Life in Slow Motion

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Life in Slow Motion
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Studio album by
David Gray
Released12 September 2005 (2005-09-12)
RecordedJune 2004–June 2005
Genre Folk rock
Length44:31
Label
Producer
David Gray chronology
A New Day at Midnight
(2002)		Life in Slow Motion
(2005)		 Shine: The Best of the Early Years
(2007)
Singles from Life in Slow Motion
  1. "The One I Love"
    Released: 29 August 2005
  2. "Hospital Food"
    Released: 28 November 2005
  3. "Alibi"
    Released: 27 March 2006
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 69/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Music BoxStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
PopMatters 6/10 [4]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Life in Slow Motion is the seventh studio album by English singer-songwriter David Gray, released on 12 September 2005 in Europe and on the following day in the United States. Following a muted response to his previous album, A New Day at Midnight , the album was seen by some as a return to the form that brought Gray international acclaim with White Ladder ; it was also the last album recorded with longtime collaborator Craig McClune.

Contents

Gray cited Sigur Rós, Sparklehorse, Lucinda Williams, Björk and Mercury Rev as inspirations for the album. The album was Gray's first to use a cello player. [6] The original choice to produce was Daniel Lanois, but he was booked, so Gray ended up using Marius de Vries, who'd produced Gray's hit single "Sail Away." [7]

The three singles from the album were "The One I Love", "Hospital Food", and "Alibi". The album was also released on DualDisc format, which included a documentary of the making of the album, a photo gallery, and complete lyrics on the DVD side of the disc. [8]

The non-DualDisc CD of the album was one of many titles released with the infamous MediaMax CD-3 copyright protection system.

Chart and sales figures

Life in Slow Motion debuted at No. 1 on the Irish Albums Chart, staying for three weeks at the top before dropping to No. 4. In the United Kingdom a week after release in Ireland, it debuted also at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart, spending two weeks at No. 1 before dropping to #3; it spent seven weeks in the top 10 and 25 weeks in the top 75. The album debuted and subsequently peaked at No. 16 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart. [9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by David Gray, with additional songwriters as noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Alibi" 4:33
2."The One I Love"Craig McClune3:25
3."Lately"McClune, Rob Malone, Tim Bradshaw, David Nolte4:13
4."Nos Da Cariad"McClune, Malone, Bradshaw, Nolte4:10
5."Slow Motion"McClune5:00
6."From Here You Can Almost See the Sea" 3:39
7."Ain't No Love" 3:21
8."Hospital Food"Malone4:43
9."Now and Always" 6:45
10."Disappearing World" 5:05
Total length:44:31

Credits

Musicians

Production

Charts

Certifications and sales

Certifications for Life in Slow Motion
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [27] Gold35,000^
Ireland (IRMA) [28] 4× Platinum60,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [29] Platinum15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [30] 2× Platinum759,861 [31]
United States—414,000 [32]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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