Silver Sun (Silver Sun album)

Silver Sun
Studio album by Silver Sun
Released	9 May 1997
Recorded	Jacob's Studio, Farnham, Summer 1996
Genre	Power pop
Length	42:47
Label	Polydor
Producer	Nigel Godrich/Silver Sun
Silver Sun chronology
Sun..! EP (1996) Silver Sun (1997) You Are Here (1997)
Singles from Silver Sun
"Lava" Released: 27 October 1996 "Last Day" Released: 16 February 1997 "Golden Skin" Released: 27 April 1997 "Julia" Released: 29 June 1997 "Lava" Released: 6 October 1997

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Drowned In Sound	(9/10)[2]

Silver Sun is the debut full album by the British power pop band Silver Sun. It was released in May 1997 on Polydor Records and was produced by Nigel Godrich.

Changing their name from Sun, under which their debut EP had been released, their debut studio album was released under the name Silver Sun. The album received critical acclaim, but had limited chart success, reaching #30 in the UK Album Chart. Four singles were released from the album; "Lava", "Last Day", "Golden Skin" and "Julia", of which, only "Golden Skin" and "Lava" reached the UK Top 40. "Golden Skin" was used in the soundtrack of the British romantic comedy film Shooting Fish which was released the same year as the album.

Track listing

All tracks written by James Broad.

1. "Test" – 0:15
2. "Golden Skin" – 3:16
3. "Dumb" – 2:12
4. "Julia" – 3:19
5. "Far Out" – 2:57
6. "Last Day" – 3:37
7. "Service" – 3:01
8. "Yellow Light" – 3:33
9. "Lava" – 2:39
10. "2 Digits" – 3:09
11. "This 'n' That" – 2:47
12. "Wonderful" – 2:45
13. "Bad Haircut" – 2:40
14. "Nobody" – 3:34
15. "Animals Feet" – 4:03

Personnel

• Nigel Godrich - production & mixing
• James Broad - lead vocals, guitar
• Paul Smith - guitar
• Richard Kane - bass, piano, vocals
• Richard Sayce - drums

• Jeff Cummings - album illustrations

References