Laugh (Terry Hall album)

Laugh
Studio album by
Terry Hall
Released6 October 1997
GenreAlternative rock
LabelSouthsea Bubble Company (UK), Victor/Telstar (Japan)
ProducerTerry Hall, Cenzo Townshend, Craig Gannon
Terry Hall chronology
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(1994) 		Laugh
(1997) 		The Hour of Two Lights
(2003)
Singles from Laugh
  1. "Ballad of a Landlord"
    Released: 2 June 1997
  2. "I Saw the Light"
    Released: 1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Record Collector[2]
Uncut[3]

Laugh is the second solo album by British singer-songwriter Terry Hall. It was released in 1997 on the Southsea Bubble Company label. Hall wrote the majority of the album with guitarist Craig Gannon and collaborated with several acclaimed musicians namely singer-songwriter Stephen Duffy, the High Llamas' bandleader Sean O'Hagan and most notably Damon Albarn of Blur, whom Hall had collaborated with on Hall's 1995 EP Rainbows. The album was produced by Hall with Gannon and Cenzo Townshend. It received good reviews when original released on CD in October 1997 and peaked at number fifty on the UK Albums Chart[4] and includes the singles "Ballad of a Landlord" and "I Saw the Light".

A special edition of the album was released in 2009 by Edsel record label. The new version featured all of the B-sides from the two singles along with liner notes by Rhoda Dakar.

  1. ^ Laugh (Review) at AllMusic. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  2. ^ Staunton, Terry. "Terry Hall Laugh (Review)"
  3. ^ Horkins, Tony (September 1997). "Terry Hall: Laugh". Uncut. No. 4. p. 83.
  4. ^ "Terry Hall / Artist / Official Charts". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 13 July 2014.