Is Your Love Big Enough?

Is Your Love Big Enough?
Studio album by Lianne La Havas
Released July 6, 2012
(see release history)
Genre Alternative, folk, soul
Length 45:31
Label Warner Bros. (UK)
Nonesuch (US)
Producer Matt Hales
Lianne La Havas chronology

Is Your Love Big Enough?
(2012)
Blood
(2015)
Singles from Is Your Love Big Enough?
  1. "No Room for Doubt"
    Released: October 21, 2011
  2. "Forget"
    Released: December 30, 2011
  3. "Lost & Found"
    Released: April 27, 2012
  4. "Is Your Love Big Enough?"
    Released: May 22, 2012
  5. "Age"
    Released: December 3, 2012

Is Your Love Big Enough? is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Lianne La Havas. It was released in the United Kingdom on 9 July 2012 through Warner Bros. The album peaked at number 4 on the UK Albums Chart.

The album was nominated for the 2012 Mercury Prize[1] and 2013 Ivor Novello Awards.[2]

Singles

Critical Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Consequence of Sound [3]
Rolling Stone [4]
The Guardian [5]
The Telegraph [6]
NME [7]
Digital Spy [8]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 15 reviews, which indicates "Generally favorable reviews".[9] Gaffa listed Is Your Love Big Enough? the 30th best album of 2012 by a non-Danish artist.[10]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Don't Wake Me Up"  Lianne La HavasMatt Hales 3:43
2. "Is Your Love Big Enough?"  La Havas, Hales, Willy MasonHales 3:22
3. "Lost & Found"  La Havas, HalesHales 4:28
4. "Au Cinéma"  La Havas, HalesHales 4:18
5. "No Room for Doubt" (featuring Willy Mason)La Havas, Mason, HalesHales 4:05
6. "Forget"  La HavasHales 3:52
7. "Age"  La Havas, HalesHales 2:43
8. "Elusive"  Scott MatthewsHales 3:56
9. "Everything Everything"  La Havas, HalesHales 3:50
10. "Gone"  La Havas, HalesHales 4:25
11. "Tease Me"  La HavasMatt Ingram, Dan Cox, Hales 3:37
12. "They Could Be Wrong"  La Havas, HalesHales 3:21
Total length:
45:31

Release formats

Is Your Love Big Enough? (Standard edition)[13]
Is Your Love Big Enough? (Deluxe edition)[14]
Is Your Love Big Enough? (Limited vinyl edition)[15]
Is Your Love Big Enough? (iTunes Festival)

Charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[16] 30
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[17] 66
Dutch Albums Chart[18] 3
German Albums Chart[19] 30
Irish Album Chart[20] 21
Swiss Albums Chart[21] 32
UK Albums Chart[22] 4

Release history

Regions Dates Format(s) Label(s) Edition(s)
Ireland July 6, 2012 CD, digital download, LP Warner Bros. Standard, deluxe, limited
United Kingdom[23] 9 July 2012
Belgium[24] 13 July 2012
France[25]
Netherlands[26]
France[27] 16 July 2012
United States[28] 7 August 2012
United Kingdom 10 December 2012 Digital download iTunes Festival

References

  1. Mercury Prize - 2012 Albums of the Year
  2. Digital Spy - The Ivor Novello Awards 2013: Winners in full
  3. "Lianne La Havas – Is Your Love Big Enough? - Album Reviews - Consequence of Sound". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  4. "Lianne La Havas Is Your Love Big Enough? Album Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  5. Kitty Empire. "Lianne La Havas: Is Your Love Big Enough? – review". the Guardian. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  6. Helen Brown (6 July 2012). "Lianne La Havas, Is Your Love Big Enough?, review". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  7. "NME Reviews - Lianne La Havas - 'Is Your Love Big Enough?' - NME.COM". NME.COM. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  8. "Lianne La Havas: 'Is Your Love Big Enough?' - Album review". Digital Spy. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  9. "Reviews for Is Your Love Big Enough? by Lianne La Havas - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  10. "Guide: GAFFA kårer årets album" [Guide: State’s Albums of 2012] (in Danish). Gaffa. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  11. "Is Your Love Big Enough? (Deluxe Edition) by Lianne La Havas on iTunes".
  12. "Connecting to the iTunes Store.". Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  13. "Artist Is Your Love Big Enough?. Buy online, http". //www.liannelahavas.com/. 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  14. "Artist Is Your Love Big Enough?. Buy online, http". //www.liannelahavas.com/. 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  15. "Artist Is Your Love Big Enough? [Limited Edition]. Buy online, http". //www.liannelahavas.com/. 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
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  17. "Lianne La Havas - Is Your Love Big Enough?". ultratop.be. Hung Medien.
  18. "Lianne La Havas - Is Your Love Big Enough?". dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien.
  19. "Album - Lianne La Havas, Is Your Love Big Enough?". Media Control. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
  20. ">> IRMA << Irish Charts - Singles, Albums & Compilations >>". Irma.ie. 2012-07-26. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  21. "Lianne La Havas - Is Your Love Big Enough?". hitparade.ch Hung Medien. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
  22. "2012-07-21 Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive - Official Charts".
  23. "Is Your Love Big Enough? (Deluxe edition): Amazon.co.uk: Music".
  24. "ultrapop.be - Lianne La Havas - Is Your Love Big Enough?".
  25. "Is Your Love Big Enough?: Amazon.de: Musik".
  26. "dutchcharts.nl - Is Your Love Big Enough?".
  27. "Is Your Love Big Enough?: Lianne La Havas: Amazon.fr: Musique".
  28. "Is your love big enough". Retrieved August 2, 2012.

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