Hourglass (Dave Gahan album)

Infobox Album
Name = Hourglass
Type = Studio
Artist = Dave Gahan


Released = start date|2007|10|22
Recorded = Spring 2007 at 11th Floor Studios, New York City
Genre = Industrial rock
Length =
Label = Mute - STUMM 288 Virgin - 50872
Producer = Dave Gahan, Andrew Phillpott, Christian Eigner
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:h9fuxzlhld0e link]
*BBC (Positive) [http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/nr25/ link]
*"The Guardian" Rating|4|5 [http://music.guardian.co.uk/rock/reviews/story/0,,2194060,00.html link]
*Pitchfork (5.7/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/46604-hourglass 10/25/07]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/16734535/review/16927790/hourglass?source=album_reviews_rssfeed link]
Last album = "Paper Monsters" (2003)
This album = "Hourglass" (2007)
Next album =
Misc = Singles
Name = Hourglass
Type = Studio
Single 1 = Kingdom
Single 1 date = October 8 2007
Single 2 = Saw Something / Deeper and Deeper
Single 2 date = January 14 2008

"Hourglass" is the second solo album by Depeche Mode's singer Dave Gahan. It was released by Mute Records on October 22 2007 in Europe, and received generally favorable reviews. Most critics complimented its electronica sound, while a minority criticized it for sounding too similar to Depeche Mode. [ [http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/gahandave/hourglass?q=dave%20gahan "Dave Gahan: Hourglass (2007): Reviews"] . Metacritic. Retrieved October 26 2007.] The album leaked onto file sharing websites in September 2007, despite the songs being protected by audiomarks. [ [http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=26145_0_2_0_C "Dave Gahan album gets torrent treatment and leaks all over the web"] . Side-Line.com. October 1 2007. Retrieved October 27 2007.]

Track listing

All tracks were written and composed by Dave Gahan, Andrew Phillpott and Christian Eigner.

#"Saw Something" – 5:14
#"Kingdom" – 4:34
#"Deeper and Deeper" – 4:34
#"21 Days" – 4:35
#"Miracles" – 4:38
#"Use You" – 4:48
#"Insoluble" – 4:57
#"Endless" – 5:47
#"A Little Lie" – 4:53
#"Down" – 4:34

Bonus tracks

All bonus tracks appear on the iTunes edition of "Hourglass".
#

"Kingdom" (Digitalism remix) – 5:36
#"Deeper and Deeper" (Shrubbn!! dub) – 4:43
#"Use You" (K10K remix) – 6:03

DVD

# "Hourglass - A Short Film" – 17:52
# "Kingdom" (promotional video) – 4:33
# "Hourglass - The Studio Sessions" – 20:03
## "Saw Something"
## "Miracles"
## "Kingdom"
## "A Little Lie"
# "Endless from Hourglass. The Studio Sessions" – 3:44

Personnel

The following people contributed to "Hourglass": [ [http://wm04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:h9fuxzlhld0e~T2 "Hourglass > Credits] . Allmusic. Retrieved October 26 2007.]

*Dave Gahan
*Andrew Phillpott
*Christian Eigner
*Tony Hoffer – guitar on "A Little Lie", engineering, mixing
*John Frusciante – guitar on "Saw Something"
*Graham Finn – bass on "Kingdom", guitar on 21 days
*Niko Stoessl – additional guitar and editing on "Kingdom" and "Use You", backing vocals on "Use You"
*Kevin Murphy – cello on "Saw Something"
*Karl Ritter – dobro on "Down"
*Jenni Muldaur – backing vocals on "Down"
*Kurt Uenala – engineering, editing
*Ryan Hewitt, Andy Marcinkowski – engineering
*Stephen Marcussen – mastering
*Anton Corbijn – photography, logo design

Formats

These are the formats of major album releases of "Hourglass".

Charts

References

External links

* [http://www.davegahan.com/ www.davegahan.com] – official website
* [http://secondsupper.com/Music/Reviews/Article.aspx?ArticleID=363 The Second Supper] Review of Hourglass