Sigh No More CD

MUSIC

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Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Sigh No More ~ Mumford & Sons

2. Cave, The ~ Mumford & Sons

3. Winter Winds ~ Mumford & Sons

4. Roll Away Your Stone ~ Mumford & Sons

5. White Blank Page ~ Mumford & Sons

6. I Gave You All ~ Mumford & Sons

7. Little Lion Man ~ Mumford & Sons

8. Timshel ~ Mumford & Sons

9. Thistle & Weeds ~ Mumford & Sons

10. Awake My Soul ~ Mumford & Sons

11. Dust Bowl Dance ~ Mumford & Sons

12. After the Storm ~ Mumford & Sons

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel: Duchess Nell Catchpole (violin, viola); Christopher Allan (cello); Nick Etwell (trumpet, flugelhorn); Pete Beachill (trombone).
	Audio Mixer: Ruadhri Cushnan.
	Recording information: Eastcote Studios, London.
	Photographer: Max Knight .
	Arranger: Mumford & Sons.
	English folk outfit Mumford & Sons' full-length debut owes more than a cursory nod to bands like the Waterboys, the Pogues, and the Men They Couldn't Hang. The group's heady blend of biblical imagery, pastoral introspection, and raucous, pub-soaked heartache may be earnest to a fault, but when the wildly imperfect Sigh No More is firing on all cylinders, as is the case with stand-out cuts like "The Cave," "Winter Winds," and "Little Lion Man," it's hard not to get swept up in the rapture. Like their London underground folk scene contemporaries Noah & the Whale, Johnny Flynn, and Laura Marling, Mumford & Sons' take on British folk is far from traditional. There's a deep vein of 21st century Americana that runs through the album, suggesting a healthy diet of Fleet Foxes, Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, Blitzen Trapper, and Marah. That melding of styles, along with some solid knob-twiddling from Arcade Fire/Coldplay producer Markus Dravs, helps to keep the record from completely sinking into the quicksand of its myriad slow numbers -- tracks like "I Gave You All," "Thistle & Weeds," and "After the Storm" are pretty and plain enough, but they neuter a band this spirited. Sigh No More is an impressive debut, but one that impresses more for its promise of the future than it does its wildly inconsistent place in the present. ~ James Christopher Monger
Producer: Markus Dravs
Engineer: Francois Chevallier

Artist Overview

There's a timelessness to the music of Mumford & Sons (call it indie bluegrass, but only for the sake of convenience). The British foursome converged in 2007, yet unfurl lolling, intricate melodies which seem transcribed from yon a century earlier when American country was just beginning to collide with folk, jazz, and the blues. Marcus Johnstone's unadorned vocals themselves, tortured and soulful, sound as if channeled from another dimension, as if captured by some surviving Lomax's tape recorder. That's not to say the band can't rock as hard as a Calexico or a Gomez at times. Add in a vibrant live show, and Mumford & Sons had stirred up a healthy fan following even before their first studio record.

Compilation Appearances

	2012 Grammy Nominees
	Brave (Osc)
	2013 Grammy Nominees
	Loveblood
	See My Friends

Technical Info

	Release Date : 02/16/2010
	Original Release Date : 2009
	Catalog ID : 00223
	Label : Gentlemen of the Road
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (p.74)
- 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Mumford's desperation, elevated in TNT dynamics, can be thrilling..."

Paste (magazine)
- "The unashamedly universal themes are matched by the group's booming sound and imagery that stretches out over space and time."

Clash (magazine)
- "Soul-stirring and for much of the time uplifting, the bangs of their banjo and euphoric bluegrass beats make this lot's trade seem untouchable..."

BloomReach Content

Sigh No More (2009)

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