Engineers (Engineers album)

Engineers
Studio album by Engineers
Released	7 March 2005 (2005-03-07)
Recorded	2004
Genre	Post-rock dream pop shoegazing indie rock
Length	49:31
Label	The Echo Label
Producer	Engineers Kevin Bacon Jonathan Quarmby Tim Holmes
Engineers chronology
Folly EP (2004) Engineers (2005) Three Fact Fader (2009)
Singles from Engineers
"Forgiveness" Released: 21 February 2005 "Home" Released: 13 June 2005

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Austin Chronicle	[3]
Drowned in Sound	8/10 [4]
NME	9/10 [5]
Pitchfork	7.2/10 [6]
PopMatters	9/10 [7]
Q	[8]
Stylus	B+ [9]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[10]
Under the Radar	7/10 [11]

Engineers is the debut studio album of the British shoegaze band Engineers, released on 7 March 2005 by the Echo Label. Engineers was supported by the release of two singles, "Forgiveness" in February 2005 and "Home" in June 2005. The album was preceded by the mini-album Folly on 27 September 2004, which includes the album version of "Come in Out of the Rain" and the original mix of "Forgiveness".

The album was released to generally positive reviews; at Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a generally favourable score of 81, based on 18 reviews. ^[1]

In 2010, the song "Home" became the theme song for the HBO TV series Big Love . ^[12]

Artwork

The artwork for releases by Engineers during this period feature paintings by British artist David Thorpe (through the Maureen Paley gallery):

• Folly EP
  • front cover: Do What You Have to Do, 1998 ^[13]
• Engineers album
  • front cover: Pilgrims, 1999 ^[14]
  • booklet: Untitled (Skyline), 1999 ^[15]
• "Forgiveness" single
  • front cover: Out from the Night, the Day Is Beautiful and We are Filled with Joy, 1999 ^[16]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Engineers.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Home"	4:07
2.	"Waved On"	5:21
3.	"New Horizons"	4:54
4.	"Forgiveness"	3:39
5.	"Let's Just See"	4:20
6.	"Come In Out of the Rain"	4:04
7.	"Peter Street"	1:23
8.	"Said and Done"	4:49
9.	"Thrasher"	3:52
10.	"How Do You Say Goodbye?"	5:19
11.	"One in Seven"	7:45

Japanese CD bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Stake to Glory"	4:45
13.	"Cats of Justice"	4:04

Singles

• "Forgiveness" (21 February 2005)
• CD (ECSCD159)
  1. "Forgiveness"
  2. "Stake to Glory"
  3. "Cats of Justice"
• 7" vinyl (ECS159)
  1. "Forgiveness"
  2. "Cats of Justice"
• "Home" (13 June 2005)
• Netherlands CD EP (113.0166.179)
  1. "Home"
  2. "Home" (Jagz Kooner Funhouse Remix)
  3. "Home" (Mogwai Wazzap Remix)
  4. "Home" (U-MYX enhanced section)
  5. "Home" (enhanced video)
  • Released as a digital download only in the UK. Originally planned for 7" (ECS166) and CD (ECSCD166); was released in the Netherlands by Play It Again Sam.

Credits

• All songs produced by Engineers, except:
  • "Home" produced by Engineers, with additional production by Kevin Bacon and Jonathan Quarmby for Manna Productions.
  • "Forgiveness" produced by Kevin Bacon and Jonathan Quarmby, with additional production by Engineers.
  • "Waved On" produced by Engineers and Tim Holmes.
  • "Peter Street" produced by Mark Peters
• All tracks mixed by David Bascombe, except:
  • "Home" and "Forgiveness" mixed by Kevin Bacon and Jonathan Quarmby.
  • "New Horizons" and "Thrasher" mixed by Dan MacBean and Mark Peters
  • "Peter Street" mixed by Mark Peters
• Art direction and design by Simon Earith for Blue Source; original artwork by David Thorpe.

References

1. Engineers reviews at Metacritic.com
2. Allmusic review
3. Austin Chronicle review
4. "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2009.
5. NME review
6. Pitchfork Media review
7. PopMatters review
8. Q Magazine review
9. Stylus review
10. Tiny Mix Tapes review
11. What sets Engineers apart on this full-length debut is their ability to build up a strong sound without anything being lost within it. [#9]
12. "BIG LOVE – Engineers MySpace blog". Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
13. "David Thorpe – Do What You Have to Do – Saatchi Gallery". Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
14. "David Thorpe – Maureen Paley Gallery". Archived from the original on 31 December 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
15. David Thorpe – Ask Art
16. David Thorpe – Out from the Night – artnet.com