Faces Down

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Faces Down
Sondre Lerche - Faces down.jpeg
Studio album by
Released
  • 2001 (2001)(UK)
  • September 17, 2002 (2002-09-17)(US)
Length53:25(UK)
59:58(US)
Sondre Lerche chronology
You Know So Well
(2001)
Faces Down
(2001)
Two Way Monologue
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Pitchfork Media 7.4/10 [2]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Faces Down is the first album released by Norwegian singer-songwriter Sondre Lerche, in 2001. It was released in 2002 in the United States, and in 2003 in Japan. All songs on the album were written by Lerche.

Contents

The track "Modern Nature" featured prominently in the 2007 film Dan in Real Life , starring Steve Carell and Juliette Binoche; Lerche and his band The Faces Down make a cameo appearance in the movie performing the track.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Dead Passengers" 
2."You Know So Well" 
3."Sleep on Needles" 
4."Suffused with Love" 
5."Side Two" 
6."Modern Nature" (with Lillian Samdal) 
7."Virtue and Wine" 
8."On and Off Again" 
9."No One's Gonna Come" 
10."All Luck Ran Out" 
11."Things You Call Fate" 
12."Rosebud" (US edition bonus track) 


"Don't Be Shallow" (Japanese edition bonus track)

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References

  1. Anderson, Rick. Faces Down at AllMusic
  2. Mitchum, Rob (December 11, 2002). "Sondre Lerche: Faces Down Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
  3. Healy, Mark (October 22, 2002). "Sondre Lerche: Faces Down". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved November 16, 2020.