Silver Sun (Silver Sun album)

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Silver Sun
Silver Sun Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released9 May 1997
RecordedJacob's Studio, Farnham, Summer 1996
Genre Power pop
Length42:47
Label Polydor
Producer Nigel Godrich/Silver Sun
Silver Sun chronology
Sun..! EP
(1996)
Silver Sun
(1997)
You Are Here
(1997)
Singles from Silver Sun
  1. "Lava"
    Released: 27 October 1996
  2. "Last Day"
    Released: 16 February 1997
  3. "Golden Skin"
    Released: 27 April 1997
  4. "Julia"
    Released: 29 June 1997
  5. "Lava"
    Released: 6 October 1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Drowned In Sound 9/10 [2]

Silver Sun is the debut album by the British power pop band Silver Sun. [3] It was released in May 1997 on Polydor Records and was produced by Nigel Godrich.

Contents

Changing their name from Sun, under which their debut EP had been released, their debut studio album was released under the name Silver Sun. The album received critical acclaim, but had limited chart success, reaching No. 30 in the UK Album Chart. Four singles were released from the album; "Lava", "Last Day", "Golden Skin" and "Julia", of which, only "Golden Skin" and "Lava" reached the UK Top 40. "Golden Skin" was used in the soundtrack of the British romantic comedy film Shooting Fish which was released the same year as the album.

Track listing

All tracks written by James Broad.

  1. "Test" – 0:15
  2. "Golden Skin" – 3:16
  3. "Dumb" – 2:12
  4. "Julia" – 3:19
  5. "Far Out" – 2:57
  6. "Last Day" – 3:37
  7. "Service" – 3:01
  8. "Yellow Light" – 3:33
  9. "Lava" – 2:39
  10. "2 Digits" – 3:09
  11. "This 'n' That" – 2:47
  12. "Wonderful" – 2:45
  13. "Bad Haircut" – 2:40
  14. "Nobody" – 3:34
  15. "Animals Feet" – 4:03

Personnel

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References

  1. Schnee, Steve "Spaz". Silver Sun at AllMusic
  2. Drowned in Sound review Archived 2006-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Sutherland, Mark (10 May 1997). "The heat is on". Melody Maker. Vol. 74, no. 19. p. 52.