Hallucinations (David Usher album)

Hallucinations is David Usher's third studio album. It was released on September 9, 2003 via EMI label. Two singles, "Time of our Lives" and "Surfacing" were released off the record. Hallucinations follows two other solo albums, Little Songs (1998) and Morning Orbit (2001), and precedes a fourth solo album, If God Had Curves (2005).[1] The album debuted at #6 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 6,300 copies in its first week.[2] It is Usher's highest position on that chart of his solo career.

Hallucinations
Studio album by
David Usher
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2003
Recordedat Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario
Length51:24
LabelEMI
ProducerDavid Usher, Jeff Pearce, Mark Makoway, Byron Wong, Iestyn Polsen
David Usher chronology
Morning Orbit
(2001)		 Hallucinations
(2003)		 If God Had Curves
(2005)

Track listing
  1. "Hallucinations"
  2. "I'm Coming Down"
  3. "Numb"
  4. "Time of our Lives"
  5. "Devil by my Side"
  6. "Message Home"
  7. "In This Light"
  8. "Surfacing"
  9. "Tomorrow Comes"
  10. "Tidal"
  11. "Fearless"
  12. "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" (Manic Street Preachers)
  13. "St. Lawrence River" (live)

Bonus Disk
  1. "In This Light" (rock version)
  2. "Butterfly" (live)
  3. "Forestfire" (live)

Review

I've gotta give David Usher props. Unlike his 90s-era Canuck alt-rock heartthrob peers - see Jordy Birch, Edwin, et al. - he's managed to overcome the curse/blessing of his former band's sound and notoriety to succeed as a solo artist. Usher's third release is packed with the same intense emotion and extravagant songwriting as his last disc, Morning Orbit, although there's no single that wows like Black Black Heart. Here he settles into the role of Sade for Generation Y's indie rock kidlets, crafting rock-inspired chill-out music for booty accompaniment. The standout is the stark, haunting cover of My Brilliant Beast's If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next.

—Now Magazine[3]

Singles

References
  1. "David Usher – Hallucinations". discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
  2. "Usher, Arden shake up charts". Archived from the original on October 5, 2003. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  3. LISS, SARAH (September 11, 2003). "DAVID USHER New and Notable Releases". nowtoronto.com.

Official website

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