Thirst for Romance

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Thirst for Romance
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Studio album by
Released9 July 2007
Recorded2006–2007
Studio
Genre Indie rock, chamber pop
Length49:27
69:10 (with hidden track)
Label Heavenly
Producer Simon Aldred and Dan Austin
Cherry Ghost chronology
Thirst for Romance
(2007)
Beneath This Burning Shoreline
(2010)
Singles from Thirst for Romance
  1. "Mathematics"
    Released: 9 April 2007
  2. "People Help the People"
    Released: 25 June 2007
  3. "4 AM"
    Released: 24 September 2007

Thirst for Romance is the debut album by Cherry Ghost, released on 9 July 2007 in the UK. The album was made available on CD, digital download, and double vinyl LP. It was recorded at Ape Studios in Cheshire and Moolah Rouge Studios in Stockport. The first single, "Mathematics", was released on 9 April 2007; the second single "People Help the People" was released on 25 June 2007, just two weeks ahead of the album's release date; and the third single was "4 AM", released on 24 September 2007. "Roses" was an iTunes "single of the week" for the week that the album was released. Thirst for Romance was co-produced by Simon Aldred and Dan Austin. Thirst for Romance entered the UK Albums Chart at #7 upon its first week. [1]

Contents

Jimi Goodwin of the band Doves plays drums on "People Help the People" and "Mathematics". In December 2005, when Jimi was acting as a guest host on a BBC Radio 1 show, he featured the then-up-and-coming Cherry Ghost (at the time an alias for the solo performances of Simon Aldred). Simon performed two tracks live and acoustic in the studio: "Dead Man's Suit" and "People Help the People".

Critical response

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
BBC favourable link
Channel 4 10/10 link
Manchester Evening News Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg link
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg link
NME 4/10 link
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg
Times Online Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg link
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg link
Yahoo Music UK7/10 link

Critical response was generally positive, with Q giving the album 4 stars and Channel 4 awarding the album a full 10 out of 10 stars. However, publications such as NME and AllMusic were less than favourable; the latter declared Cherry Ghost "...yet another one of those indie rock bands..." and of the album noting "...Thirst for Romance hit number seven in its first week, showing that there was a reasonable market for this type of angst, but within six weeks it had vanished from the chart entirely." [2] James Dean Bradfield, lead singer/guitarist of Welsh indie rock group Manic Street Preachers, said that Thirst for Romance was his favourite album of 2007. [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Simon Aldred, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Thirst for Romance" 3:54
2."4 AM" 3:39
3."Mountain Bird" 3:58
4."People Help the People" 3:59
5."Roses" 3:48
6."Dead Man's Suit" 5:42
7."False Alarm"Aldred, Ben Parsons, Jim Rhodes3:53
8."Alfred the Great"Aldred, Parsons, Rhodes3:29
9."Here Come the Romans" 4:00
10."Mary on the Mend" 7:50
11."Mathematics" / "The Same God" (hidden track) 4:34 / 24:53
Notes
Japanese CD pressing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Thirst for Romance" 3:54
2."4 AM" 3:39
3."Mountain Bird" 3:58
4."People Help the People" 3:59
5."Roses" 3:48
6."Dead Man's Suit" 5:42
7."False Alarm"Aldred, Parsons, Rhodes3:53
8."Alfred the Great"Aldred, Parsons, Rhodes3:29
9."Here Come the Romans" 4:00
10."Mary on the Mend" 7:50
11."Mathematics" 4:34
12."Throw Me to the Dogs" (bonus track) 3:44
13."Four Eyes" / "The Same God" (bonus track) 4:48 / 25:07
Notes

Release history

CountryDateLabelFormatCatalogue #
United Kingdom9 July 2007 Heavenly CDHVNLP59CD
30 July 2007Double LP (heavyweight vinyl)HVNLP59
Japan31 October 2007 Toshiba-EMI CD (two bonus tracks)TOCP-66728
United Kingdom19 August 2022HeavenlyDouble LP (15th anniversary reissue)HVNLP59X

Credits

References

  1. Rihanna's 'Umbrella' Nearing U.K. Chart History, 16 July 2007
  2. 1 2 AllMusic ((( Thirst for Romance > Overview )))
  3. "Manic Street Preachers". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2009.