Love Is Here
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| Studio album by Starsailor | ||||
| Released | October 8, 2001 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, piano rock | |||
| Length | 57:19 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Producer |
Mark Aubrey Steve Osborne Starsailor | |||
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Love Is Here is the debut studio album by indie rock band Starsailor, released on 8 October 2001. In 2002, Love Is Here was certified as platinum in the UK.[1]
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 72/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| Drowned in Sound | 6/10[4] |
| NME | 8/10[5] |
| Pitchfork Media | 5.7/10.0[6] |
| Rolling Stone | [7] |
| Slant Magazine | [8] |
Upon its release, Love Is Here received some critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews and ratings from mainstream critics, the album received a metascore of 72, based on 19 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[2]
Q listed Love Is Here as one of the best 50 albums of 2001,[9] while NME rated it as the fifth best album of the year.[10]
Track listing
- "Tie Up My Hands" – 5:46
- "Poor Misguided Fool" – 3:51
- "Alcoholic" – 2:56
- "Lullaby" – 4:13
- "Way to Fall" – 4:30
- "Fever" – 4:03
- "She Just Wept" – 4:12
- "Talk Her Down" – 4:11
- "Love Is Here" – 4:41
- "Good Souls" – 4:53
- "Coming Down" – 14:30 (song ends at 3:07)
The album also includes a hidden track at 13:35 of the track "Coming Down", consisting of under a minute of humming from the band members. The humming is an alternate take of background accompaniment for the song "Coming Down.
Chart position
| Country | Peak position |
Certification | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy[11] | 20 | - | - |
| United Kingdom | 2 | Platinum | 550000+ |
Personnel
- Ben Byrne – drums
- James "Stel" Stelfox – bass guitar
- James Walsh – vocals, guitar
- Barry Westhead – keyboards
In popular culture
- The song "Way to Fall" is played during the ending credits of the 2004 video game Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Director Hideo Kojima hand-picked the song for the game's soundtrack, apparently having discovered the group by accident while looking for another group.
References
- ↑ Starsailor Awards :: Music - For Your Information :: Starsailor Awards @ Mfyi.com
- 1 2 "Critic Reviews for Love Is Here - Metacritic". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ Wilson, MacKenzie. "Love Is Here - Starsailor | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ Carlin, Tom (17 October 2001). "Album Review: Starsailor - Love Is Here". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ Segal, Victoria (2 October 2001). "NME Album Reviews - Starsailor : Love Is Here - NME.COM". NME. IPC Media. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ Dare, Christopher (21 January 2002). "Starsailor: Love Is Here | Album Reviews | Pitchfork". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ Rolling Stone review Archived October 30, 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Cinquemani, Sal (31 December 2002). "Starsailor: Love Is Here | Music Review | Slant Magazine". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ "The Best 50 Albums of 2001". Q. December 2001. pp. 60–65.
- ↑ "Albums and Tracks of the Year for 2001 - NME.COM". NME. IPC Media. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
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