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Out of Nothing

Their second number 1 album, produced by Youth at Olympic Studios.
Embrace, 2004

Recording began after New Year's Day 2004. Clive Goddard engineered and mixed, George Marino mastered at Sterling Sound, Wil Malone led the orchestra for most of the string arrangements and the London Session Orchestra played; Dale arranged the strings on two tracks. The band wrote over 500 songs across three years, cut to 15 and then 10. "Gravity" replaced "Everytime That I See Your Face", and Youth prompted a jam that produced "Near Life" and "Out of Nothing". "Looking as You Are" was recorded at the wrong tempo and slowed afterward. The US release was on Lava on June 14, 2005. Singles reached 7 ("Gravity"), 11 ("Ashes"), 11 ("Looking as You Are") and 28 ("A Glorious Day"). Metacritic scores it 61; Hot Press called it a quantum leap in the songwriting department and PopMatters gave 2 of 10.

Track listing

  1. Ashes4:22
  2. Gravity4:40
  3. Someday5:38
  4. Looking as You Are4:06
  5. Wish 'Em All Away3:59
  6. Keeping4:32
  7. Spell It Out4:57
  8. A Glorious Day3:52
  9. Near Life5:48
  10. Out of Nothing5:32

More from Embrace

The Good Will Out (1998), Drawn From Memory (2000), If You've Never Been (2001), This New Day (2006), Embrace (2014), Love Is A Basic Need (Orchestral) (2018), How To Be A Person Like Other People (2022), Avalanche (2026)

Sources

  1. Out of Nothing, Wikipedia
  2. Embrace, Out of Nothing, Hot Press (2004-09-18)
  3. Embrace, Out of Nothing, PopMatters (2005-08-28)