Razorlight (album)

Razorlight
Studio album by Razorlight
Publication (s)	July 17, 2006
Label (s)	Mercury Records
Format (s)	CD , LP
Genre (s)	Indie rock , Britpop
Title (number)	10
occupation	Vocals , rhythm guitar : Johnny Borrell Drums : Andy Burrows Electric guitar : Björn Ågren Electric bass : Carl Dalemo
production	Razorlight, Chris Thomas
Studio (s)	British Grove Studios , London
chronology Up All Night (2004) Razorlight Slipway Fires (2008)

Razorlight is the second album by the English - Swedish pop band Razorlight . It was released on July 17, 2006 and was recorded at British Groove Studios in London, founded by Mark Knopfler . The single America was the first of the band to reach number 1 in the UK charts.

Track list

1. In the Morning - 3:42
2. Who Needs Love? - 3:32
3. Hold On - 3:26
4. America - 4:10
5. Before I Fall to Pieces - 3:22
6. I Can't Stop This Feeling I've Got - 3:26
7. Pop Song 2006 - 2:41
8. Kirby's House - 2:51
9. Back to the Start - 3:12
10. Los Angeles Waltz - 4:39
11. Keep the Right Profile - 3:28 ( iTunes -Bonustrack)

All songs were written by the band members.

useful information

Stylistically, the album, unlike the successor, can be classified as indie rock . With America was reached for the first time in the band's history No. 1 on the British charts. The song was also released in the rest of Europe, but could not reach a top 10 place there. The subsequently published songs Before I Fall to Pieces , I Can't Stop This Feeling I've Got and Hold On could no longer build on this success.

Reviews

Daniel Leckert from CDstarts.de praises the album. He thinks that the triumphal procession that began with Up All Night will be continued at least musically with the second work Razorlight . According to Andreas Bättig from laut.de , Razorlight celebrate Britpop at its finest. Stefan Stöckel wrote on cd-kritik.de that Razorlight fully met the high expectations that were attached to the new opus .

Charts

album

country	placement
United States	180
Great Britain	1
Austria	62
Germany	43

Singles

year	title	Chart placements
		DE	AT	CH	UK
2006	In the morning	-	-	-	3
2006	America	38	17th	29	1
2006	Before I Fall to Pieces	-	-	-	17th
2007	I Can't Stop This Feeling I've Got	-	-	-	44
2007	Hold on	-	-	-	80

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
2. ↑ http://www.cdstarts.de/kritiken/87980-Razorlight.html
3. ↑ http://www.laut.de/Razorlight/Razorlight-%28Album%29
4. ↑ http://www.cd-kritik.de/frameset/frset.htm?/kritiken/cd/razorlight.htm