A New Day at Midnight

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A New Day at Midnight
Studio album by David Gray
Released 28 October 2002
Genre Folk rock
Length 50:41
Label iht (Distribution)
East West (UK)
ATO (US)
Producer David Gray, Iestyn Polson, and Craig McClune
David Gray chronology
The EPs 1992–1994
(2001)		 A New Day at Midnight
(2002)		 Life in Slow Motion
(2005)
Singles from A New Day at Midnight
  1. "The Other Side"
    Released: 9 December 2002
  2. "Be Mine"
    Released: 7 April 2003
  3. "Dead in the Water"
    Released: November 2002 (promo only)

A New Day at Midnight is the sixth studio album by British singer-songwriter David Gray, released on 28 October 2002 in the UK by East West Records and iht Records and 5 November 2002 in the US by the former RCA imprint ATO Records and iht as well. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at #1 upon its opening week, and spent a total of 49 weeks on the chart.[1]

A New Day at Midnight produced two singles: "The Other Side" in December 2002, and "Be Mine" in April 2003. "Dead in the Water" was released as a promo-only single in November 2002.[2] Both commercial singles failed to break into the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #35 and #23 respectively.[3] The album received critically mixed reviews[4][5][6], but went on to be certified platinum four times.[7]

The album is dedicated to David Gray's father, Peter, who died of cancer in 2001 at the height of Gray's popularity.[8] A song entitled "A New Day at Midnight," written about the birth of his first daughter, Ivy, was written during the album's recording sessions but was not included on the album.[9]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars [10]
The Guardian 4/5 stars [11]
The Music Box 4/5 stars [12]
NME 4/10 stars [13]
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Contents

[edit] Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Dead in the Water"   Gray 3:07
2. "Caroline"   Gray 3:39
3. "Long Distance Call"   Gray 3:42
4. "Freedom"   Gray 6:48
5. "Kangaroo"   Gray 3:32
6. "Last Boat to America"   Gray 4:50
7. "Real Love"   Gray, McClune 4:40
8. "Knowhere"   Gray, Malone 3:55
9. "December"   Gray 3:35
10. "Be Mine"   Gray, McClune 4:24
11. "Easy Way to Cry"   Gray 3:53
12. "The Other Side"   Gray 4:31
Japan-only bonus track
No. Title Writer(s) Length
13. "Lorelei"   Gray 3:20

[edit] Credits

[edit] Musicians

  • All instrumentation by David Gray and Craig McClune.
  • Tony Shanaghan – backing vocals on "Caroline" and "Kangaroo"
  • Rob Malone – bass
  • Tim Bradshaw – piano, steel guitar, drone
  • B.J. Cole – pedal steel on "Caroline"

[edit] Production

  • Produced by David Gray, Iestyn Polson, and Craig McClune.
  • Mixed by Fred Defaye and Simon Changer.
  • Recorded and programmed by Iestyn Polson.
  • Mastered by George Marino.
  • Compiled by Dave Turner and Gus Shaw.
Preceded by
One by One by Foo Fighters		 UK number one album
9–15 November 2002		 Succeeded by
One Love by Blue

[edit] References

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  1. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=1108
  2. ^ http://www.discogs.com/David-Gray-Dead-In-The-Water/release/1136388
  3. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=732
  4. ^ http://web.nme.com/reviews/david-gray/6807
  5. ^ http://www.music-critic.com/rock/graydavid_newdayatmidnight.htm
  6. ^ http://www.usaweekend.com/03_issues/030119/030119david_gray.html
  7. ^ http://www.davidgray.com/about/bio/
  8. ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/davidgray/articles/story/5934587/david_grays_new_day
  9. ^ http://www.gibson.com/allaccessfeatures.aspx?aliaspath=/zTrash/AllAccess/David%20Gray_%20The%20Gibson%20Intervi
  10. ^ A New Day at Midnight at Allmusic
  11. ^ The Guardian review
  12. ^ The Music Box review
  13. ^ NME review
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