Top Room at the Zoo

Top Room at the Zoo
Studio album by Lucy Spraggan
Released 20 October 2011
Recorded 2011
Genre Pop
Length 35:19
Label Independent
Lucy Spraggan chronology

Top Room at the Zoo
(2011)		 Join the Club
(2013)

Top Room at the Zoo is the debut independently released album by English musician Lucy Spraggan. It was released in the United Kingdom on 20 October 2011. The album includes the song "Last Night", which she performed the song at The X Factor auditions in 2012.

Background

Originally Spraggan released the album independently in the United Kingdom on 20 October 2011. After she sang "Last Night" at The X Factor auditions the album peaked to number 2 on iTunes but the album had to be removed by request of The X Factor producers due to a rule change. She was told to take down her album and informed that all other The X Factor contestants this year have also been banned until the show is over, in order to give them the same level of exposure.[1] In an interview Spraggan said a short-lived romance, when she visited America at the age of 18 with an older woman of 27 inspired the majority of her album's lyrics.[2]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Someone"   2:26
2. "Butterflies"   2:38
3. "91"   3:35
4. "Last Night"   2:09
5. "You're Too Young"   4:23
6. "Join the Club"   2:07
7. "In A State"   2:46
8. "Summer '08"   4:00
9. "'til Death"   3:30
10. "Let Go"   4:10
11. "Paper Dreams"   3:35

Chart performance

On 29 August 2012 the album was at number 7 on the Official Chart Update despite the album being removed from iTunes. On 30 August 2012 the album entered the Irish Albums Chart at number 72.[3] On 2 September 2012 the album entered the UK Albums Chart at number 22.[4]

Charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Irish Albums Chart[3] 72
UK Albums Chart[4] 22

Release history

Region Release date Format Label
United Kingdom 20 October 2011[5] Digital Download Independent

References

  1. ↑ 'X Factor' Lucy Spraggan's song taken off iTunes due to 'rule change'. Digital Spy
  2. ↑ "X Factor finalist Lucy Spraggan: Most of my songs are about the older woman I fell for in America". Now Magazine. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Irish Albums Chart > Archive > Week Ending: August 30, 2012". GFK. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Top 40 Official Albums Chart Archive—8 September 2012". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  5. ↑ Top Room At The Zoo: Lucy Spraggan: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads