# Dim Lit

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Dim Lit
| type       = Album
| artist     = [Polar Bear](/source/Polar_Bear_(British_band))
| cover      = Polar_Bear_Dim_Lit_album_cover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1 September 2004
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| length     = 64:00
| label      = [Babel Label](/source/Babel_Label) and [The Leaf Label](/source/The_Leaf_Label)
| producer   = Robert Harder, [Sebastian Rochford](/source/Seb_Rochford)
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [Held on the Tips of Fingers](/source/Held_on_the_Tips_of_Fingers)
| next_year  = 2005
}}

'''''Dim Lit''''' is the debut album by British jazz band [Polar Bear](/source/Polar_Bear_(jazz)), formed and led by drummer [Sebastian Rochford](/source/Seb_Rochford).

==Background==

Polar Bear were awarded Best Band at the [BBC](/source/BBC) Jazz Awards 2004, giving ''Dim Lit'' a platform for small scale success.<ref name="BPost">{{cite web | url=http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Review-Polar-Bear-Lantern-Colston-Hall/story-26385086-detail/story.html | title=Review: Polar Bear at The Lantern (Colston Hall) | work=[Bristol Post](/source/Bristol_Post) | date=24 April 2015 | accessdate=28 May 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428025448/http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Review-Polar-Bear-Lantern-Colston-Hall/story-26385086-detail/story.html | archive-date=28 April 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> It was eventually surpassed by their following album ''Held on the Tips Of Fingers'' (2005), which was nominated for a [Mercury Music Prize](/source/Mercury_Music_Prize).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mercuryprize.com/aoty/track.php?TrackID=170 |title=Polar Bear, Held On The Tips Of Fingers |publisher= Mercury Prize, Albums of the Year |date=2005 |accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref>

The album was initially released on [Babel Label](/source/Babel_Label) and re-issued by [The Leaf Label](/source/The_Leaf_Label) in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theleaflabel.com/en/news/view/467/DM |title= Polar Bear Album Reissues |publisher= The Leaf Label |date=December 8, 2014 |accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1		= [The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)
| rev1score     = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Guard" /> 
|rev2 = ''[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz_Recordings)''
|rev2score  = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz) |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[Penguin](/source/Penguin_Books) |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1171}}</ref>
}}

''[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)'' write that this album "captures (Polar Bear's) unique virtues" and that it "goes straight on to the albums-of-2004 longlist".<ref name="Guard">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/may/21/jazz.shopping1 |title=Reviews: Polar Bear, Dim Lit |work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |first=John |last=Fordham |date=May 21, 2004 |accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> The ''[BBC](/source/BBC)'' call ''Dim Lit'' "a finely crafted album" in their review of the follow-up album.<ref name="BBC2">{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/hd8c | title=Polar Bear Held On The Tips Of Fingers Review | work=[BBC](/source/BBC) | accessdate=28 May 2015 | last=Finch | first=Russell}}</ref>

== Track listing ==

All tracks written by Seb Rochford

{{Tracklist
| title1 = Heavy Paws on the Purple Floor
| length1 = 6:27
| title2 = Not Here, Not Near
| length2 = 6:51
| title3 = Eve's Apple
| length3 = 8:02
| title4 = Polar Bear Standing and Ready
| length4 = 4:34
| title5 = Urban Kilt
| length5 = 6:21
| title6 = Snow
| length6 = 4:30
| title7 = Underneath You Can See Too Much
| length7 = 7:00
| title8 = The Shapes in the Clouds Aren't Always Happy
| length8 = 7:28
| title9 = New Dark Park
| length9 = 9:32
| title10 = Wild Horses
| length10 = 5:13
}}

== Personnel ==
===Polar Bear===
* [Pete Wareham](/source/Pete_Wareham) — [tenor saxophone](/source/tenor_saxophone)
* [Mark Lockheart](/source/Mark_Lockheart) — tenor saxophone
* [Sebastian Rochford](/source/Seb_Rochford) – drums, percussion, [drum programming](/source/Programming_(music))
* Tom Herbert – double bass

=== Additional musicians ===
* [Julia Biel](/source/Julia_Biel) – vocals (6)
* [Ben Davis](/source/Ben_Davis_(cellist)) – cello (3, 10)
* John Greswell – viola (3, 6, 10)
* Adam Bishop – [bass clarinet](/source/bass_clarinet) (6)
* Robert Harder – piano (7)

== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Polar Bear (British band)}}
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Category:2004 debut albums
Category:Polar Bear (British band) albums
Category:The Leaf Label albums

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