Sigh No More (Mumford & Sons album)

Sigh No More
Studio album by Mumford & Sons
Released 2 October 2009
Recorded 2008–2009
Studio Eastcote Studios, London, UK
Genre
Length 48:33
Label Island, Glassnote
Producer Markus Dravs
Mumford & Sons chronology
Love Your Ground
(2008)Love Your Ground2008		 Sigh No More
(2009)		 Babel
(2012)Babel2012
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

Sigh No More is the debut studio album by London-based rock quartet 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 Shepherds 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]

The album's title is taken from a line in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and several other lines from the play appear in the title track's lyrics.

The vinyl LP version of the record was pressed by United Record Pressing in Nashville, Tennessee.

Singles

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
Clash(8/10)[8]
Drowned in Sound(5/10)[9]
The Guardian[10]
musicOMH[11]
NOW[12]
NME(7/10)[13]
PopMatters[14]
Pitchfork(2.1/10.0)[15]
Spin(8/10)[16]

Upon release, the album received mixed reviews from multiple sources. On the review aggregate site Metacritic, the album has a score of 68 out of 100, indicating "generally favourable reviews".[17]

Commercial performance

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 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

All tracks written by Mumford & Sons.

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

Personnel

Release history

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

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[65] 4× Platinum 280,000
Austria (IFPI)[66] Gold 10,000
Belgium (Ultratop)[67] Platinum 15,000
Canada (Music Canada)[68] 2× Platinum 160,000
Germany (BVMI)[69] 3× Gold 300,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[70] 2× Platinum 30,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[71] 5× Platinum 1,614,893[72]
United States (RIAA)[73] 3× Platinum 3,200,000
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[74] 2× Platinum 2,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

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