| The Night the Sun Came Up | ||||
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| Released | August 31, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2010–2011 | |||
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| Length | 43:45 | |||
| Label | Universal Republic | |||
| Producer | The Cataracs | |||
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The Night the Sun Came Up is the debut studio album by American recording artist Dev, released on September 2, 2011 by Universal Republic Records. Dev worked exclusively with American Electropop production duo The Cataracs and Alan De la Rosa, who helmed the production of the entire album along with co-writing songs with Dev. Production on the album took place mainly in January 2011 and continued into 2012 as the North American release date for the album was delayed from September 20, 2011 to January 10, 2012 as per Dev's request to add more songs to the album, with Amazon.com announcing that the North American release would be pushed back further to March 26, 2012.
The album received mixed to positive reviews, with critics commending the production of many of the songs while comparing the album to the electropop stylings of Ke$ha and Robyn. The Night the Sun Came Up is mainly an electropop and dance-pop album, which incorporates elements of several musical genres such as dubstep and urban. The themes of the album range from sex and partying to introspection, love and life, with the songs being mostly inspired by Dev's life over the past few years. In the United States, the album reached a peak of number sixty-one, selling 7,560 copies in its first week of release. It also peaked at number 136 on the UK Albums Chart.
The first two singles from The Night the Sun Came Up, "Bass Down Low" and "In the Dark", were both moderate international hits, with "Bass Down Low" peaking within the top ten of the UK Singles Chart. "In the Dark" was more successful in North America, peaking at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and at number thirteen on the Canadian Hot 100 in Canada. It charted in more commercial markets, reaching the summit of the IFPI chart in Slovakia.