Here Be Monsters
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Here Be Monsters | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 25 June 2001 | |||
Studio | Ridge Farm Studios, Capel, Surrey, England | |||
Genre | British rock | |||
Length | 52:08 | |||
Label | Heavenly | |||
Producer | Tim Holmes, Gil Norton, Ed Harcourt | |||
Ed Harcourt chronology | ||||
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Singles from Here Be Monsters | ||||
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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. The singles "Something in My Eye" and "Apple of My Eye" charted in the UK.[1] The album reached 84 in the UK album chart.[2]
Singles
[edit]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
[edit]Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Alternative Press | 8/10[4] |
Drowned in Sound | 9/10[5] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+[6] |
The Guardian | [7] |
NME | 8/10[8] |
Pitchfork | 4.0/10[9] |
Uncut | [10] |
Q listed Here Be Monsters as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.[11]
Track listing
[edit]- "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
[edit]- 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
References
[edit]- ^ "ED HARCOURT- singles Chart History". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "ED HARCOURT - album Chart History". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ Joseph, Mark. "Here Be Monsters – Ed Harcourt". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ "Ed Harcourt: Here Be Monsters". Alternative Press (166): 86–87. May 2002.
- ^ Adams, Sean (8 June 2001). "Album Review: Ed Harcourt – Here Be Monsters". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ "Ed Harcourt: Here Be Monsters". Entertainment Weekly: 71–72. 29 March 2002.
- ^ Clarke, Betty (22 June 2001). "Monster magic". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ Naylor, Tony (20 June 2001). "Harcourt, Ed : Here Be Monsters". NME. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ Carr, Eric (30 May 2002). "Ed Harcourt: Here Be Monsters". Pitchfork. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ "Ed Harcourt: Here Be Monsters". Uncut (51): 86. August 2001.
- ^ "The Best 50 Albums of 2001". Q. December 2001. pp. 60–65.