Stop All the World Now
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| Studio album by Howie Day | ||||
| Released | October 7, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | Early 2003 at Olympic Studios in London, United Kingdom | |||
| Genre | Pop rock, alternative rock | |||
| Length | 52:31 (special edition: 71:50) | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Martin "Youth" Glover | |||
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Stop All the World Now is the second full-length album by American singer-songwriter Howie Day. It was recorded at Olympic Studios in London over three months in early 2003 and released by Epic Records on October 7, 2003. Day chose Martin Glover as a producer, known for producing the Verve's Urban Hymns.
The working title for the album was ... from a Northern Sky, a line from the song "Come Lay Down". The final title, Stop All the World Now, is a lyric from the song "I'll Take You On".
The album saw Day for the first time being backed by a permanent band. Stop All the World Now was recorded with guitarist Jay Clifford from Jump, Little Children, the Verve bassist Simon Jones, Los Angeles multi-instrumentalist Les Hall and London drummer Laurie Jenkins. The songs "Numbness for Sound", "I'll Take You On", "Collide", and "She Says" were accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Several tracks were co-written with Jay Clifford, lyricist Peter Zizzo and Better Than Ezra frontman Kevin Griffin. The song "She Says" already appeared on his previous album, Australia, but was re-recorded accompanied by a 25-piece orchestra and mixed by Chris Lord-Alge. This version is also known as "She Says (Chris Lord-Alge Mix)".
On September 27, 2003, a full band tour began to promote the album. Due to other commitments, Simon Jones was unable to tour with the group and was replaced by Jeremy Curtis.
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