Last Night on Earth (album)

Last Night on Earth
Studio album by Noah and the Whale
Released 4 March 2011
Recorded 2010
Genre Alternative
Length 33:29
Label Universal Mercury
Noah and the Whale chronology
The First Days of Spring
(2009)		 Last Night on Earth
(2011)
Singles from Last Night on Earth
  1. "L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N."
    Released: 23 January 2011
  2. "Tonight's the Kind of Night"
    Released: 15 May 2011
  3. "Life Is Life"
    Released: 8 August 2011
  4. "Waiting For My Chance to Come"
    Released: 12 September 2011 (music video) [1]
  5. "Give It All Back"
    Released: 2 January 2012
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
NME [3]
Pitchfork Media (5.0/10)[4]
Spin [5]

Last Night on Earth is the third studio album by the English indie folk band Noah and the Whale. It was released on March 7, 2011 on Universal Mercury Records. It peaked to number 8 on the UK Albums Chart. The first single from the album was "L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.", and the song "Wild Thing" is available to download for free from their website.[6]

Contents

Singles

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Life Is Life"   3:37
2. "Tonight's the Kind of Night"   3:10
3. "L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N."   3:52
4. "Wild Thing"   4:50
5. "Give It All Back"   2:56
6. "Just Me Before We Met"   3:38
7. "Paradise Stars"   1:30
8. "Waiting For My Chance to Come"   2:57
9. "The Line"   3:30
10. "Old Joy"   3:29

Chart performance

Chart (2011) Peak
Position
Australian Albums Chart[7] 86
Belgium (Flanders) Albums Chart[8] 74
Irish Albums Chart 17
UK Albums Chart[9] 8
US Billboard 200[10] 135
US Billboard Rock Albums[10] 35
US Billboard Alternative Albums[10] 20

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom 4 March 2011 Digital download[11] Universal Mercury Records
7 March 2011 CD[12]

References

  1. ^ "Noah And The Whale - Waiting For My Chance To Come (music video)". Noah and the Whale. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1FZtiC5BRk. Retrieved 2011-10-17. 
  2. ^ "Allmusic Review". http://www.allmusic.com/album/last-night-on-earth-r2133546/review. 
  3. ^ "NME Review". http://www.nme.com/reviews/noah-and-the-whale/11879. 
  4. ^ "Pitchfork Review". http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15192-last-night-on-earth/. 
  5. ^ "SPIN Review". http://www.spin.com/reviews/noah-and-whale-last-night-earth-mercury. 
  6. ^ "Noah and the Whale". Noah and the Whale. http://www.noahandthewhale.com/album.html. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
  7. ^ "Chartifacts - Week Commencing: 18th April 2011". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5y3tdDOlN. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
  8. ^ "Noah & The Whale - Last Night On Earth". ultratop.be. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Noah+%26+The+Whale&titel=Last+Night+On+Earth&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
  9. ^ "Archive Chart". Theofficialcharts.com. 2011-03-19. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/3/2011-03-19/. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
  10. ^ a b c "Last Night on Earth - Noah and the Whale on www.billboard.com". http://www.billboard.com/#/album/noah-and-the-whale/last-night-on-earth/1485369. 
  11. ^ "Last Night On Earth". iTunes. www.apple.com/itunes/. http://itunes.apple.com/gb/preorder/last-night-on-earth/id414963980. 
  12. ^ "Last Night On Earth". Amazon.com. www.amazon.co.uk/. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004E8NGCS. 
Noah and the Whale
Charlie Fink  · Tom Hobden  · Matt Owens  · Fred Abbott  · Michael Petulla
Past members: Laura Marling  · Doug Fink
Studio albums
Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down (2008)  · The First Days of Spring (2009)  · Last Night on Earth (2011)
Singles
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