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This article is about the album by The Horrors. For the article on colours, see Primary color.
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Primary Colours is the second album by The Horrors. It was released in the UK on May 4, 2009 and charted on the UK Albums Chart at number 25. According to Metacritic, the album was met to universal critical acclaim, receiving a score of 82 out of 100 based on 19 reviews.[1] On July 21 2009, the album was announced as one of the shortlisted twelve for the year's Mercury Prize award. [2]

Album history

At the end of 2007, The Horrors announced the forthcoming recording of a new album. The album was produced by Geoff Barrow of Portishead, Craig Silvey, and music video director Chris Cunningham. Recording took place in Bath during the summer of 2008. The band signed to XL Recordings after they left Loog Records in 2007. Of the studio time, band member Rhys "Spider" Webb commented: "We had such an amazing time working on it, writing it and getting lost in it...we'd wander into the studio, and then never want to leave."[3]

The band were forced to pull out of their planned appearance at the Underage Festival due to recording schedule conflicts. Prior to the album's release, the band released a cover of Suicide's "Shadazz" on a split single released by Blast First Petite as part of their tribute to Alan Vega in October 2008. On March 17, 2009, the 8-minute music video for "Sea Within a Sea," directed by former The Jesus and Mary Chain bassist Douglas Hart, was posted on the band's website. The song was released as a digital download-only single, and full details of Primary Colours also surfaced. Following the album's release, the single "Who Can Say" was released on 7" vinyl.[4]

In a preview article, music journalist Mike Diver commented that the album is "set to be one of the year's best" and that it was "wholly worth all the hype that's attracted to its unexpected brilliance."[5]

Track listing

  1. "Mirror's Image" – 4:51
  2. "Three Decades" – 2:50
  3. "Who Can Say" – 3:41
  4. "Do You Remember" – 3:28
  5. "New Ice Age" – 4:25
  6. "Scarlet Fields" – 4:43
  7. "I Only Think of You" – 7:07
  8. "I Can't Control Myself" – 3:28
  9. "Primary Colours" – 3:02
  10. "Sea Within a Sea" – 7:59
Japan-only bonus tracks
  2. "You Could Never Tell" – 3:30
  3. "Whole New Way" – 4:58
  4. "Sea Within a Sea" (enhanced video) – 8:24

Credits

  • All songs written and arranged by The Horrors
  • Produced, mixed, and engineered by The Horrors, Craig Silvey, and Geoff Barrow
  • Tracks 2 and 9 produced by Chris Cunningham
  • Artwork by Ciaran O'Shea

Charts and certifications

Chart Provider(s) Peak
position 		Certification Sales/shipments
Belgium Walloon Albums Chart[6] IFPI 40
France Physical Albums Chart[6] SNEP 141
UK Albums Chart[7] BPI 25

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalogue #
United States April 21, 2009 XL Recordings CD XLCD 418
United Kingdom May 4, 2009 CD
Double LP (with fold-out poster) XLLP 418
Japan May 13, 2009 Beggars Japan CD (two bonus tracks and CD-Extra video) WPCB-10107

References

  1. ^ http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/horrors/primarycolours
  2. ^ http://www.clashmusic.com/news/mercury-music-prize-nominations
  3. ^ ClashMusic.com Interview - The Horrors
  4. ^ The Horrors new single and tour - Comfort Comes
  5. ^ Horrors Album Preview - ClashMusic.com
  6. ^ a b "lescharts.com - The Horrors - Primary Colours:". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
  7. ^ Horrors - Primary Colours - Music Charts:
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