Here Be Monsters
Here Be Monsters is the debut album by Ed Harcourt, released in 2001. It was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2001. Tim Holmes, one-half of British dance music duo Death In Vegas, co-produced the album.
Track listing
- "Something in My Eye" – 3:41
- "God Protect Your Soul" – 5:27
- "She Fell into My Arms" – 3:49
- "Those Crimson Tears" – 5:09
- "Hanging With the Wrong Crowd" – 3:41
- "Apple of My Eye" – 4:04
- "Beneath the Heart of Darkness" – 7:19
- "Wind Through the Trees" – 6:45
- "Birds Fly Backwards" – 3:30
- "Shanghai" – 3:49
- "Like Only Lovers Can" – 4:54
Personnel
- Ed Harcourt – vocals, piano, pump organ, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Wurlitzer, vibes, saxophone, harmonica, bass, beatbox, backing vocals, sampling, synthesizer, drums, percussion, string arrangement
- Nick Yeatman – drums, percussion, backing vocals, hand clapping, loops
- Hadrian Garrard – trumpet, trombone, percussion, drums, backing vocals, hand clapping, radio static
- Arnulf Lindner – double bass, electric bass, fretless bass, bowed bass, backing vocals
- Leo Abrahams – electric guitar, 12-string guitar, fretless guitar, baritone guitar, omnichord, glockenspiel, mandolin, backing vocals, string arrangement
- Tim Holmes – loops, sequencing, samples
- Dave Fridmann – backing vocals
- Martin Kelly – backing vocals
- Simon Harris – backing vocals
- Chris Scard – hand clapping
- Gil Norton – hand clapping
- Sophie Sirota – viola, string arrangement
- Max Garrard – French horn
- Howard Gott – string arrangement, violin
- Ruth Gottlieb – violin
- Sarah Willson – cello
Singles
In the UK, there were four singles released:
- "Something in My Eye" (11 June 2001); CD, 7" vinyl
- B-sides: "T Bone Tombstone" / "Here Be Monsters"
- "She Fell Into My Arms" (10 September 2001); CD, 7" vinyl
- B-sides: "I've Become Misguided" (new version) / "When Americans Come to London"
- "Apple of My Eye" (21 January 2002); CD1, CD2, cassette
- B-sides: "Alligator Boy" / "Weary and Bleary Eyed" / "Last of the Troubadors" / "Little Silver Bullet" / "Apple of My Eye" (video)
- "Shanghai" (8 April 2002) (This single was canceled and released as a promo single only.)
Critical reception
Q listed Here Be Monsters as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.[1]
References
- ↑ "The Best 50 Albums of 2001". Q. December 2001. pp. 60–65.
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| Compilations | |
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| Singles |
- "Something in My Eye"
- "She Fell Into My Arms"
- "Apple of My Eye"
- "Still I Dream of It"/"The Ghosts Parade"
- "All of Your Days Will Be Blessed"
- "Watching the Sun Come Up"
- "This One's for You"
- "Born in the '70s"
- "Loneliness"
- "Visit from the Dead Dog"
- "Revolution in the Heart"
- "You Put a Spell on Me"
- "Do as I Say Not as I Do"
- "In My Time of Dust"
- "The Way That I Live"
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