2009 studio album by Mumford & Sons
Sigh No More is the debut studio album by British
folk rock band
Mumford & Sons . It was released on 2 October 2009 in the UK, and on 16 February 2010 in the United States and Canada. The album entered the
UK Albums Chart at No. 11 and peaked at No. 2 on 20 February 2011, in its 72nd week on the chart and following its
Album of the Year win at the
Brit Awards . In early 2011, the album peaked at No. 2 on the
Billboard 200 in the US.
In mid-2010, it was rated the year-to-date's 8th best record on NPR's All Songs Considered.
[1] On 20 July 2010, it was shortlisted for the
Mercury Prize , awarded annually for the best album in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
[2] On 6 December 2010, a deluxe edition was released. This included the original album, a live CD of the concert from the
O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire , and a DVD containing parts 1, 2 and 3 of the Gentlemen of the Road documentaries. On 15 February 2011, the album was awarded the Best British Album at the
BRIT Awards .
[3] In the United States, it was the 3rd most digitally downloaded album of 2011, selling 761,000 copies.
[4]
Singles
Critical reception
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On the review aggregate site
Metacritic , the album has a score of 68 out of 100, indicating "generally favourable reviews".
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Commercial performance
Sigh No More was a slow burner, reaching number one on the
Irish Albums Chart
[18] and number two on the
UK Albums Chart six months and sixteen months, respectively, after its release.
The album sold over a million copies in the United Kingdom and over three million in the US.
[19] In the US, the album sold 626,000 copies in 2010 and 1,282,000 in 2011.
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[21] As of May 2015, it has sold over 3.2 million copies in the US.
[22] It was the second debut album (after
The Fame by
Lady Gaga ) to sell 1 million digital copies with 1,656,000 million copies sold.
[23]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Mumford & Sons
Limited Deluxe Edition bonus track Title 13. "Hold on to What You Believe" 4:06
Personnel
Marcus Mumford – vocals, guitar, drums,
mandolin
Winston Marshall (Country Winston) – vocals,
banjo ,
electric banjo , electric guitar, bass guitar
Ben Lovett – vocals, keyboards, organ,
accordion
Ted Dwane – vocals, double bass, bass guitar, drums
Nick Etwell – trumpet,
flugelhorn
Pete Beachill –
trombone
Nell Catchpole – violin, viola
Christopher Allan – cello
Markus Dravs – production, "a nail and a piano string"
Tom Hobden – original string parts on track 5
François Chevallier – engineering
Samuel Navel – assistant engineering
Ruadhri Cushnan –
mixing
Bob Ludwig –
mastering
Release history
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
Certifications
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