Glasvegas (album)

Glasvegas
Studio album by
Glasvegas
Released8 September 2008 (2008-09-08)
RecordedBrooklyn Recording Studios, New York, United States;
Glasgow, Scotland
GenreIndie rock, noise pop[1]
Length41:47
LabelColumbia
ProducerJames Allan, Rich Costey
Glasvegas chronology
Glasvegas
(2008) 		A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like a Kiss)
(2008)
Singles from Glasvegas
  1. "Geraldine"
    Released: 23 June 2008
  2. "Daddy's Gone"
    Released: 25 August 2008
  3. "Flowers & Football Tops"
    Released: 23 February 2009

Glasvegas is the debut studio album by the Scottish indie rock band Glasvegas, first released in the UK on 8 September 2008 by Columbia Records. The album was produced by lead singer James Allan and Rich Costey (Muse, Franz Ferdinand). The album sold 56,000 copies in its first week of release and reached number 2 on the UK Albums Chart.[2] The album was nominated for Best International Album at the 2008 Swedish Rockbjörnen awards, Best Album at the 2009 NME Awards and the 2009 Mercury Prize.[3][4][5] On 25 September 2009 the album was certified Platinum by the BPI, and it has sold over 300,000 copies in the UK.[6]

  1. ^ "Glasvegas Singer Missing". Clash. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Glasvegas: 'We bet on Metallica to get to Number One'". NME. 15 September 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2008.
  3. ^ "Swedish Awards Nominations". Glasvegas.net. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
  4. ^ "Rösta på Rockbjörnen här!" (in Swedish). Rockbjörnen. Retrieved 12 December 2008. NB: Select "Jag vill rösta på:" in "11: Årets utländska album".
  5. ^ Swash, Rosie (21 July 2009). "Mercury Prize 2009 Nominations Announced". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
  6. ^ Eamonn Forde (9 July 2014). "From Robin Thicke to Mariah and Mick: five blockbuster albums that bombed". The Guardian.