsie / [Kate] Bush/ Björk mystical sex, musical travelogue and poetic dreamstate for the contemporary singer-songwriter milieu".{{cite web |last=Mulholland |first=Garry |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/aug/13/shopping9 |title=Bat For Lashes, Fur and Gold |work=The Guardian |date=13 August 2006 |accessdate=29 December 2020}} Magic described the song "What’s A Girl To Do?" as such: "starting with an original drumbeat of the Ronettes and embracing modernity in the form of a rudimentary drum machine, before returning to its 1960's trademarks with the help of a simple drum. Not to spoil anything, the chorus irremediably evokes the divine "Arabian Knights" of Siouxsie and the Banshees".{{cite web|first=Etienne|last=Greib |url=https://www.magicrpm.com/artistes/bat-for-lashes/a-lire/chroniques/fur-and-gold|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109100824/https://www.magicrpm.com/artistes/bat-for-lashes/a-lire/chroniques/fur-and-gold|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-11-09|title=Fun and Gold [review] |publisher=Magic|issue=112|access-date=2 July 2020}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 81/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/fur-gold/bat-for-lashes/critic-reviews |title=Reviews for Fur & Gold by Bat For Lashes |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=3 July 2016}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last=Phares |first=Heather |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fur-and-gold-mw0000747142 |title=Fur and Gold – Bat for Lashes |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=3 July 2016}}

| rev2 = The A.V. Club

| rev2Score = B+{{cite web |last=O'Neal |first=Sean |url=https://www.avclub.com/bat-for-lashes-fur-and-gold-1798202838 |title=Bat For Lashes: Fur And Gold |work=The A.V. Club |date=31 July 2007 |access-date=23 December 2018}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3Score = A−{{cite magazine |last=Greenblatt |first=Leah |url=https://ew.com/article/2007/08/13/fur-and-gold/ |title=Fur and Gold |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=10 August 2007 |accessdate=3 July 2016}}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web |last=Clarke |first=Betty |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/sep/08/popandrock.shopping1 |title=Bat For Lashes, Fur and Gold |work=The Guardian |date=8 September 2006 |accessdate=14 December 2016}}

| rev5 = The Independent

| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last=Gill |first=Andy |url=http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article1370007.ece |title=Album: Bat for Lashes |work=The Independent |date=8 September 2006 |accessdate=3 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013154228/http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article1370007.ece |archivedate=13 October 2008}}

| rev6 = Los Angeles Times

| rev6Score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite web |last=Cromelin |first=Richard |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jul-29-ca-rack29-story.html |title=Druid rock. Cool. So what's next? |work=Los Angeles Times |date=29 July 2007 |access-date=8 April 2012}}

| rev7 = Pitchfork

| rev7Score = 6.5/10{{cite web |last=LeMay |first=Matt |url=https://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9855-fur-gold/ |title=Bat for Lashes: Fur & Gold |work=Pitchfork |date=8 February 2007 |accessdate=6 September 2007}}

| rev8 = PopMatters

| rev8Score = 7/10{{cite web |last=Sawdey |first=Evan |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/bat-for-lashes-fur-and-gold/ |title=Bat For Lashes: Fur and Gold |publisher=PopMatters |date=13 September 2007 |accessdate=8 April 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609024335/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/bat-for-lashes-fur-and-gold/ |archivedate=9 June 2012 |url-status=live}}

| rev9 = Slant Magazine

| rev9Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last=Cinquemani |first=Sal |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/bat-for-lashes-fur-and-gold |title=Bat for Lashes: Fur and Gold |work=Slant Magazine |date=2 November 2007 |accessdate=23 December 2018}}

| rev10 = URB

| rev10Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Hawkins |first=Si |url=http://www.urb.com/reviews/cd/feature.php?ReviewId=397 |title=Bat for Lashes :: Fur and Gold |work=URB |date=13 July 2007 |accessdate=3 July 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005011248/http://www.urb.com/reviews/cd/feature.php?ReviewId=397 |archivedate=5 October 2009}}

}}

Fur and Gold received widespread acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 81, based on 15 reviews.

