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Shallow Bed

Shallow Bed is the debut studio album from English folk rock band Dry The River and was released 5 March 2012. The album peaked at number 28 on the UK Albums Chart. The album includes the singles "No Rest", "The Chambers & the Valves" and "New Ceremony".

Shallow Bed
Studio album by
Dry The River
Released5 March 2012 (2012-03-05) (UK)
17 April 2012 (2012-04-17) (North America)
Recorded2011
GenreFolk rock, indie folk
Length50:35
LabelRCA, Transgressive
Dry The River chronology
Shallow Bed
(2012) 		Alarms in the Heart
(2014)
Singles from Shallow Bed
  1. "No Rest"
    Released: 17 June 2011 (2011-06-17)
  2. "Weights & Measures"
    Released: 11 November 2011 (2011-11-11)
  3. "The Chambers & the Valves"
    Released: 24 February 2012 (2012-02-24)
  4. "New Ceremony"
    Released: 16 April 2012 (2012-04-16)

Singles

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  • "No Rest" was released as the album's lead single on 17 June 2011.
  • "Weights & Measures" was released as the album's second single on 11 November 2011.
  • "The Chambers & the Valves" was released as the album's third single on 24 February 2012.
  • "New Ceremony" was released as the album's fourth single on 16 April 2012.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Beats Per Minute          [2]
The Daily Telegraph     [3]
Digital Spy     [4]
Drowned in Sound          [5]
Gigwise     [6]
musicOMH     [7]
NME          [8]
Rolling Stone     [9]
This Is Fake DIY     [10]

Shallow Bed was well received by music critics. Lewis Corner of Digital Spy gave the album a positive review stating, "Frontman Peter Liddle's smooth and dulcet tones - reminiscent of Brandon Flowers - are able to command both the anthemic stadium fillers and the delicate ballads that reside here. The latter is evident on 'Bible Belt', a song dealing with alcoholic parents, where Liddle's vocal nimbly pirouettes over a soft blend of gentle acoustics and orchestral undertones. What's most exciting is Dry The River's ability to open the lid on a song and let it soar; a prime example being the entangled vocal and guitar building throughout 'No Rest', which gloriously explodes by the track's end. This knack has the potential to deliver sky-blistering live performances that should make them a talking point throughout 2012 and, if we're lucky, well beyond."[4]

Track listing

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Standard listing[11][12]
No.TitleLength
1."Animal Skins"2:56
2."New Ceremony"4:12
3."Shield Your Eyes"3:40
4."History Book"4:41
5."The Chambers & The Valves"3:10
6."Demons"3:46
7."Bible Belt"4:44
8."No Rest"3:07
9."Shaker Hymns"3:49
10."Weights & Measures"5:04
11."Lion's Den"6:44
12."Family"4:42
Deluxe Version[13]
No.TitleLength
13."Shield Your Eyes" (Live at Lightship95)3:39
14."History Book" (Live at Lightship95)4:49
15."Lion's Den" (Live at Lightship95)6:19
16."Hammer"3:45
17."Night Owls" (Home Demo)2:51
18."Weights & Measures" (Dry the River Summer 2011)5:06
19."No Rest" (Dry the River in New York)3:52

Chart performance

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Chart (2012) Peak
position
Dutch Albums Chart[14] 70
UK Albums Chart[15] 28

Release history

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Country Release date Format Label
United Kingdom 2 March 2012 Digital download[12][13] Sony Music Entertainment, RCA Records
5 March 2012 CD[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Shallow Bed by Dry the River Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  2. ^ Ray Finlayson (16 April 2012). "Dry the River - Shallow Bed Album Review". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Dry the River, Shallow Bed, review". 29 February 2012.
  4. ^ a b Ian Sandwell (1 March 2012). "Dry the River - Shallow Bed". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  5. ^ Christian Cottingham (1 March 2012). "Releases: Dry the River - 'Shallow Bed'". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  6. ^ Dave Craig (7 March 2012). "Dry the River - 'Shallow Bed'". Gigwise. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  7. ^ David Welsh. "Album Reviews: Dry the River - 'Shallow Bed' Album Review". Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  8. ^ Mark Beaumont. "NME Album Reviews: Dry the River - 'Shallow Bed'". NME. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  9. ^ Jörn Schlüter. "Review zu: Dry The River - Shallow Bed". Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  10. ^ Heather Steele (6 March 2012). "Dry the River - Shallow Bed Album Review". This Is Fake DIY. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  11. ^ a b Shallow Bed: Dry The River: Amazon.co.uk: Music
  12. ^ a b iTunes - Music - Shallow Bed by Dry the River
  13. ^ a b iTunes - Music - Shallow Bed (Deluxe Version) by Dry the River
  14. ^ "Dry The River - Shallow Bed". dutchcharts.nl/.
  15. ^ "Archive Chart". Official Charts Company.
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