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Sigh No More (Mumford & Sons album)

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.

Sigh No More
Studio album by
Mumford & Sons
Released2 October 2009
Recorded2008–2009
StudioEastcote Studios, London, UK
Length48:33
Label
ProducerMarkus Dravs
Mumford & Sons chronology
Love Your Ground
(2008)		 Sigh No More
(2009)		 Babel
(2012)
Singles from Sigh No More
  1. "Little Lion Man"
    Released: 11 August 2009
  2. "Winter Winds"
    Released: 6 December 2009
  3. "The Cave"
    Released: 26 February 2010
  4. "Roll Away Your Stone"
    Released: 3 June 2010

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]

Singles

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Reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.1/10[6]
Metacritic68/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar[8]
Clash8/10[9]
Consequence of SoundStarStarStarStar[10]
The GuardianStarStarStar[11]
NME7/10[12]
Pitchfork2.1/10[13]
QStarStarStarStar[14]
Rolling StoneStarStarStarHalf star[15]
Spin8/10[16]
UncutStarStarStar[17]

Critical reception

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Sigh No More received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on 18 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[7]

Commercial performance

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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]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Mumford & Sons (Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall, and Ted Dwane).

No.TitleLength
1."Sigh No More"3:27
2."The Cave"3:37
3."Winter Winds"3:39
4."Roll Away Your Stone"4:23
5."White Blank Page"4:14
6."I Gave You All"4:20
7."Little Lion Man"4:06
8."Timshel"2:53
9."Thistle & Weeds"4:49
10."Awake My Soul"4:15
11."Dust Bowl Dance"4:43
12."After the Storm"4:03
Limited deluxe edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Hold on to What You Believe" (B-side to "Winter Winds")4:06
Limited deluxe edition bonus disc (live at O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire)
No.TitleLength
1."Sigh No More"4:11
2."Winter Winds"3:48
3."Roll Away Your Stone"4:26
4."White Blank Page"4:13
5."I Gave You All"4:17
6."Awake My Soul"4:38
7."Little Lion Man"4:16
8."Thistle & Weeds"5:39
9."Timshel"3:22
10."The Cave"4:00
11."Dust Bowl Dance"5:31
12."Feel the Tide"3:41
  • Recorded live at Shepherd's Bush Empire on 14 March 2010.

Personnel

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Mumford & Sons

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Additional musicians

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  • 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

Technical

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  • François Chevallier – engineering
  • Samuel Navel – assistant engineering
  • Ruadhri Cushnan – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering

Charts

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Certifications and sales

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Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[71] 4× Platinum 280,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[72] Platinum 20,000*
Belgium (BRMA)[73] Platinum 30,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[74] 2× Platinum 395,000[75]
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[76] Platinum 20,000‡
Germany (BVMI)[77] 3× Gold 300,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[78] Gold 25,000‡
Netherlands (NVPI)[79] Gold 25,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[80] 5× Platinum 75,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[81] 6× Platinum 1,742,406[82]
United States (RIAA)[83] 3× Platinum 3,000,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[84] 2× Platinum 2,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Date Country Label Album version
2 October 2009[85] United Kingdom Island Records Standard
6 December 2010 Limited Deluxe
16 February 2010 Canada Glassnote Records Standard
United States
24 October 2011 Limited Deluxe

References

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