Between Darkness and Wonder

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Between Darkness and Wonder
Between Darkness and Wonder cover art by Lamb.jpg
Studio album by
Released3 November 2003
Genre Trip hop
Length45:32
Label Mercury (UK)
Koch Records (US)
Producer Lamb
Lamb chronology
What Sound
(2001)
Between Darkness and Wonder
(2003)
Best Kept Secrets: The Best of Lamb 1996–2004
(2004)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 67/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [3]
Filter 84% [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Hot Press 9+12/10 [6]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Between Darkness and Wonder is Lamb's fourth album, released in 2003.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks were written by Andrew Barlow and Lou Rhodes (as "Lou Robinson"), except where noted. String arrangements by David Campbell.

No.TitleLength
1."Darkness"4:59
2."Stronger"3:14
3."Sugar 5" (Barlow, Rhodes, Jon Thorne, Nikolaj Bjerre, Oddur Mar Runarsson)3:54
4."Angelica" (featuring a sample of the Claire de Lune, part of the Bergamasque Suite of the French composer Claude Debussy))3:41
5."Till the Clouds Clear" (Barlow, Rhodes, Thorne, Runarsson, Bjerre, Pall Bjorgvin Bergthorsson)4:28
6."Wonder"5:21
7."Sun" (Barlow, Rhodes, Bjerre, Thorne, Runarsson)3:00
8."Learn" (Barlow, Rhodes, Sarah Liew, Liz Liew)2:12
9."Please" (Barlow, Rhodes, Thorne, Runarsson)4:33
10."Open Up"4:48
11."Hearts and Flowers"5:22

Charts

Chart performance for Between Darkness and Wonder
Chart (2003)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [12] 59
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [13] 20
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [14] 13
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [15] 82
UK Albums (OCC) [16] 96

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