The Script (album)

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The Script
Studio album by The Script
Released 8 August 2008
(see release history)
Genre Alternative rock, indie rock
Length 38:23
Label Phonogenic
Epic
Producer Steve Kipner
Danny O'Donoghue
Andrew Frampton
The Script chronology
– The Script
(2008)		 "Science & Faith"
(2010)
Singles from The Script
  1. "We Cry"
    Released: 28 April 2008
  2. "The Man Who Can't Be Moved"
    Released: 28 July 2008
  3. "Breakeven"
    Released: 24 November 2008
  4. "Talk You Down"
    Released: 16 March 2009
  5. "Before the Worst"
    Released: 15 June 2009

The Script is the Choice Music Prize-nominated[1][2][3] self-titled debut album from Irish band The Script, which was released in the Republic of Ireland on 8 August 2008 and was released in the UK on 11 August 2008 by Phonogenic Records.[4] Following success in the Republic of Ireland the album was released elsewhere in Europe in September 2008. The album topped the UK charts and peaked at #64 on the US Billboard 200 on 4 March 2010.[5] It has a Parental Advisory label on it because the word fuck is used in "We Cry" and "Fall For Anything".

Contents

[edit] Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2.5/5 stars[6]
BBC (Positive)[7]
Digital Spy 3/5 stars[8]
Entertainment.ie 3/5 stars[9]
The Guardian 2/5 stars[10]
MTV Asia (7/10)[11]
NME (2/10)[citation needed]
The Independent 2/5 stars[12]
The Times 2/5 stars[13]

The album was met with mixed reviews by music critics. Timothy Powell of the BBC stated that the album "reveals a band that is fresh, vital and ferociously good." He went on to say that The Script are now positioned as "next big thing" and that the album entails "hip-hop, pop melodiousness, state-of-the-art production and anthemic rock." His overall summary was that the album is "Intelligent, beautifully crafted and compelling."[14] Nick Levine of Digital Spy gave the album 3/5 stars while saying it was often "devastatingly effective" and that "A lot of people are going to hate The Script, a lot of people are going to love The Script."[8] The German WOM magazin monthly went as far as writing: "Eigenständing und originell ist anders. The Script bringen die Misere der Musikindustrie auf den Punkt. (Independent and original [music] is different. The Script point out the music industry's demise.)"[15] The album has mixed reviews in MTV Asia, which has praised "O'Donoghue's vocals are a pleasurably unique aural experience" though it also comments that, as a whole, "the album plays across a flat plane, with no big leaps, but no huge letdowns either."[16]

[edit] Chart performance

Following the success of "The Man Who Can't Be Moved", The Script entered the UK Albums Charts at number one with sales of 54,520 copies where it stayed for two weeks. The album spent eight weeks in the top ten and was the twelfth best selling album in the UK of 2008. The album also entered the Irish Album Chart at number one, holding the top spot for five weeks.[17] It had, of January 2009, spent twenty two weeks in the top ten. The Irish office of Sony BMG music presented the group with their first multi platinum award disc for over 600,000 sales of The Script. On Sunday, 18 January 2009, the album went back up to #1 in the UK Album Charts, a whole 5 months since it was first released, mainly because of the £3.95 deal on iTunes.

Though released in 2008, the album was the 198th best-selling album in 2010 in the USA.[18]

[edit] Singles

Five singles were released from The Script. The first single that released from the album was "We Cry". The song peaked at #13 on the UK Singles Chart. It was followed by the second single, "The Man Who Can't Be Moved", which peaked at #2 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming The Script's highest charting single

In December 2008, The Script released "Breakeven" as their third single from the album. It peaked at #21 on the UK chart. The Script then released "Talk You Down" in 2009, as the fourth single from the album. However, the single failed to reach the success of the album's first three singles, missing the UK Top 40 and only peaking at #47. "Breakeven" was released in fall 2009 in the United States and The Script performed it live on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on 14 October 2009.[19] "Breakeven" then went on to peak at 12 in the US where it was also certified platinum for shipment of 1,000,000 copies. "Breakeven" was also released in Australia where it peaked at number 3 and was certified platinum.

In May 2009, The Script confirmed that a fifth single would be released from the album. "Before the Worst" was released on 15 June 2009 in the UK. It peaked at #96 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the lowest charting single from The Script in the UK. "Before the Worst" was also released in Australia where it peaked at number 10 and has been certified Gold.

