Silver Sun (Silver Sun album)

Silver Sun
Silver Sun
Studio album by Silver Sun
Released	9 May 1997
Recorded	Jacob's Studio, Farnham, Summer 1996
Genre	Power pop
Length	42:47
Label	Polydor
Producer	Nigel Godrich/Silver Sun
Silver Sun chronology
Singles from Silver Sun
	"Lava"; Released: 27 October 1996; "Last Day"; Released: 16 February 1997; "Golden Skin"; Released: 27 April 1997; "Julia"; Released: 29 June 1997; "Lava"; Released: 6 October 1997;

Silver Sun is the debut album by the British power pop band Silver Sun.^[3] It was released in May 1997 on Polydor Records and was produced by Nigel Godrich. Godrich said: "They're a great band, they're really quirky, but the guy writes loads of serious three minute pop songs with Beach Boys backing vocals. He did these demos that got him the deal on his home 8-track, and they just sound ridiculously over the top, messy but in a great way, really trashy and dirty. So the brief was to try and recreate that, as well as just to sort of bring it back into listenable territory, and I think we did it quite well."^[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Drowned In Sound	9/10^[2]

Changing their name from Sun, under which their debut EP had been released, their debut studio album was released under the name Silver Sun. The album received critical acclaim, but had limited chart success, reaching No. 30 in the UK Album Chart. Four singles were released from the album; "Lava", "Last Day", "Golden Skin" and "Julia", of which, only "Golden Skin" and "Lava" reached the UK Top 40. "Golden Skin" was used in the soundtrack of the British romantic comedy film Shooting Fish which was released the same year as the album.[1]

Track listing

All tracks written by James Broad.

"Test" – 0:15
"Golden Skin" – 3:16
"Dumb" – 2:12
"Julia" – 3:19
"Far Out" – 2:57
"Last Day" – 3:37
"Service" – 3:01
"Yellow Light" – 3:33
"Lava" – 2:39
"2 Digits" – 3:09
"This 'n' That" – 2:47
"Wonderful" – 2:45
"Bad Haircut" – 2:40
"Nobody" – 3:34
"Animals Feet" – 4:03

Personnel

Nigel Godrich - production & mixing
James Broad - lead vocals, guitar
Paul Smith - guitar
Richard Buckton - bass, piano, vocals
Richard Sayce - drums
Jeff Cummins - album illustrations

References

^ Schnee, Steve "Spaz". Silver Sun at AllMusic
^ Drowned in Sound review Archived 2006-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
^ Sutherland, Mark (10 May 1997). "The heat is on". Melody Maker. Vol. 74, no. 19. p. 52.
^ Robinson, Andrea (August 1997). "Radio days". The Mix. Future Publishing.

[1] Schnee, Steve "Spaz". Silver Sun at AllMusic

[2] Drowned in Sound review Archived 2006-10-31 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Sutherland, Mark (10 May 1997). "The heat is on". Melody Maker. Vol. 74, no. 19. p. 52.

[:7-4] Robinson, Andrea (August 1997). "Radio days". The Mix. Future Publishing.

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