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Natasha Khan, except where noted

| title1 = Horse and I

| length1 = 3:04

| title2 = Trophy

| length2 = 4:00

| title3 = Tahiti

| length3 = 3:38

| title4 = What's a Girl to Do?

| length4 = 2:58

| title5 = Sad Eyes

| length5 = 4:16

| title6 = The Wizard

| length6 = 4:17

| title7 = Prescilla

| length7 = 3:34

| title8 = Bat's Mouth

| length8 = 4:25

| title9 = Seal Jubilee

| length9 = 4:44

| title10 = Sarah

| length10 = 3:56

| title11 = I Saw a Light

| length11 = 6:24

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = US edition and iTunes Store bonus track{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/fur-and-gold/id259802441 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817121949/http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/fur-and-gold/id259802441 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 August 2012 |title=Fur and Gold by Bat for Lashes |publisher=iTunes Store (UK) |accessdate=9 April 2012}}

| title12 = I'm on Fire

| writer12 = Bruce Springsteen

| length12 = 3:31

}}

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Fur and Gold.{{cite AV media notes |title=Fur and Gold |others=Bat for Lashes |type=liner notes |publisher=The Echo Label |year=2006 |id=ECHCD 72}}

{{Div col}}

• Natasha Khan – vocals, string arrangements {{small|(all tracks)}}; keyboards {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10)}}; piano {{small|(tracks 3, 5–9, 11)}}; percussion {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10)}}; drums {{small|(tracks 2, 4, 6)}}; Hammond organ {{small|(track 5)}}; autoharp {{small|(track 7)}}; guitar, vibraphone {{small|(track 9)}}; sounds {{small|(track 11)}}; harmonium {{small|(track 6)}}
• Abi Fry – viola {{small|(tracks 1, 3, 8–11)}}; string arrangements {{small|(all tracks)}}
• Caroline Weeks – autoharp {{small|(track 3)}}; backing vocals {{small|(tracks 3, 6, 8)}}; guitar {{small|(tracks 6–8)}}
• Mary Funnell – violin {{small|(track 8)}}; string arrangements {{small|(all tracks)}}
• Anna McInerney – violin {{small|(track 8)}}; string arrangements {{small|(all tracks)}}
• Tim Byford – drums {{small|(tracks 1, 4, 10, 11)}}
• Josh T. Pearson – guitar {{small|(tracks 2, 11)}}; backing vocals {{small|(tracks 2, 9)}}; intro vocals {{small|(track 11)}}
• Ben Christophers – bass, guitar {{small|(tracks 4, 6, 10)}}
• Sophie Sirota – violin {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 8)}}
• Howard Gott – violin {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 8)}}
• Emma Ramsdale – harp {{small|(tracks 1, 4)}}
• Tim Hutton – trumpet, trombone {{small|(track 10)}}
• Rachael T. Sell – backing vocals {{small|(track 10)}}
• Will Lemon – spoken word intro {{small|(track 11)}}
• Mikee Goodman – vocal sea sounds {{small|(track 9)}}
• David Kosten – keyboards {{small|(track 9)}}; special foot taps {{small|(track 8)}}; additional keyboards, programming {{small|(all tracks)}}

{{Div col end}}

• David Kosten – production, recording, mixing
• Natasha Khan – production
• Tim Young – mastering

• Bohdan Cap – cover photo
• Peter Moyse – band photo
• Natasha Khan – album artwork
• Red Design – design, layout

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Bat for Lashes|title=Fur and Gold|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2006|certyear=2013|date=22 July 2013|id=2450-122-2|accessdate=11 March 2014}}

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{{Reflist}}

• David Shankbone interviews Natasha Khan for Wikinews

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