Love Is Here

Love Is Here is the debut studio album by indie rock band Starsailor, released on 8 October 2001. In 2002, Love Is Here was certified as platinum in the UK.[1]

Love Is Here
Studio album by Starsailor
Released	8 October 2001
Genre	Indie rock piano rock indie pop post-Britpop
Length	57:19
Label	Chrysalis EMI
Producer	Mark Aubrey Steve Osborne Starsailor
Starsailor chronology
Love Is Here (2001) Silence Is Easy (2003)
Singles from Love Is Here
"Fever" Released: 5 February 2001 "Good Souls" Released: 23 April 2001 "Alcoholic" Released: 17 September 2001 "Lullaby" Released: 10 December 2001 "Poor Misguided Fool" Released: 18 March 2002

The song "Way to Fall" is played during the ending credits of the 2004 video game Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Director Hideo Kojima hand-picked the song for the game's soundtrack, apparently having discovered the group by accident while looking for another group.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Alternative Press	8/10[5]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[6]
The Guardian	[7]
NME	8/10[8]
Pitchfork	5.7/10[9]
Q	[10]
Rolling Stone	[11]
Slant Magazine	[12]
Uncut	[13]

Upon its release, Love Is Here received critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews and ratings from mainstream critics, the album received a score of 72, based on 19 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3] The album sold 58,424 copies on its opening week of release, charting at No.2 in the UK album charts.

Q listed Love Is Here as one of the best 50 albums of 2001,[14] while NME rated it as the fifth best album of the year.[15]

Track listing

All songs written by Ben Byrne, James Stelfox, James Walsh and Barry Westhead.

1. "Tie Up My Hands" – 5:46
2. "Poor Misguided Fool" – 3:51
3. "Alcoholic" – 2:56
4. "Lullaby" – 4:13
5. "Way to Fall" – 4:30
6. "Fever" – 4:03
7. "She Just Wept" – 4:12
8. "Talk Her Down" – 4:11
9. "Love Is Here" – 4:41
10. "Good Souls" – 4:53
11. "Coming Down" – 14:30 (song ends at 3:07)

The album also includes a hidden track at 13:35 of the track "Coming Down", consisting of under a minute of humming from the band members. The humming is an alternate take of background accompaniment for the song "Coming Down.

Personnel

• Ben Byrne – drums
• James "Stel" Stelfox – bass guitar
• James Walsh – vocals, guitar
• Barry Westhead – keyboards

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2001) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[16] 68 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[17] 25 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[18] 42 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[19] 12 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[20] 68 French Albums (SNEP)[21] 78 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[22] 26 Irish Albums (IRMA)[23] 4 Italian Albums (FIMI)[24] 20 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[25] 37 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[26] 23 Scottish Albums (OCC)[27] 2 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[28] 42 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[29] 72 UK Albums (OCC)[30] 2 US Billboard 200[31] 129

Year-end charts Chart (2001) Position UK Albums (OCC)[32] 77 Chart (2002) Position UK Albums (OCC)[33] 81

Certification

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[34]	Platinum	300,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Starsailor Awards :: Music - For Your Information :: Starsailor Awards @ Mfyi.com
2. Kojima, Hideo (September 25, 2005). "Hideoblog". Konami Japan. Archived from the original on October 24, 2005. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
3. "Reviews for Love Is Here by Starsailor". Metacritic. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
4. Wilson, MacKenzie. "Love Is Here – Starsailor". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
5. "Starsailor: Love Is Here". Alternative Press (163): 80. February 2002.
6. Browne, David (18 January 2002). "Love Is Here". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
7. Aizlewood, John (5 October 2001). "Starsailor: Love Is Here (Chrysalis)". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
8. Segal, Victoria (2 October 2001). "Starsailor : Love Is Here". NME. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
9. Dare, Christopher (21 January 2002). "Starsailor: Love Is Here". Pitchfork. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
10. "Starsailor: Love Is Here". Q (183). November 2001.
11. Eliscu, Jenny (17 January 2002). "Starsailor: Love Is Here". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
12. Cinquemani, Sal (31 December 2002). "Starsailor: Love Is Here". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
13. "Starsailor: Love Is Here". Uncut (54): 112. November 2001.
14. "The Best 50 Albums of 2001". Q (184). December 2001. pp. 60–65.
15. "Albums and Tracks of the Year for 2001". NME. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
16. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
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30. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
31. "Starsailor Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
32. "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2001". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
33. "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2002". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
34. "British album certifications – Starsailor – Love Is Here". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 28 August 2020. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Love Is Here in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.