True Romance (Golden Silvers album)

True Romance
Studio album by Golden Silvers
Released April 20, 2009
Genre Art rock, Pop, Doo-wop
Label XL Recordings
Singles from True Romance
  1. "True Romance (True No.9 Blues)"
    Released: April 29, 2009
  2. "Arrows of Eros"
    Released: June 23, 2009
  3. "Please Venus"
    Released: August 24, 2009

True Romance is Golden Silvers Debut Album Released by XL recordings in April 2009 on CD, download and 12″ vinyl.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian link
musicOMH link
NME link
PopMatters link
Q Music

The album received generally positive reviews. It earned a collective score of 71 out of 100 from Metacritic.[1] Dave Simpson of The Guardian said that the album contains a "combination of masterful songwriting and lyrics that introduce dark edges" to a "more timeless than retro" sound.[2]

Singles

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Another Universe"  4:51
2."True Romance (True No. 9 Blues)"  3:32
3."Magic Touch"  4:05
4."My Love Is a Seed That Doesn't Grow"  4:04
5."Here Comes The King"  4:05
6."Shakes"  3:51
7."Queen Of The 21st Century"  5:01
8."Please Venus"  5:00
9."Arrows Of Eros"  5:38
10."Fade To Black"  2:49

Personnel

  • Neil Brockbank - engineer
  • Nathaniel Facey - alto saxophone
  • Gwilym Gold - composer, keyboards, vocals, artwork
  • Dougal Lott - engineer
  • B.J. Ben Mason - engineer
  • Ben Moorhouse - bass, background vocals
  • Michael Mwenso - trombone
  • Robbie Nelson - engineer
  • Jay Phelps - trumpet
  • Daniel Rejmer - engineer
  • Graham Turner - photography
  • Rebecca Miller - photography
  • Colin Henderson - album cover design/illustration
  • Jack Watkins - web design

Source:[4]

Chart

True Romance debuted and peaked at #96 on the UK Singles Chart[5] and spent a total of 5 weeks on the chart.[3]

Chart (2009) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[3] 96

References

  1. ↑ "Metacritic review of True Romance". Metacritic. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
  2. ↑ Simpson, Dave (2009-04-24). "Pop review: Golden Silvers: True Romance". The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
  3. 1 2 3 "Chart Log UK - Chart Coverage and Record Sales 2009 and Special Single-File Version". zobbel.de. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
  4. ↑ "allmusic ((( True Romance > Credits )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
  5. ↑ "CHART: CLUK Update 9.05.2009 (wk18)". zobbel.de. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
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