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The Lumineers (album)

The Lumineers
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Studio album by The Lumineers
Released April 3, 2012
Recorded 2011
Genre
Length 42:15
Label
Producer Ryan Hadlock
The Lumineers chronology
The Lumineers
(2012)
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Singles from The Lumineers
  1. "Ho Hey"
    Released: June 4, 2012
  2. "Stubborn Love"
    Released: October 3, 2012
  3. "Submarines"
    Released: July 30, 2013
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (73/100)
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars
The Austin Chronicle 4/5 stars
Digital Spy 4/5 stars
The Guardian 2/5 stars
Irish Times 4/5 stars
The New Zealand Herald 4/5 stars
The Observer 3/5 stars
Paste 8.6
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars
Uncut (7/10)

The Lumineers is the self-titled debut studio album by American rock band The Lumineers. The album was released in the United States on April 3, 2012, and contains the singles "Ho Hey", "Stubborn Love" and "Submarines". The album peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart.

The vinyl LP version of the record was pressed by United Record Pressing in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Lumineers debuted on the US Billboard 200 at number 45 on its week of release with sales of 10,000. The success of the song "Ho Hey" however began to drive sales of the album, and it eventually reached a peak of number 2 on the Billboard 200. The album has sold 1,700,000 copies in the US as of April 2016.

The album debuted and peaked at number 8 on the UK Albums Chart. It has sold 421,177 copies in the UK as of April 2016.

The Lumineers by The Lumineers received mostly positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 73, based on 9 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". The album has garnered both positive and mixed ratings from critics. To this, the positive reviews are from AllMusic, The Austin Chronicle, Digital Spy, Irish Times, The New Zealand Herald, Paste and Uncut magazine. On the other hand, the mixed reviews came from The Guardian, The Observer and Rolling Stone magazine.


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