Английская Википедия:If You Wait

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If You Wait is the debut studio album by English indie pop band London Grammar, released on 6 September 2013 by Metal & Dust Recordings and Ministry of Sound. Seven singles were released from the album: "Metal & Dust", "Wasting My Young Years", "Strong", "Nightcall", "Hey Now", "Sights" and "If You Wait". The album debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 33,130 copies.

Background

After signing with Ministry of Sound and Big Life Management, the band began the first sessions of the album in early 2012 with Cam Blackwood. Later that year he was replaced by Tim Bran and Roy Kerr. Hannah Reid commented on the collaboration, saying, "Tim is amazing at recording, of finding the best way of recording a guitar or my vocal. Roy had the strongest relationship with Dot and they worked on production together."

The album's lyrics are mainly based upon vocalist Hannah Reid's personal life, in particular her troubled teenage years, prompting The Guardian to suggest that this was "the first quarter-life-crisis album."

Critical reception

Шаблон:Album ratings If You Wait received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 75, based on 19 reviews.

Andy Gill of The Independent summarised the album's production and instrumentation as "all beautifully sketched to evoke the crepuscular intimacies of the songs."

A large quantity of praise went to the vocal ability of Reid, whose husky contralto vocals have been described as "defining and soulful" by Clash magazine and "emotive" and "folky" by Drowned in Sound. Her voice has been compared to artists like Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine, Annie Lennox, and Julee Cruise. Benji Taylor of Pretty Much Amazing wrote a favourable review of the album, calling it "an enthralling, stunning, deeply emotive album that perfectly marries understated electronica to sublime vocals and melodies." Vocalist Hannah Reid's voice was particularly praised: "underscored by an enduring brittle beauty and an underlying otherworldliness, as if she honed her craft singing amidst the gardens of Lothlorien, or some far-flung corner of Westeros."

Commercial performance

If You Wait entered the UK Albums Chart at number two, selling 33,130 copies in its first week. As of June 2017, it had sold 642,301 copies in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the album debuted at number 91 on the Billboard 200 with 4,000 copies sold.

Track listing

All tracks produced by Tim Bran, Roy Kerr and London Grammar, except where noted.

Notes

• Шаблон:Sup signifies a co-producer

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of If You Wait.

London Grammar

• Hannah Reid
• Daniel Rothman
• Dot Major

Additional musicians

• Tim Bran – additional programming Шаблон:Small; additional keyboards Шаблон:Small
• Roy Kerr – additional programming
• Dot Major – additional programming Шаблон:Small
• Wil Malone – string arrangements, string conducting Шаблон:Small
• Tony Stanton – strings preparation Шаблон:Small
• City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra – strings Шаблон:Small

Technical

• Tim Bran – production
• Roy Kerr – production
• London Grammar – production
• Manon Grandjean – engineering
• Ben Siegal – engineering Шаблон:Small; vocal recording, piano recording Шаблон:Small
• Jan Holzner – string recording Шаблон:Small
• James Fitzpatrick – orchestra contractor Шаблон:Small
• Kevin "KD" Davis – mixing
• Tom Coyne – mastering

Artwork

• Mat Maitland – art direction
• Markus Karlsson – art direction
• Lee Kirby – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for If You Wait

Chart (2013–2015)	Peak position
Greek Albums (IFPI)	25
Irish Independent Albums (IRMA)	1

Year-end charts

2013 year-end chart performance for If You Wait

Chart (2013)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)	87
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)	182
French Albums (SNEP)	95
UK Albums (OCC)	33

2014 year-end chart performance for If You Wait

Chart (2014)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)	23
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)	9
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)	9
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)	55
French Albums (SNEP)	21
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)	27
UK Albums (OCC)	17

2015 year-end chart performance for If You Wait

Chart (2015)	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)	27
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)	48

2019 year-end chart performance for If You Wait

Chart (2019)	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)	189

2021 year-end chart performance for If You Wait

Chart (2021)	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)	189

Decade-end charts

Chart (2010–2019)	Position
UK Albums (OCC)	91

Release history

Release dates and formats for If You Wait

Region	Date	Format	Edition	Label	Шаблон:Abbr
Australia	6 September 2013	Шаблон:Hlist	Шаблон:Hlist	Dew Process
		LP	Standard
France	9 September 2013	CD		Because
United Kingdom		Шаблон:Hlist	Шаблон:Hlist	Шаблон:Hlist
		LP	Standard
United States	10 September 2013	Digital download		Columbia
Germany	11 October 2013		Deluxe	Шаблон:Hlist
	15 November 2013	CD	Шаблон:Hlist	Island
United States	25 March 2014		US standard	Columbia
		Digital download	US deluxe
	1 April 2014	LP	US standard
France	28 April 2014	LP + CD	Шаблон:Hlist	Because
Japan	18 June 2014	Шаблон:Hlist	Japan standard	Universal
France	24 November 2014	CD	Collector's	Because