Euphoric Heartbreak

Euphoric Heartbreak
Studio album by
Glasvegas
Released4 April 2011 (2011-04-04)
Recorded2010–11; Santa Monica, California, US
GenreIndie rock[1]
Length49:44
LabelColumbia
ProducerFlood, James Allan
Glasvegas chronology
A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like a Kiss)
(2008) 		Euphoric Heartbreak
(2011) 		Later...When the TV Turns to Static
(2013)
Singles from Euphoric Heartbreak
  1. "Euphoria, Take My Hand"
    Released: 28 March 2011
  2. "Shine Like Stars"
    Released: 27 June 2011 (promo only)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic58/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
BBC Music(positive)[4]
Clash9/10[5]
The Daily Telegraph[6]
Drowned in Sound7/10[7]
The Evening Standard[8]
The Guardian[9]
NME9/10[10]
Pitchfork4.1/10[11]
The Scotsman[12]

Euphoric Heartbreak (stylised as EUPHORIC /// HEARTBREAK \\\) is the second studio album by Scottish rock group Glasvegas, which was released on 4 April 2011 by Columbia Records. It reached No. 10 in the UK and No. 1 in Sweden. The album was written, demoed and tracked by James Allan in a luxury beach house in Santa Monica, California before full production and final recording took place in London and Glasgow. The album was produced by Flood[13] and mixed by Claudius Mittendorfer. The song "The World is Yours" features on EA Sports' FIFA 12. As of July 2014, the album had sold 30,400 units in the UK, which is ten per cent of the sales of their platinum-selling debut album.[14]

  1. ^ Murray, Robin (9 September 2009). "Glasvegas Singer Missing". Clash. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Euphoric Heartbreak". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Euphoric Heartbreak – Glasvegas – Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  4. ^ Denney, Alex. "Review of Glasvegas – EUPHORIC /// HEARTBREAK \\\". BBC Music. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  5. ^ TC (4 April 2011). "Glasvegas – EUPHORIC /// HEARTBREAK \\\". Clash. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  6. ^ McCormick, Neil (1 April 2011). "Glasvegas: Euphoric Heartbreak, CD review". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  7. ^ Ashman, Neil (4 April 2011). "Album Review: Glasvegas – EUPHORIC /// HEARTBREAK \\\". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  8. ^ "CDs of the week: Kat B and Glasvegas". Evening Standard. London. Archived from the original on 6 April 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  9. ^ Hann, Michael (30 March 2011). "Glasvegas: Euphoric Heartbreak – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  10. ^ Chester, Tim (1 April 2011). "Album Review: Glasvegas – EUPHORIC /// HEARTBREAK (Columbia)". NME. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  11. ^ Cohen, Ian (11 April 2011). "Glasvegas: EUPHORIC /// HEARTBREAK \\\ Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  12. ^ "Album review: Glasvegas, Euphoric /// Heartbreak". The Scotsman. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  13. ^ "Glasvegas Ready With Second Album". Music Snobbery. 17 January 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  14. ^ Forde, Eamonn (9 July 2014). "From Robin Thicke to Mariah and Mick: five blockbuster albums that bombed". The Guardian.