[edit] Personnel

Danny O'Donoghue - lead vocals, keyboards, rhythm guitars, piano

Mark Sheehan - lead guitars, rhythm guitars, backing vocals (co-lead vocals on "We Cry")

Glen Power - drums, percussion, rhythm guitars, backing vocals

[edit] Track listing

  1. "We Cry" – 3:43
  2. "Before the Worst" – 3:23
  3. "Talk You Down" – 3:50
  4. "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" – 4:01
  5. "Breakeven" – 4:21
  6. "Rusty Halo" – 3:34
  7. "The End Where I Begin" – 3:34
  8. "Fall for Anything" – 4:32
  9. "If You See Kay" – 3:12
  10. "I'm Yours" – 4:13
U.S. and Brazilian[20] Editions
  1. "Anybody There"
Japanese edition[21][22]
  1. "Anybody There"
  2. "Live Like We're Dying"
  3. "We Cry" (Live Mix)

[edit] Charts

Chart
(2008)		 Position
Irish Albums Chart 1
UK Albums Chart 1
Swedish Albums Chart 6
Australian Albums Chart 9
Denmark Albums Chart 15
New Zealand Albums Chart 15
Swiss Albums Chart 16
Dutch Album Chart[23] 25
Germany Albums Chart 32
Italian Albums Chart[24] 38
US Billboard 200[25] 64
US Rock Albums 16

[edit] Year-end charts

Chart (2010) Position
US Billboard 200[26] 198
Country Certification
Ireland (IRMA)[27] 5x Platinum
United Kingdom (BPI) 2x Platinum
Australia Platinum

[edit] Chart procession

Order of precedence
Preceded by
ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits by ABBA		 UK Albums Chart number-one album (first run)
17 August 2008 – 31 August 2008		 Succeeded by
Forth by The Verve
Irish Album Chart number-one album
14 August 2008 – 18 September 2008		 Succeeded by
Death Magnetic by Metallica
Preceded by
Only By The Night by Kings of Leon		 UK Albums Chart number-one album (second run)
18 January 2009 – 25 January 2009		 Succeeded by
To Lose My Life... by White Lies
Preceded by
The Essential Michael Jackson by Michael Jackson		 Irish Album Chart number-one album (second run)
13 August 2009 – 27 August 2009		 Succeeded by
Humbug by Arctic Monkeys
Preceded by
Humbug by Arctic Monkeys		 Irish Album Chart number-one album

(third run)
3 September 2009 – 17 September 2009

 Succeeded by
The Resistance by Muse

[edit] Release history

Country Date
Ireland 8 August 2008
United Kingdom 11 August 2008
Europe 19 September 2008
Japan 22 October 2008
United States 8 November 2008
Brazil 24 August 2009

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Choice Music Prize Shortlist". Hot Press. 14 January 2009. http://www.hotpress.com/news/5171298.html. Retrieved 16 January 2009. 
  2. ^ "Choice Music Prize - Shortlist Announced". IMRO. 15 January 2009. http://www.imro.ie/newstastic//news.php?item=9762. Retrieved 16 January 2009. [dead link]
  3. ^ "Choice Music nominees announced". RTÉ. 15 January 2009. http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0115/choicemusicprize.html. Retrieved 16 January 2009. 
  4. ^ Release date
  5. ^ "Billboard.com - Discography - The Script". Billboard. 4 April 2009. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=996240&aid=1184076. Retrieved 29 April 2009. [dead link]
  6. ^ The Script (album) at Allmusic
  7. ^ BBC review
  8. ^ a b Digital Spy review
  9. ^ Entertainment.ie review
  10. ^ The Guardian review
  11. ^ MTV Asia review
  12. ^ The Independent review
  13. ^ The Times review
  14. ^ Rock & Indie review - The Script, The Script
  15. ^ "musik angehört". WOM magazin (World of Music) (8 September): 29.  (German)
  16. ^ MTVAsia Reviews - The Script
  17. ^ "The Script - The Script - Music Charts". Acharts.us. http://acharts.us/album/37191. Retrieved 21 September 2010. 
  18. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/charts-year-end/the-billboard-200?year=2010&begin=181&order=position
  19. ^ [1][dead link]
  20. ^ "Cd: Script, The - The Script - R&B & Soul". Livrariacultura.com.br. http://www.livrariacultura.com.br/scripts/musica/resenha/resenha.asp?nitem=11029430&sid=2051661091298293541897653&k5=2B7B8B78&uid=. Retrieved 21 September 2010. 
  21. ^ "The Script The Script [CD]". Cdjapan.co.jp. 22 October 2008. http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BVCP-25151. Retrieved 21 September 2010. 
  22. ^ "The Script | Music". Thescriptmusic.com. http://www.thescriptmusic.com/jp/music/releases/el/. Retrieved 21 September 2010. 
  23. ^ Steffen Hung. "Dutch charts portal". dutchcharts.nl. http://www.dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2009&date=20090711. Retrieved 21 September 2010. 
  24. ^ "FIMI - Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana - Classifiche". Fimi.it. http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_result_artisti.php?anno=%20%202008&mese=09&id=200. Retrieved 21 September 2010. 
  25. ^ US Billboard 200 Albums Chart : Archive: The Script
  26. ^ "Best of 2010 - Billboard Top 200". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. http://www.billboard.com/#/charts-year-end/top-billboard-200?year=2010. Retrieved 31 December 2010. 
  27. ^ Multi Platinum certifications Ireland IRMA. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
The Script
Mark Sheehan · Danny O'Donoghue · Glen Power
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The Script (2008)  · Science & Faith (2010) TBD (2012)
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