English Rain
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| Studio album by Gabrielle Aplin | ||||
| Released | 13 May 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2012-13 | |||
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| Length | 49:45 | |||
| Label | Parlophone | |||
| Producer | Mike Spencer | |||
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| Red Online | (very positive) |
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English Rain is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter Gabrielle Aplin. It was released on 13 May 2013 and serves as the follow-up to her 2012 extended play, Home.
It serves as her first release with a major record label, and was released with Parlophone.
English Rain debuted at number two in the UK Albums Chart, selling over 35,000 copies. It has since been certified gold in the UK for selling 100,000 copies.
On 29 February 2012, Aplin announced that she had signed to Parlophone and began recording her debut album in March 2012. Aplin was confirmed as the soundtrack to the John Lewis 2012 Christmas television advertisement, covering Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "The Power of Love". In an interview, she said "I was worried people might hate me because they were so attached to the original single. But I've since been in touch with Holly Johnson, and he said some lovely things about my take on his song."
On 12 December 2012, Aplin announced that the title of her debut album would be English Rain. In addition, she also unveiled its artwork and release date of 29 April 2013; however, the release date was pushed back by two weeks to 13 May. On 12 March 2013 Aplin released previews of the songs that would appear on the standard edition of English Rain. Aplin also worked with record producer Mike Spencer.
The album was generally well received by critics, praising her for her vocals but calling the album safe and not particularly adventurous. Critics praised tracks such as "Salvation" for taking Aplin out of her "comfort zone" and compared "Please Don't Say You Love Me", the album's second single, to Mumford and Sons.
English Rain was well received commercially. English Rain debuted at number two in the United Kingdom selling over 35,000 copies, the following week the album fell seven places to number nine. Internationally, the album achieved moderate success, charting at number 11 in Ireland on 19 May; 22 in Australia in 2014; 55 in Belgium and 39 in New Zealand.
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