Black Light (Groove Armada album)

This article is about the Groove Armada album. For other albums with similar titles, see Black Light (disambiguation).
Black Light
Studio album by Groove Armada
Released 29 January 2010
Recorded 2009
Length 52:46
Label Cooking Vinyl
Producer Groove Armada
Groove Armada chronology
Soundboy Rock
(2007)		 Black Light
(2010)		 White Light
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
BBC Musicpositive[3]
MusicOMH[4]
NME6/10[5]
NU.nl[6]
PopMatters7/10[7]
Slant[8]
URB[9]

Black Light is the sixth studio album by the London electronic duo Groove Armada. Black Light combines the more mainstream-oriented sound of its predecessor, Soundboy Rock, with the rock spirit of Lovebox, and the band makes use of 1980s synthesizers for the first time. The album is influenced by David Bowie, Bronski Beat, Fleetwood Mac, Gary Numan, New Order and Roxy Music.[10]

The vocal collaborations on the album include Bryan Ferry, Fenech-Soler, Jess Larrabee, Nick Littlemore, Saint Saviour and Will Young.

The album received a nomination for the 53rd Grammy Awards in the category Best Electronic/Dance Album.

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Look Me in the Eye Sister" (featuring Jess Larrabee) 4:07
2. "Fall Silent" (featuring Nick Littlemore) 4:35
3. "Just for Tonight" (featuring Jess Larrabee) 4:05
4. "Not Forgotten" (featuring Nick Littlemore) 5:34
5. "I Won't Kneel" (featuring Saint Saviour) 4:36
6. "Cards to Your Heart" (featuring Nick Littlemore) 5:35
7. "Paper Romance" (featuring Fenech-Soler & Saint Saviour) 6:19
8. "Warsaw" (featuring Nick Littlemore) 4:04
9. "Shameless" (featuring Bryan Ferry) 4:48
10. "Time & Space" (featuring Saint Saviour & Jess Larrabee) 4:53
11. "History" (featuring Will Young) 4:10

North American edition

Singles

Single Release date
"I Won't Kneel" 23 November 2009
"Paper Romance" 22 February 2010
"Look Me in the Eye Sister"/"Just for Tonight" 3 May 2010
"History" (featuring Will Young) 30 August 2010

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[15] 17
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 97
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] 71
Irish Albums (IRMA)[18] 47
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[19] 23
UK Albums (OCC)[20] 26
US Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[21] 10

References

  1. ↑ "Black Light by Groove Armada". Metacritic. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
  2. ↑ "allmusicguide review".
  3. ↑ "BBC Music review".
  4. ↑ "MusicOMH review".
  5. ↑ "NME review".
  6. ↑ Oitmann, Pierre. "Review: Black Light". NU.nl. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
  7. ↑ "PopMatters review".
  8. ↑ "Slant Magazine review".
  9. ↑ "URB review".
  10. ↑ Andy Cato quote Retrieved 21 November 2009
  11. ↑ "Groove Armada – Black Light;". Discogs. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  12. ↑ "iTunes – Music – Black Light by Groove Armada;". iTunes Britain. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  13. ↑ "iTunes – Music – Black Light by Groove Armada;". iTunes USA. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  14. ↑ "iTunes – Music – Black Light (Deluxe Edition) by Groove Armada;". iTunes USA. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  15. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Groove Armada – Black Light". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  16. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Groove Armada – Black Light" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  17. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Groove Armada – Black Light" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  18. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 9, 2010". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  19. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Groove Armada – Black Light". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  20. ↑ "Groove Armada | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  21. ↑ "Groove Armada – Chart history" Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums for Groove Armada. Retrieved 14 July 2016.

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