Head Up High (Morcheeba album)

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Head Up High
Head-Up-High-by-Morcheeba.jpg
Studio album by
Morcheeba
Released14 October 2013
Genre Electronic dance, synthpop
Length48:12
Label PIAS
Producer Paul Godfrey
Morcheeba chronology
Blood Like Lemonade
(2010)		Head Up High
(2013)		 Blaze Away
(2018)
Singles from Head Up High
  1. "Gimme Your Love"
    Released: 15 July 2013
  2. "Make Believer"
    Released: 18 August 2014
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 57/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Exclaim! 7/10 [3]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Head Up High is the eighth studio album by the British band Morcheeba, released on 14 October 2013. [5] In 2014 it was awarded a double silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association, [6] which indicated sales of at least 40,000 copies throughout Europe. [7]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gimme Your Love"
  • P. Godfrey
  • R. Godfrey
  • S. Edwards
4:49
2."Face Of Danger" (featuring Chali 2na))
  • P. Godfrey
  • R. Godfrey
  • S. Edwards
  • C. Stewart
3:56
3."Call It Love"
  • P. Godfrey
  • R. Godfrey
  • S. Edwards
  • J. Petralli
3:59
4."Under The Ice"
  • P. Godfrey
  • R. Godfrey
  • S. Edwards
3:40
5."I'll Fall Apart"
  • P. Godfrey
  • R. Godfrey
  • S. Edwards
  • J. Petralli
2:06
6."Make Believer"
  • P. Godfrey
  • R. Godfrey
  • S. Edwards
3:41
7."Release Me Now" (featuring Nature Boy Jim Kelly)
  • P. Godfrey
  • R. Godfrey
  • S. Edwards
  • J. Furlow
4:09
8."To Be" (featuring Rizzle Kicks)
  • P. Godfrey
  • R. Godfrey
  • S. Edwards
  • J. Stephens
  • H. Alexander-Sule
4:39
9."Hypnotized" (featuring Ana Tijoux)
  • P. Godfrey
  • R. Godfrey
  • S. Edwards
  • A. Tijoux
4:03
10."To The Grave"
  • P. Godfrey
  • R. Godfrey
  • S. Edwards
5:13
11."Do You Good"
  • P. Godfrey
  • R. Godfrey
  • S. Edwards
3:33
12."Finally Found You"
  • P. Godfrey
  • R. Godfrey
  • S. Edwards
  • J. Petralli
4:23
Total length:48:20
iTunes Bonus track [8]
No.TitleLength
13."Whirlwind"3:31
Total length:51:51

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [9] 39
French Albums (SNEP) [10] 25
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11] 51
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [12] 10
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [13] 48
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [14] 9
UK Albums (OCC) [15] 99
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [16] 18
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [17] 8

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