Legendary Manchester band James - famed for their breakthrough hit "Laid" - have released their fourteenth studio full-length "Girl At The End Of The World." Today, "Girl At The End Of The World" (BMG) hit the Number One spot in the UK mid-week album charts, being James's second Number One record in almost two decades. According to Billboard, their spectacular new full-length is some 2,000 combined sales ahead of Adele's hit album "25" and is expected to replace her in the top position come Friday when the official charts are revealed. This would be the band's second Number 1 since their 1998 release of "Best of James."
"Girl At
The End Of The World" is available now on
iTunes, Amazon (
CD and
Vinyl) and in stores across North America now. Watch the video for the band's current single "Nothing But Love"
here.
"Bands talk about that difficult second album but it's the trickster fourteenth one that's the real mother {expletive}," says Tim Booth of the making of the new record. "As always with James it's a collaborative process allowing ample room for improvisation, intuition, skill and dumb luck. From the outside our process looks like chaos but chaos is our friend and we have a history that gives us confidence that something magical will eventually appear. Most of my best lyrics are unconscious typos so don¹t ask me what it's about; your projection is as good as mine. This was perhaps the most difficult and stressful album we have ever made. I hope you find it as rewarding as we do. OYSTER- GRIT-PEARL."
"Girl At
The End Of The World" sees the band team again with producer Max Dingel (The Killers, Muse, White Lies). The new album is both anthemic and euphoric, with it's simmering electronica continuing James' long connection to the dance floor. The band's trademark songwriting and Tim Booth's distinctive vocal & evocative lyrics prove once again to be amongst Britain's finest.
"Nothing But Love" is a rarity in the James canon - an unadorned love song featuring the refrain "nothing but love gives the world some meaning." "Love songs tend to tread such a well-worn path that I avoid them unless I have something new to say or I'm so blinded by emotion I can't help myself." Says singer and lyricist Tim Booth. "It's about love's euphoria and ecstasy - that love-bomb that goes off and changes everything. But love is a high-stakes game, as something you love can also be lost." He explains.
Like much of "Girl At
The End Of The World," the single was cut live in RAK Studio and it contains a touch of "Enoxification" from the band's former mentor Brian Eno, who has produced five James albums. ShortList Magazine (UK) have already proclaimed
Nothing But Love "probably the most uplifting thing you'll hear this year."
Known for their unique and diverse style over their 14 studio albums, James are both critically acclaimed and commercially successful, having sold over 12 million albums worldwide. The band originally signed to the iconic
Factory Records in 1982, and have since gone onto produce a string of massive hit singles, including: Laid, Sit Down, Come Home, She's A Star and Born of Frustration. Now, 32 years on they have come up with a record that the band consider their best ever.
"Girl At
The End of The World" is out now worldwide.
Bitch
To My Surprise
Nothing But Love
Attention
Dear John
Feet Of Clay
Surfer's Song
Catapult
Move Down South
Alvin
Waking
Girl At The End Of The World
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