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{{Infobox album | Name = + | Type = Studio | Artist = Ed Sheeran | Cover = +EdSheeran.jpg | Alt = | Released = 12 September 2011 (2011-09-12) (UK)
9 September 2011 (2011-09-09) (IRL) | Recorded = 2010 - 2011 | Genre = Folk soul, Acoustihop | Length = | Label = Atlantic | Producer = Jake Gosling, No I.D. | Last album = No. 5 Collaborations Project
(2011) | This album = +
(2011) | Next album = | Misc = {{Singles | Name = + | Type = Studio | single 1 = The A Team | single 1 date = 1 May 2011 (2011-05-01) | single 2 = You Need Me, I Don't Need You | single 2 date = 26 August 2011 (2011-08-26) | single 3 = Lego House | single 3 date = TBA


+ (pronounced 'plus') is the debut studio album by British folk soul and acoustic hip hop singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, released through Atlantic Records on 9 September 2011. The album marks Sheeran's commercial breakthrough, having previously released five EPs independently. Jake Gosling produced the majority of the album, with additional production coming from acclaimed American hip-hop producer No I.D..

Upon release, + debuted atop of the UK Album Chart with first-week sales exceeding 102,000 copies.[1] Media interest surrounding + was fuelled significantly by it's two preceding singles - "The A Team" and "You Need Me, I Don't Need You" - which peaked at number three and number four on the UK Singles Chart respectively. A third single, "Lego House", is scheduled for release.

Singles

  • The first single released from the album was "The A Team" on 10 June 2011. It entered the UK Singles Chart at number 3, and spent 11 consecutive weeks in the top 10. It was backed by the track Fat Suit, which can currently be heard as the soundtrack to the Jacamo commercials.
  • The second single "You Need Me, I Don't Need You" was released on 26 August 2011. It was first announced during Sheeran's set at Glastonbury Festival 2011 and received its first radio play on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show on 6 July 2011.[2] It entered the UK Singles Charts at number 4, on 4 September 2011.

A total of six songs from the album including the three mentioned above entered the top 100 UK Singles on the week of the albums release.

Tracklist

Standard Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The A Team"Ed Sheeran4:18
2."Drunk"Ed Sheeran, Gosling3:20
3."U.N.I."Ed Sheeran, Gosling3:48
4."Grade 8"Ed Sheeran2:59
5."Wake Me Up"Ed Sheeran, Gosling3:49
6."Small Bump"Ed Sheeran4:19
7."This"Ed Sheeran3:15
8."The City"Sheeran, Gosling3:54
9."Lego House"Sheeran, Gosling, Chris Leonard3:05
10."You Need Me, I Don't Need You"Ed Sheeran3:40
11."Kiss Me"Ed Sheeran, Julie Frost4:40
12."Give Me Love" (includes hidden track "The Parting Glass": starts at 5:49 "Paralyzed": starts at 8:13)Sheeran, Gosling, Leonard8:46
Deluxe Version[5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Autumn Leaves"Sheeran, Gosling3:20
14."Little Bird"Ed Sheeran3:44
15."Gold Rush"Ed Sheeran, Wadge4:03
16."Sunburn"Ed Sheeran4:35

Chart performance

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Irish Albums Chart[6] 2
UK Albums Chart[7] 1

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Ireland[8] 9 September 2011 Digital download, CD (Standard & Deluxe) Warner Music UK
United Kingdom[9] 12 September 2011 Digital download, CD (Standard & Deluxe)
LP[10] (Standard)

References

  1. ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a340995/ed-sheeran-tops-uk-album-chart-with-.html
  2. ^ 16:52 (2011-07-28). "Zane Lowe's Hottest Records blog: Hottest Record - Ed Sheeran - You Need Me". BBC. Retrieved 2011-08-04. {{cite web}}: |author= has numeric name (help)
  3. ^ http://twitter.com/#!/edsheeran/status/111858755225927680
  4. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/zanelowe/2011/09/hottest_record_-_ed_sheeran_-_3.html
  5. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/deluxe-version/id448213992
  6. ^ http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2011&year=2011&week=37
  7. ^ http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/3/2011-09-24
  8. ^ "by Ed Sheeran - Preorder + on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
  9. ^ "by Ed Sheeran - Preorder + on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
  10. ^ http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1;-1&sku=262534
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