Hourglass (Dave Gahan album)

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Hourglass
Studio album by Dave Gahan
Released	October 22, 2007 (2007-10-22)
Recorded	Spring 2007 at 11th Floor Studios, New York City
Genre	Industrial Rock
Label	Mute - STUMM 288 Virgin - 50872
Producer	Dave Gahan, Andrew Phillpott, Christian Eigner
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link BBC (Positive) link The Guardian link Pitchfork (5.7/10) 10/25/07 Rolling Stone link
Dave Gahan chronology
Paper Monsters (2003) Hourglass (2007)
Singles from Hourglass
"Kingdom" Released: October 8 2007 "Saw Something / Deeper and Deeper" Released: January 14 2008

Hourglass is the second solo album by Depeche Mode's singer Dave Gahan. It was released by Mute Records on October 22, 2007 in Europe, and received generally favorable reviews. Most critics complimented its electronica sound, while a minority criticized it for sounding too similar to Depeche Mode.^[1] The album leaked onto file sharing websites in September 2007, despite the songs being protected by audiomarks.^[2]

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Bonus tracks 1.2 DVD 2 Personnel 3 Formats 4 Charts 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Track listing

All tracks were written and composed by Dave Gahan, Andrew Phillpott and Christian Eigner.

1. "Saw Something" – 5:14
2. "Kingdom" – 4:34
3. "Deeper and Deeper" – 4:34
4. "21 Days" – 4:35
5. "Miracles" – 4:38
6. "Use You" – 4:48
7. "Insoluble" – 4:57
8. "Endless" – 5:47
9. "A Little Lie" – 4:53
10. "Down" – 4:34

[edit] Bonus tracks

All bonus tracks appear on the iTunes edition of Hourglass.

11. "Kingdom" (Digitalism remix) – 5:36
12. "Deeper and Deeper" (Shrubbn!! dub) – 4:43
13. "Use You" (K10K remix) – 6:03

[edit] DVD

1. "Hourglass - A Short Film" – 17:52
2. "Kingdom" (promotional video) – 4:33
3. "Hourglass - The Studio Sessions" – 20:03
   1. "Saw Something"
   2. "Miracles"
   3. "Kingdom"
   4. "A Little Lie"
4. "Endless from Hourglass. The Studio Sessions" – 3:44

[edit] Personnel

The following people contributed to Hourglass:^[3]

• Dave Gahan
• Andrew Phillpott
• Christian Eigner
• Tony Hoffer – guitar on "A Little Lie", engineering, mixing
• John Frusciante – guitar on "Saw Something"
• Graham Finn – bass on "Kingdom", guitar on 21 days
• Niko Stoessl – additional guitar and editing on "Kingdom" and "Use You", backing vocals on "Use You"
• Kevin Murphy – cello on "Saw Something"
• Karl Ritter – dobro on "Down"
• Jenni Muldaur – backing vocals on "Down"
• Kurt Uenala – engineering, editing
• Ryan Hewitt, Andy Marcinkowski – engineering
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Anton Corbijn – photography, logo design

[edit] Formats

These are the formats of major album releases of Hourglass.

Release format	Country	Label(s)	Cat. no.	Release date
Standard CD[4]	Europe	Mute	CD STUMM 288	October 22, 2007
Standard CD[4]	North America	Virgin	5099950872121	October 23, 2007
Standard CD[5]	Japan	Toshiba, EMI	TOCP-66717	October 2007
Limited CD+DVD[4]	Europe	Mute	LCD STUMM 288	October 22 2007
Limited CD+DVD[4]	North America	Virgin	5099950872329	October 23 2007
Vinyl + Bonus CD[4]	Europe	Mute	STUMM 288	October 22 2007
Vinyl + Bonus CD[4]	North America	Virgin	5099950872213	October 23 2007

[edit] Charts

Charts (2007)	Peak position[6]
Canadian Albums Chart	80
French Albums Chart	18
German Albums Chart	2
Greek Albums Chart	12
Irish Albums Chart	73
Italian Albums Chart	8
Swiss Albums Chart	5
UK Albums Chart	50
U.S. Billboard 200	120
U.S. Top Electronic Albums	1

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• www.davegahan.com – official website
• The Second Supper Review of Hourglass

v • d • e Dave Gahan Studio albums Paper Monsters · Hourglass Live albums Soundtrack to Live Monsters · Live from SoHo Remix albums Hourglass: Remixes Singles "Dirty Sticky Floors" · "I Need You" · "Bottle Living / Hold On" · "A Little Piece" · " Kingdom" · "Saw Something / Deeper and Deeper" Video Live Monsters Collaborators Knox Chandler · Victor Indrizzo · Vincent Jones · Martyn LeNoble · Christian Eigner · Andrew Phillpott Related Dave Gahan discography  · Depeche Mode