Tourist

It was made at Helioscentric, a converted barn in East Sussex, at The Dairy in London, the band's own studio and Abbey Road for strings by a 24-piece orchestra. Michael H. Brauer mixed it at Quad Studios in New York in October 2004 and Chris Athens mastered it at Sterling Sound. John Cornfield produced "Half Light", "Yesterday Threw Everything at Me" and "Twenty Four Hours"; Adam Peters arranged strings. Wanstall said it had fewer hooks than the debut, giving Pott's voice more room. It reached 1 in the UK and Scotland and was the 32nd biggest album of 2005. Singles were "Wires", "Half Light", "Tourist" and "Twenty Four Hours". AllMusic said it settles for complacent and Rolling Stone called it Coldplay karaoke, while Drowned in Sound gave 5 and singled out "Wires".