Sigh No More is the debut studio album by British folk rock band Mumford & Sons . It was released on 2 October 2009 in the UK, and on 16 February 2010 in the United States and Canada. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 11 and peaked at No. 2 on 20 February 2011, in its 72nd week on the chart and following its Album of the Year win at the Brit Awards . In early 2011, the album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in the US.
In mid-2010, it was rated the year-to-date's 8th best record on NPR's All Songs Considered.[ 1] On 20 July 2010, it was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize , awarded annually for the best album in the United Kingdom and Ireland.[ 2] On 6 December 2010, a deluxe edition was released. This included the original album, a live CD of the concert from the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire , and a DVD containing parts 1, 2 and 3 of the Gentlemen of the Road documentaries. On 15 February 2011, the album was awarded the Best British Album at the BRIT Awards .[ 3] In the United States, it was the 3rd most digitally downloaded album of 2011, selling 761,000 copies.[ 4]
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On the review aggregate site Metacritic , the album has a score of 68 out of 100, indicating "generally favourable reviews".[ 7]
Sigh No More was a slow burner, reaching number one on the Irish Albums Chart [ 18] and number two on the UK Albums Chart six months and sixteen months, respectively, after its release.
The album sold over a million copies in the United Kingdom and over three million in the US.[ 19] In the US, the album sold 626,000 copies in 2010 and 1,282,000 in 2011.[ 20] [ 21] As of May 2015, it has sold over 3.2 million copies in the US.[ 22] It was the second debut album (after The Fame by Lady Gaga ) to sell 1 million digital copies with 1,656,000 million copies sold.[ 23]
All tracks are written by Mumford & Sons.
Limited Deluxe Edition bonus track Title 13. "Hold on to What You Believe" 4:06
Marcus Mumford – vocals, guitar, drums, mandolin
Winston Marshall (Country Winston) – vocals, banjo , electric banjo , electric guitar, bass guitar
Ben Lovett – vocals, keyboards, organ, accordion
Ted Dwane – vocals, double bass, bass guitar, drums
Nick Etwell – trumpet, flugelhorn
Pete Beachill – trombone
Nell Catchpole – violin, viola
Christopher Allan – cello
Markus Dravs – production, "a nail and a piano string"
Tom Hobden – original string parts on track 5
François Chevallier – engineering
Samuel Navel – assistant engineering
Ruadhri Cushnan – mixing
Bob Ludwig – mastering
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