Life in Slow Motion

Life in Slow Motion
Studio album by
David Gray
Released12 September 2005 (2005-09-12)
RecordedJune 2004–June 2005
GenreFolk rock
Length44:31
Label
Producer
David Gray chronology
A New Day at Midnight
(2002) 		Life in Slow Motion
(2005) 		Shine: The Best of the Early Years
(2007)
Singles from Life in Slow Motion
  1. "The One I Love"
    Released: 29 August 2005
  2. "Hospital Food"
    Released: 28 November 2005
  3. "Alibi"
    Released: 27 March 2006
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic69/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Music Box[3]
PopMatters6/10[4]
Slant Magazine[5]

Life in Slow Motion is the seventh studio album by English singer-songwriter David Gray, released on 12 September 2005 in Europe and on the following day in the United States. Following a muted response to his previous album, A New Day at Midnight, the album was seen by some as a return to the form that brought Gray international acclaim with White Ladder; it was also the last album recorded with longtime collaborator Craig McClune.

Gray cited Sigur Rós, Sparklehorse, Lucinda Williams, Björk and Mercury Rev as inspirations for the album. The album was Gray's first to use a cello player.[6] The original choice to produce was Daniel Lanois, but he was booked, so Gray ended up using Marius de Vries, who'd produced Gray's hit single "Sail Away."[7]

The three singles from the album were "The One I Love", "Hospital Food", and "Alibi". The album was also released on DualDisc format, which included a documentary of the making of the album, a photo gallery, and complete lyrics on the DVD side of the disc.[8]

The non-DualDisc CD of the album was one of many titles released with the infamous MediaMax CD-3 copyright protection system.

  1. ^ "Reviews for Life in Slow Motion by David Gray". Metacritic. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  2. ^ Thomas, Stephen (13 September 2005). "AllMusic review". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  3. ^ John Metzger. "Music Box review". Musicbox-online.com. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  4. ^ Schiller, Mike. "PopMatters review". PopMatters. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Slant Magazine review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Varsity.co.nz – THE INTERVIEW: David Gray". Varsity.co.nz. 28 October 2008. Archived from the original on 28 October 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  7. ^ Jane Stevenson. "CANOE – JAM! Music – Artists – Gray, David : Exclusive interview with David Gray". Jam.canoe.ca. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ^ "Life in Slow Motion: David Gray: Music". Amazon. Retrieved 28 February 2012.