Chaos and the Calm

Chaos and the Calm
Studio album by James Bay
Released	23 March 2015 (2015-03-23)
Recorded	2013–14 in Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Americana indie rock folk rock blues soul soft rock pop rock
Length	48:13
Label	Virgin Republic
Producer	Jacquire King
Singles from Chaos and the Calm
"Let It Go" Released: 2 June 2014 "Hold Back the River" Released: 17 November 2014 "Scars" Released: 28 August 2015 "If You Ever Want to Be in Love" Released: 29 October 2015 "Best Fake Smile" Released: 2 March 2016 "Running" Released: 11 March 2016

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	58/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Chaos and the Calm is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter James Bay. It was released on 23 March 2015 by Republic Records and produced by Jacquire King.

The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album, while the song "Hold Back the River" was nominated for Best Rock Song and Bay for Best New Artist.

Chaos and the Calm received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 58, which indicates "mixed or average reviews", based on 9 reviews.

The Official Charts Company reported that Chaos and the Calm debuted at number one in the UK Albums Chart on 29 March 2015, having sold over 64,000 copies in the first week of release.

^*sales figures based on certification alone
^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

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