The Back Room

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The Back Room
Studio album by Editors
Released	25 July 2005
Recorded	2004–2005
Genre	Post-punk revival
Length	43:48
Label	Kitchenware, FADER Label (US)
Producer	Jim Abbiss
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Drowned In Sound (9/10) link NME (8/10) link Pitchfork (6.0/10) 8/5/05 Q August 2005 Robert Christgau (C+) link Rolling Stone 3/9/06 Stylus Magazine (B-) link The Sunday Times 7/16/05
Editors chronology
The Back Room (2005) An End Has A Start (2007)

The Back Room is the critically acclaimed debut album by British Post-punk revival band Editors, released July 25, 2005. It entered the charts at number 13 in July 2005, before peaking at number 2 in January 2006. It was nominated for the 2006 Mercury Prize and as of June 2007, has sold over 500,000 copies in United Kingdom and over 1,000,000 worldwide.^[1]

Contents 1 Reception 2 Track listing 3 UK bonus disc 4 Singles 5 References

[edit] Reception

Editors received universal critical acclaim with their release of The Back Room. The NME gave it a rating of 8/10 saying 'Never before have doom and gloom sounded so surprisingly uplifting and hopeful' and that Editors 'have created a debut that will endure.' Drowned In Sound gave The Back Room an even higher rating of 9/10, paying it the compliments that 'this is a record many people will be able to live inside for a very long time'. But perhaps the greatest sign of its acclaim was when the album received a 2006 Mercury Prize nomination.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks by Lay, Leetch, Smith, Urbanowicz.

1. "Lights" – 2:32
2. "Munich" – 3:46
3. "Blood" – 3:29
4. "Fall" – 5:06
5. "All Sparks" – 3:33
6. "Camera" – 5:02
7. "Fingers in the Factories" – 4:14
8. "Bullets" – 3:09
9. "Someone Says" – 3:13
10. "Open Your Arms" – 6:00
11. "Distance" – 3:38

[edit] UK bonus disc

A special two disc edition of The Back Room was released in the UK, the second disc comprising unused tracks from the album recording sessions and B-sides:

1. "Let Your Good Heart Lead You Home" – 4:48
2. "You Are Fading" – 4:30
3. "Crawl Down the Wall" – 3:34
4. "Colours" – 3:51
5. "Release" – 5:44
6. "Forest Fire" – 3:00

[edit] Singles

• "Bullets", released 24 January 2005 and charted at #54 in the UK Singles Chart
• "Munich", released 18 April 2005 and charted at #22 in the UK Singles Chart
• "Blood", released 11 July 2005 and charted at #18 in the UK Singles Chart
• "Bullets (Re-issue)", released 26 September 2005 and charted at #27 in the UK Singles Chart
• "Munich (Re-release)", released 2 January 2006 and charted at #10 in the UK Singles Chart
• "All Sparks", released 27 March 2006 and charted at #21 in the UK Singles Chart
• "Blood (Re-issue)", limited re-release 19 June 2006 and charted at #39 in the UK Singles Chart

[edit] References

1. ^ Editors are back in town

v • d • e Editors Tom Smith | Chris Urbanowicz | Russell Leetch | Ed Lay Albums The Back Room | An End Has a Start EP Snowfield Demo EP Singles "Bullets" | "Munich" | "Blood" | "All Sparks" | "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" | "An End Has a Start" | "The Racing Rats" | "Push Your Head Towards the Air" | "Bones"