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Chaos and the Calm is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter James Bay. It was released on 23 March 2015 by Republic Records and produced by Jacquire King.

The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album, while the song "Hold Back the River" was nominated for Best Rock Song and Bay for Best New Artist.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic58/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]

Chaos and the Calm received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 58, which indicates "mixed or average reviews", based on 9 reviews.

Commercial performance

The Official Charts Company reported that Chaos and the Calm debuted at number one in the UK Albums Chart on 29 March 2015, having sold over 64,000 copies in the first week of release.[9]

Track listing

Chaos and the Calm — Standard version
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Craving"
Jacquire King3:47
2."Hold Back the River"
  • Bay
  • Archer
King3:59
3."Let It Go"
King4:21
4."If You Ever Want to Be in Love"
  • Bay
  • Jimmy Hogarth
  • Steve McEwan
King3:58
5."Best Fake Smile"
  • Bay
  • Archer
King3:26
6."When We Were on Fire"
  • Bay
  • Jon Green
King3:59
7."Move Together"
  • Bay
  • Jamie Hartman
King4:37
8."Scars"BayKing4:32
9."Collide"
  • Bay
  • Thomas EP Hull
King3:24
10."Get Out While You Can"
  • Bay
  • Ed Harcourt
King4:43
11."Need the Sun to Break"
  • Bay
  • Joel Pott
King3:46
12."Incomplete"
King3:41
Chaos and the Calm — Deluxe version (bonus tracks)[1]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."Running"BayBay3:36
14."Clocks Go Forward"
  • Bay
  • Martin Brammer
Green4:10
15."Stealing Cars"
  • Bay
  • Green
Green3:43

Charts and certifications

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[39] Gold 35,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[40] Gold 7,500*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[41] Gold 10,000‡
Germany (BVMI)[42] Gold 100,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[43] Gold 7,500^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[44] Gold 10,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[46] 2× Platinum 628,106[45]
United States (RIAA)[47] Gold 500,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Ireland 20 March 2015
United Kingdom[48] 23 March 2015

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