Sigh No More (Mumford & Sons album)

Sigh No More
Studio album by Mumford & Sons
Released 2 October 2009
Recorded 2008–2009 at Eastcote Studios, London, UK
Genre Folk rock
Length 48:33
Label Island, Glassnote (US)
Producer Markus Dravs
Singles from Sigh No More
  1. "Little Lion Man"
    Released: 11 August 2009
  2. "Winter Winds"
    Released: 6 December 2009
  3. "The Cave"
    Released: 26 February 2010
  4. "Roll Away Your Stone"
    Released: 3 June 2010

Sigh No More is the debut studio album by London-based indie folk quartet Mumford & Sons. It was released on 2 October 2009 in the UK, and on 16 February 2010 in the United States and Canada. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at #11 on 11 October and has so far peaked at #2 on 20 February 2011, in its 72nd week on the chart and following its Album of the Year win at the 2011 BRIT Awards.

In mid-2010, it was rated the year-to-date's 8th best record on NPR's All Songs Considered.[1] On 20 July 2010, it was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize, awarded annually for the best album in the United Kingdom and Ireland.[2] The award was given to The xx's self-titled album.[3] On 6 December 2010, a deluxe edition was released. This included the original album, a live CD of the concert from the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, and a DVD containing parts 1, 2 and 3 of the Gentlemen of the Road documentaries. On 15 February 2011, the album was awarded the Best British Album at the BRIT Awards.[4] In the United States, the album is the 10th-most-digitally-downloaded album of all time.[5]

The album's title is taken from a song performed in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and several lines from the play appear in the title track's lyrics.

Contents

Commercial performance

The album sold over a million copies in both the US and the UK.[6] In the US, the album sold 626,000 copies in 2010 and 1,282,000 in 2011 for a total of 1,908,000.[7][8]

Singles

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic link
BBC (positive) link
Clash link
Drowned in Sound (5/10) link
The Guardian link
MusicOMH link
NME (7/10) link
PopMatters (8/10) link
Pitchfork Media (2.1/10) link

The album has received mainly positive reviews. On the review aggregate site Metacritic, the album has a score of 68 out of 100, indicating "Generally favorable reviews."[10]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Sigh No More"   3:55
2. "The Cave"   3:37
3. "Winter Winds"   3:39
4. "Roll Away Your Stone"   4:23
5. "White Blank Page"   4:14
6. "I Gave You All"   4:20
7. "Little Lion Man"   4:06
8. "Timshel"   2:53
9. "Thistle & Weeds"   4:49
10. "Awake My Soul"   4:15
11. "Dust Bowl Dance"   4:43
12. "After the Storm"   4:07

Bonus tracks

Release history

Date Country Label Album version
2 October 2009 (2009-10-02)[11] United Kingdom Island Records Standard
6 December 2010 (2010-12-06) Limited Deluxe
16 February 2010 (2010-02-16) Canada Glassnote Records Standard
United States

Charts, certifications, and procession

Charts (2009/2010/2011)[12] Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart 1
Austrian Albums Chart 44
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[13] 3
Canadian Albums Chart[14] 2
Dutch Album Chart[15] 3
European Top 100 Albums[16] 8
German Album Chart[17] 29
Irish Albums Chart[18] 1
New Zealand Albums Chart 1
Swedish Albums Chart 28
UK Albums Chart 2
US Billboard 200[19] 2
US Billboard Digital Albums[20] 1
US Billboard Alternative Albums[21] 1
US Billboard Folk Albums[22] 1
US Billboard Independent Albums[23] 1
US Billboard Rock Albums[24] 1
US Billboard Tastemaker Albums[25] 1

End of year charts

Chart (2009) Rank
UK Albums Chart[26] 102
Chart (2010) Rank
Australian Albums Chart[27] 8
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[28] 4
Dutch Albums Chart[29] 14
European Top 100 Albums[30] 15
Irish Albums Chart[31] 7
New Zealand Albums Chart[32] 20
UK Albums Chart[26] 10
US Billboard 200[33] 83
Chart (2011) Rank
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[34] 37
Canadian Albums Chart[35] 7
Dutch Albums Chart[36] 38
New Zealand Albums Chart[37] 5

Certifications

Country Certification
(sales thresholds)
Australia 3× Platinum[38]
Belgium Platinum[39]
Canada 2× Platinum[40]
Europe Platinum[41]
Germany Gold[42]
New Zealand Platinum[43]
United Kingdom 4× Platinum[44]
United States Platinum[45]

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by
I Dreamed a Dream by Susan Boyle		 Australian Albums Chart number-one album
15 February 2010 – 8 March 2010		 Succeeded by
Recollection by k.d. lang
Preceded by
My Worlds by Justin Bieber		 Irish Albums Chart number-one album
15 April 2010 – 22 April 2010		 Succeeded by
Iron Man 2 by AC/DC

Personnel

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External links

Mumford & Sons
Marcus Mumford • Country Winston • Ben Lovett • Ted Dwane
Studio albums
Sigh No More (2009) • TBA (2012)
EPs
Mumford & Sons (2008)  • Love Your Ground (2008)  • The Cave & The Open Sea (2009)
Singles
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