A New Day at Midnight is the sixth studio album by British singer-songwriter David Gray, released on 28 October 2002 in the UK by East West Records and IHT Records and November 5, 2002 in the United States by the former RCA imprint ATO Records and iht as well. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 1 upon its opening week, and spent a total of 49 weeks on the chart.[3]
Two singles were released from A New Day at Midnight: "The Other Side" in December 2002, and "Be Mine" in April 2003. "Dead in the Water" was released as a promo-only single in November 2002.[4] Both singles failed to break into the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 35 and No. 23 respectively.[5] The album received critically mixed reviews,[6][7][8] but went on to be certified platinum four times.[9]
The album is dedicated to David Gray's father, Peter, who died of cancer in 2001, at the height of Gray's popularity.[10] A song titled "A New Day at Midnight", written about the birth of Gray's first daughter, Ivy, was written during the album's sessions but was not included on the album.[11]
All instrumentation by David Gray and Craig McClune
Tony Shanaghan – backing vocals on "Caroline", "Kangaroo" and "Easy Way to Cry"
Rob Malone – bass guitar on "Caroline", "Long Distance Call", "Freedom", "Last Boat to America", "Real Love", "Knowhere" and "Easy Way to Cry"
Tim Bradshaw – piano on "Real Love" and "Easy Way to Cry", Wurlitzer on "Long Distance Call", electric guitar on "Freedom", lap steel on "Last Boat to America", drone keys on "Knowhere", backwards synth on "December"
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A New Day at Midnight is the sixth studio album by British singer songwriter David Gray released on 28 October 2002 in the UK by East West Records and IHT Records and November 5 2002 in the United States by the former RCA imprint ATO Records and iht as well The album entered the UK Albums Chart at No 1 upon its opening week and spent a total of 49 weeks on the chart 3 A New Day at MidnightStudio album by David GrayReleased28 October 2002 2002 10 28 1 RecordedMarch July 2002GenreFolktronicaLength50 41Labeliht Distribution East West UK ATO US ProducerDavid Gray Iestyn Polson Craig McCluneDavid Gray chronologyThe EPs 1992 1994 2001 A New Day at Midnight 2002 Life in Slow Motion 2005 Singles from A New Day at Midnight The Other Side Released 9 December 2002 2 Be Mine Released 7 April 2003Two singles were released from A New Day at Midnight The Other Side in December 2002 and Be Mine in April 2003 Dead in the Water was released as a promo only single in November 2002 4 Both singles failed to break into the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart peaking at No 35 and No 23 respectively 5 The album received critically mixed reviews 6 7 8 but went on to be certified platinum four times 9 The album is dedicated to David Gray s father Peter who died of cancer in 2001 at the height of Gray s popularity 10 A song titled A New Day at Midnight written about the birth of Gray s first daughter Ivy was written during the album s sessions but was not included on the album 11 Professional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic71 100 12 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 13 The Guardian 14 Kludge8 10 15 The Music Box 16 NME 17 Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2 1 Musicians 2 2 Production 3 Charts 3 1 Weekly charts 3 2 Year end charts 4 Certifications 5 ReferencesTrack listing EditAll tracks are written by 50 41A New Day at Midnight track listingNo TitleWriter s Length1 Dead in the Water Gray3 072 Caroline Gray3 393 Long Distance Call Gray3 424 Freedom Gray6 485 Kangaroo Gray3 326 Last Boat to America Gray4 507 Real Love Gray McClune4 408 Knowhere Gray Malone3 559 December Gray3 3510 Be Mine Gray McClune4 2411 Easy Way to Cry Gray3 5312 The Other Side Gray4 31 Japan only bonus trackNo TitleWriter s Length13 Lorelei Gray3 20Personnel EditMusicians Edit All instrumentation by David Gray and Craig McClune Tony Shanaghan backing vocals on Caroline Kangaroo and Easy Way to Cry Rob Malone bass guitar on Caroline Long Distance Call Freedom Last Boat to America Real Love Knowhere and Easy Way to Cry Tim Bradshaw piano on Real Love and Easy Way to Cry Wurlitzer on Long Distance Call electric guitar on Freedom lap steel on Last Boat to America drone keys on Knowhere backwards synth on December B J Cole pedal steel on Caroline Wrecking Crew orchestra on Long Distance Call brass on Freedom string quartet on Easy Way to Cry Production Edit Produced by David Gray Iestyn Polson and Craig McClune Mixed by Fred Defaye and Simon Changer Recorded and programmed by Iestyn Polson Mastered by George Marino Compiled by Dave Turner and Gus ShawCharts EditWeekly charts Edit Weekly chart performance for A New Day at Midnight Chart 2002 PeakpositionAustralian Albums ARIA 18 22Dutch Albums Album Top 100 19 81French Albums SNEP 20 122German Albums Offizielle Top 100 21 61Irish Albums IRMA 22 1Italian Albums FIMI 23 37New Zealand Albums RMNZ 24 6Norwegian Albums VG lista 25 29Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 26 45Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 27 45UK Albums OCC 28 1US Billboard 200 29 17 Year end charts Edit 2002 year end chart performance for A New Day at Midnight Chart 2002 PositionCanadian Alternative Albums Nielsen SoundScan 30 92UK Albums OCC 31 132003 year end chart performance for A New Day at Midnight Chart 2003 PositionUK Albums OCC 32 45Certifications EditCertifications for A New Day at Midnight Region Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 33 Gold 35 000 Canada Music Canada 34 Gold 50 000 Ireland IRMA 35 6 Platinum 90 000 New Zealand RMNZ 36 Platinum 15 000 United Kingdom BPI 38 4 Platinum 1 213 117 37 United States RIAA 40 Gold 604 000 39 SummariesEurope IFPI 41 Platinum 1 000 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone References Edit https worldradiohistory com UK Music Week 2002 Music Week 2002 10 26 pdf Page 40 https worldradiohistory com UK Music Week 2002 Music Week 2002 12 07 pdf Page 20 David Gray A New Day at Midnight Official Charts Company Retrieved 24 March 2012 David Gray Dead in the Water CD at Discogs Discogs com Archived from the original on 8 November 2012 Retrieved 24 March 2012 David Gray Official Charts Company Retrieved 24 March 2012 NME Album Reviews Gray David A New Day at Midnight NME COM Web nme com 31 October 2002 Archived from the original on 25 February 2012 Retrieved 24 March 2012 David Gray A New Day at Midnight Album Review Music Critic com the source for music reviews interviews articles and news on the internet Music critic com 26 February 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