Hand Built by Robots

Infobox Album | Name = Hand Built by Robots
Type = Album
Artist = Newton Faulkner


Released = July 30 2007
Genre = Folk rock
Pop rock
Length = 43:41
Label = Ugly Truth Records
Producer = Mike Spencer/Andy McKim
Reviews =
*Insiders' Guides Rating|4|5 [http://www.insidersguides.net/musicguides/artists/NewtonFaulkner/HandBuiltByRobots.php Review]
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0bfexzy5ldse Review]
*IndieLondon Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Music-Review/newton-faulkner-hand-built-by-robots Review]
*Amazon.co.uk Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hand-Built-Robots-Newton-Faulkner/dp/B000QRI5R2 Review]
*Billboard (Critics' Choice) [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=782460&aid=1059522#review Review]
*The Guardian Rating|4|5 [http://music.guardian.co.uk/pop/reviews/story/0,,2125689,00.html Review]
*Play.com Rating|4.5|5 [http://cd.ciao.co.uk/Hand_Built_By_Robots_Newton_Faulkner__6707561 Review]
*ciao.co.uk Rating|5|5 [http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/3357918/Hand-Built-By-Robots/Product.html Review]
*entertainment.ie Rating|1|5 [http://entertainment.ie/album-review/Newton-Faulkner---Hand-Built-By-Robots/5165.htm Review]
*Gilde Magazine Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/53518/newton-faulkner.html?com=y Review]
*"Cosmos Gaming" [http://www.cosmosgaming.com/articles.php?id=1323&articletype=review Review] Singles
Name = Hand built by Robots
Type = studio
single 1 = I Need Something
single 2 = Dream Catch Me
single 3 = All I Got
single 4 = Teardrop
single 5 = I Need Something (re-release)
single 6 = Gone In The Morning "Hand Built by Robots" is the debut album by guitarist/singer/songwriter Newton Faulkner. The album charted at #3 in the UK due to the massive success of the top ten single "Dream Catch Me", and a lot of advertising. The album climbed to #1 on August 26 2007, on its fourth week in the charts. The album was soon after certified platinum. It reached #20 in the UK end of year chart, selling around 444,000 copies in the year 2007.

Four tracks on the album were co-written with former Longpigs vocalist Crispin Hunt and two were co-written by Adam Argyle, who is perhaps best-known for writing Next Best Superstar for Spice Girl Melanie C.

The album debuted on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart for the week beginning Monday, March 17, 2008 at #26. It ascended 15 places the next week to #11, and the following week ascended another 3 places to #8. It rose another 3 spots to #5 the week after. [ [http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1G50 Top 50 Albums Chart] "Australian Record Industry Association", March 24 2008, Retrieved March 24, 2008] It has since been certified Gold on the ARIA charts.

The album was released in Germany on April 18 2008, and in the United States and Canada on April 29 2008, with the first single being Dream Catch Me. [ [http://news.jamradio.org/newton-faulkner-at-bonnaroo-2008.php Newton Faulkner Album Preview and Tour Dates] , "news.jamradio.org" March 24 2008, Retrieved March 24 2008]

According to Faulkner's Myspace page, his new UK single will be the track "Gone In The Morning". Gone In The Morning will be his 5th and final single of the album Hand Built By Robots.

Track listing

"All tracks written by Newton Faulkner, unless stated."

#"Intro" – 0:34
#"To the Light" – 2:40
#"I Need Something" – 2.57
#"All I Got" (Newton Faulkner/Crispin Hunt) – 3.21
#"Dream Catch Me" (Crispin Hunt/Newton Faulkner/Gordon Mills) – 3.56
#"Feels Like Home" – 3:12
#"Teardrop" (Originally by Massive Attack: Robert Del Naja/Grantley Marshall/Andrew Vowles/Elizabeth Fraser) – 3:09
#"Gone in the Morning" (Newton Faulkner/Toby Faulkner) – 2:21
#"Sitar-y Thing" – 1:19
#"Uncomfortably Slow" (Newton Faulkner/Adam Argyle) – 3:28
#"Straight Towards the Sun" (Newton Faulkner/Crispin Hunt) – 3:39
#"People Should Smile More" (Newton Faulkner/Adam Argyle/Crispin Hunt) – 3:29
#"She's Got the Time" (Newton Faulkner/Toby Faulkner) – 1:20
#"U.F.O" (Newton Faulkner/Toby Faulkner) – 2:36
#"Face (Her)" – 0:39
#"Ageing Superhero" – 3:22
#"Lullaby" – 1:37
#"Full Fat" – 2:50 (Exclusive to iTunes)

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