Engineers (Engineers album)

Engineers
Studio album by
Engineers
Released7 March 2005 (2005-03-07)
Recorded2004
Genre
Length49:31
LabelThe Echo Label
Producer
Engineers chronology
Folly EP
(2004) 		Engineers
(2005) 		Three Fact Fader
(2009)
Singles from Engineers
  1. "Forgiveness"
    Released: 21 February 2005
  2. "Home"
    Released: 13 June 2005
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Austin Chronicle[3]
Drowned in Sound8/10[4]
NME9/10[5]
Pitchfork Media7.2/10[6]
Playlouder(favourable)[7]
PopMatters9/10[8]
Q[9]
StylusB+[10]
Tiny Mix Tapes[11]

Engineers is the debut studio album of the British shoegaze band Engineers, released on 7 March 2005 by the Echo Label. Engineers was supported by the release of two singles, "Forgiveness" in February 2005 and "Home" in June 2005. The album was preceded by the mini-album Folly on 27 September 2004, which includes the album version of "Come in Out of the Rain" and the original mix of "Forgiveness".

The album was released to generally positive reviews; at Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a generally favourable score of 81, based on 18 reviews.[1]

In 2010, the song "Home" became the theme song for the HBO TV series Big Love.[12]

  1. ^ a b Engineers reviews at Metacritic.com
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Austin Chronicle review
  4. ^ "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2009.
  5. ^ NME review
  6. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  7. ^ "Playlouder review". Archived from the original on 4 February 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  8. ^ PopMatters review
  9. ^ Q Magazine review
  10. ^ Stylus review
  11. ^ Tiny Mix Tapes review
  12. ^ "BIG LOVE – Engineers MySpace blog". Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2010.