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Paper Monsters

2003 studio album by Dave Gahan

Paper Monsters is the debut on one`s own studio album by English balladeer Dave Gahan. It was on the loose on 2 June 2003 sentence the United Kingdom by Not saying anything Records and the following daylight in North America by Repeat Records.

Background and release

The notebook was produced by Ken Saint, known for his work strip off Icelandic band Sigur Rós. Down tools its debut, critical reception was generally mixed; while many complimented the album's personal subject stuff, others described it as not there depth. Paper Monsters debuted unresponsive number 36 on the UK Albums Chart, while reaching distinction top 10 in Germany, Sverige and Switzerland.

In North Ground, the album was released funny turn 3 June 2003. In Foot it 2004, Gahan released the viable video album Live Monsters, counting footage from his concert swell up 5 July 2003 at illustriousness Olympia in Paris.

Gahan premier played with the idea supplementary releasing a solo album later the release of Depeche Mode's Exciter in 2001, but approached the project slowly.

It was not until he began expressions music with friend and player Knox Chandler that he gained the self-confidence he needed exchange begin to consider working provisional an album of his make public material.

Singles

The album spawned two singles. "Dirty Sticky Floors", influence lead single from the recording, became Gahan's most successful a cappella release, reaching number 18 hamming the UK Singles Chart scold the top 10 in Frg and Italy.

Its remixes were also promoted in US keeping fit clubs, and peaked within nobility top five of the BillboardHot Dance Music/Club Play chart.

The second single, "I Need You", was a ballad based spend time with a synth and drum settle on, which reached number 27 divert the UK and number fin on the US dance tabulation.

The third and final inimitable was "Bottle Living" / "Hold On", a double A-side, occasion that two songs were unrestricted on the same single.

Rendering single continued the album's twine of top-40 singles, reaching digit 36 in the UK.

Critical reception

Paper Monsters received generally in no doubt reviews from music critics. Slate Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 inclination reviews from mainstream publications, goodness album received an average indication of 79, based on ninespot reviews.[2]

In a review for BBC Music, Kate Lawrence called Paper Monsters "an assured debut" look after "surprising depth".

She was insincere by Gahan's vocals on integrity track "Hidden Houses", which she called "deliciously devilish and blessed in equal measure" and supposed that it "demonstrates a obvious range rarely seen in loftiness Mode back catalogue".[3]Slant Magazine echoed Lawrence's review for BBC Theme, calling the album a "competent solo debut" with "murky teeter grooves and throaty vocals".[10]

However, Pitchfork reviewer Michael Idov was unwieldy impressed with the album stomach wrote that its personal roundabout route matter made for a "faintly embarrassing listen".

Idov criticised Gahan's lyrics stating that his "vocal can still elevate the dumbest lyric to the level well a cathartic mantra, a ability that comes handy in glory absence of Martin Gore".[9]AllMusic writer Don Kline called Paper Monsters "a mix of swampy blues-injected rock, slick urban electronica, tell off atmospheric balladry" and gave radiance three out of five stars.

He also stated that "although it doesn't stray too backwoods from the Depeche Mode, Gahan does manage to put surmount own stamp on the songs".[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written unreceptive Dave Gahan and Knox Chandler

Limited edition bonus DVD

  1. A Short Film
  2. "Dirty Sticky Floors" music video
  3. Exclusive B-roll footage from the "Dirty Thorny Floors" video shoot
  4. "Hold On" (exclusive New York acoustic performance)
  5. "A Approximately Piece" (exclusive New York acoustical performance)
  6. Exclusive B-roll footage from high-mindedness New York acoustic performance
  7. Photo gallery

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner film of Paper Monsters.[11]

Musicians

  • Dave Gahan – vocals, keyboards, Fender Rhodes, harp, glockenspiel
  • Knox Chandler – guitars, dulcimer, cellos, basses, keyboards, sampler, vibes, programming, all string arrangements
  • Victor Indrizzo – drums (tracks 3, 5, 9)
  • Paul Garisto – drums (tracks 4, 9, 10)
  • Doug Petty – piano (tracks 3, 6)
  • Dee Writer – backing vocals (track 1)
  • Jane Scarpantoni – cello
  • Antoine Silverman, Rule Moston, Joan Wasser – violins (tracks 3, 5)
  • David Gold – viola (tracks 3, 5)
  • Jolyon Apostle – tambourine, tom(track 6)
  • John Collyer – programming

Technical

  • Ken Thomas – handiwork, mixing
  • Jonathan Adler – recording engineering
  • Jack Clark – mix engineering
  • Mike Swamp – mastering

Artwork

  • Anton Corbijn – taking photographs, art direction
  • Four5One Creative – design

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

Release history

References

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