Hourglass (Dave Gahan album)

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, alternative rock
Length 48:38
Label Mute - STUMM 288
Virgin - 50872
Producer Dave Gahan, Andrew Phillpott, Christian Eigner
Dave Gahan chronology
Paper Monsters
(2003)		 Hourglass
(2007)
Singles from Hourglass
  1. "Kingdom"
    Released: October 8, 2007
  2. "Saw Something / Deeper and Deeper"
    Released: January 14, 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
The A.V. Club (B-)[2]
BBC (Positive)[3]
Billboard (favorable)[4]
CDNOW [5]
The Guardian [6]
Now Magazine [7]
Pitchfork Media [8]
PopMatters [9]
Rolling Stone [10]
Uncut [11]

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 some criticized it for sounding too similar to Depeche Mode.[12]

Contents

Track listing

All songs 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

Bonus tracks

All bonus tracks appear on the iTunes edition of Hourglass.

  1. "Kingdom" (Digitalism Remix) – 5:36
  2. "Deeper and Deeper" (SHRUBBN!! Dub) – 4:43
  3. "Use You" (K10K Remix) – 6:03

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

Personnel

The following people contributed to Hourglass:[13]

Formats

These are the formats of major album releases of Hourglass.

Release format Country Label(s) Cat. no. Release date
Standard CD[14] Europe Mute CD STUMM 288 October 22, 2007
Standard CD[14] North America Virgin 5099950872121 October 23, 2007
Standard CD[15] Japan Toshiba, EMI TOCP-66717 October 2007
Limited CD+DVD[14] Europe Mute LCD STUMM 288 October 22, 2007
Limited CD+DVD[14] North America Virgin 5099950872329 October 23, 2007
Vinyl + Bonus CD[14] Europe Mute STUMM 288 October 22, 2007
Vinyl + Bonus CD[14] North America Virgin 5099950872213 October 23, 2007

Charts and Certifications

Charts (2007) Peak
position[16]
Canadian Albums Chart 80
French Albums Chart 18
German Albums Chart 2
Greek Albums Chart 12
Irish Albums Chart 73
Italian Albums Chart 8
Polish Albums Chart[17] 7
Swiss Albums Chart 5
UK Albums Chart 50
U.S. Billboard 200 120
U.S. Top Electronic Albums 1

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Poland (ZPAV)[18] Gold 10,000*

xunspecified figures based on certification alone

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References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ The A.V. Club review
  3. ^ BBC review
  4. ^ Billboard review
  5. ^ CDNOW review
  6. ^ The Guardian review
  7. ^ Now Magazine review
  8. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  9. ^ PopMatters review
  10. ^ Rolling Stone review
  11. ^ Uncut review
  12. ^ "Dave Gahan: Hourglass (2007): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved October 26, 2007.
  13. ^ "Hourglass > Credits. Allmusic. Retrieved October 26, 2007.
  14. ^ a b c d e f "Releases". DaveGahan.com. Retrieved October 26, 2007.
  15. ^ "Dave Gahan 'Hourglass' Japanese CD album (TOCP-66717)". Eil.com. Retrieved October 26, 2007.
  16. ^ "Hourglass World Charts". aCharts.us. Retrieved November 1, 2007.
  17. ^ OLiS - Polish Albums Chart]
  18. ^ "Polish album certifications – Dave Gahan – Hourglass" (in Polish). Polish Producers of Audio and Video (ZPAV). http://www.zpav.pl/rankingi/wyroznienia/zlote/index.php. 

External links

Dave Gahan
Studio albums
Paper Monsters · Hourglass
Live albums
Soundtrack to Live Monsters · Live from SoHo
Remix albums
Singles
Video
Collaborators
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