No Hurt Like a Broken Heart

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No Hurt Like a Broken Heart
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Studio album by
Palm Springs
Released5 March 2007
Recorded2004–2006 at Church Road Studios, Hove, East Sussex
Genre Chamber pop
Length37:34
Label Random Acts of Vinyl
Producer Palm Springs and Paul Pascoe
Palm Springs chronology
No Hurt Like a Broken Heart
(2007)
The Hope That Kills You
(2010)
Singles from No Hurt Like a Broken Heart
  1. "Tender Remains / Fall Morning"
    Released: 2004
  2. "Echo of Me / After Honey"
    Released: 2005
  3. "Softly to Fallen / Sense of Wonder"
    Released: 2006

No Hurt Like a Broken Heart is the first studio album by independent rock band Palm Springs.

Contents

Background

The record is Palm Springs' debut full-length album, the culmination of three 7-inch singles – "Tender Remains", "Echo of Me" and "Softly to Fallen" – all of which were released through their own label, Random Acts of Vinyl.

Release

Though initial copies of the album were distributed in the UK in 2006, the album received a full release, distributed by Cargo Records in the UK and Europe on 5 March 2007.

Track listing

All songs on the album were written by Cane and Russo, except "Echo of Me" which was written by Cane, Russo and Le Marchand.

  1. "Echo of Me" (3:50)
  2. "After Honey" (2:20)
  3. "The Broken" (3:48)
  4. "Softly to Fallen" (4:20)
  5. "The Cold Light" (3:40)
  6. "Fall Morning" (4:12)
  7. "There Is a Darkness" (3:00)
  8. "I Am Dust" (4:00)
  9. "Sense of Wonder" (4:10)
  10. "Tender Remains" (4:14)

Personnel

All tracks on the album were performed by Cane (vocals, guitar, drums, percussion, piano, melodica, glockenspiel, Casio VL Tone, keyboards) and Russo (guitar, bass, drums, percussion, piano, melodica, glockenspiel, Casio VL Tone, stylophone, keyboards, samples, programming, backing vocals), with the following additional personnel:

Accolades

Professional ratings
Review scores
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References

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  2. "Tatapoum - Chroniques de disques - Informations sur un disque". Tatapoum.net. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  3. "Palm Springs: No Hurt Like A Broken Heart - Music Review". No Ripcord. 8 November 2006. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  4. "Palm Springs - No Hurt Like A Broken Heart (CD, LP). Norman Records UK". Normanrecords.com. 23 November 2006. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  5. thomas schulze. "Rolling Stone critics' best of lists 2006 issued January 2007". Home.rhein-zeitung.de. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  6. "Spex Magazine Contemporary Album Cover Design, p. 26". Spex.de. 14 April 2009. Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2012.