Comfort in Sound is the fourth studio album by Welsh rock band Feeder, released on 21 October 2002 and also the first to be released by the band after the suicide of drummer Jon Lee earlier in the year. The album was recorded at RAK Studios in London during most of 2002, and was produced by Gil Norton.
The band returned to live performance after Lee's suicide, playing low-key slots at various festivals in the United Kingdom, before releasing the single "Come Back Around" and then the album. Three further singles—"Just the Way I'm Feeling", "Forget About Tomorrow" and "Find the Colour"—followed the album's release. The album received positive reviews from the music press and was received well by the public, reaching number six on the UK Albums Chart. Although charting one place lower than predecessor Echo Park, Comfort in Sound had a much stronger chart run of 36 weeks on the weekly top 75 album chart, in comparison to the nine weeks of Echo Park. It is also one of the most successful albums of all time to be released in the United Kingdom as an independent album, spending a total of 121 non-consecutive weeks in the Top 50 of the U.K. Independent Albums Chart, with 47 of those also non-consecutive spent in the top 10. The album spent two weeks at No.1 on this listing.
Comfort in Sound is seen as a major commercial success, selling 506,127 units in the United Kingdom and giving the band their second top ten single, "Just the Way I'm Feeling". Inside the inlay, there were also a number of illustrations by Aya Takano, including a picture per song for four of these only, each with a lyrical extract. The first three of these were released as singles from the album, all in their order of appearance in the booklet, which led to beliefs that the fourth song "Comfort in Sound", would be the fourth single, only for "Find the Colour" to be released in its place instead.
In late 2016, Comfort in Sound was played in full on Kerrang! Radio, as part of a classic albums series. Later on in February 2017, the album was inducted into Virgin Radio's "Classic Albums Vault".[1]
The album was given a low-key promotional build up due to the death of drummer Jon Lee. Before the album's release, the band played a warm-up show at the PortsmouthWedgewood rooms prior to performing at the Reading and Leeds festivals and at the Gig on the Green. Kerrang! magazine gave a rating of 5/5 (KKKKK), for the band's performance at Reading. Part of the band's appearance on the main stage at the 2003 Glastonbury Festival was featured on BBC Three and the full set was broadcast on BBC Radio 1 later in the year. The band went on to play an arena tour at the end of the year, with high ticket sales and selling out at the Bournemouth International Centre.
Lead single "Come Back Around" had its first airplay on BBC Radio 1's "The Evening Session" show, and was A-listed by the station. The song was originally recorded as an instrumental demo in 2001, with the lyrics shortly written afterwards. After Lee's suicide, Grant Nicholas re-wrote the lyrics to relate to their friend and colleague's death: when the final version was recorded with Mark Richardson on drums. A completely instrumental version of the album was issued to television and radio media.
The album was well received by critics and was a commercial success. It initially entered the charts at #6 before dropping out of the top 75 after only four weeks. It charted at #178 on the 2002 year-end charts, selling just under 100,000 units. In 2003, the release of "Just the Way I'm Feeling" sent the album back to #13 and helped it to #66 in the 2003 end of year charts. The album re-entered the album charts in early 2005: in total, it spent 36 weeks in the top 75. As of October 2016, it has sold over 506,000 copies.[10]
"Just the Way I'm Feeling" gained over 15,000 UK radio plays and charted at #10 on the UK singles chart, with follow-up single "Come Back Around" reaching #14.
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Comfort in Sound is the fourth studio album by Welsh rock band Feeder released on 21 October 2002 and also the first to be released by the band after the suicide of drummer Jon Lee earlier in the year The album was recorded at RAK Studios in London during most of 2002 and was produced by Gil Norton Comfort in SoundStudio album by FeederReleased21 October 2002Recorded2002GenreAlternative rock post grunge post BritpopLength48 04LabelEchoProducerGil Norton Grant NicholasFeeder chronologyEcho Park 2001 Comfort in Sound 2002 Picture of Perfect Youth 2004 Singles from Comfort in Sound Come Back Around Released 30 September 2002 Just the Way I m Feeling Released 13 January 2003 Forget About Tomorrow Released 5 May 2003 Find the Colour Released 22 September 2003 Comfort in Sound Released 6 December 2003 The band returned to live performance after Lee s suicide playing low key slots at various festivals in the United Kingdom before releasing the single Come Back Around and then the album Three further singles Just the Way I m Feeling Forget About Tomorrow and Find the Colour followed the album s release The album received positive reviews from the music press and was received well by the public reaching number six on the UK Albums Chart Although charting one place lower than predecessor Echo Park Comfort in Sound had a much stronger chart run of 36 weeks on the weekly top 75 album chart in comparison to the nine weeks of Echo Park It is also one of the most successful albums of all time to be released in the United Kingdom as an independent album spending a total of 121 non consecutive weeks in the Top 50 of the U K Independent Albums Chart with 47 of those also non consecutive spent in the top 10 The album spent two weeks at No 1 on this listing Comfort in Sound is seen as a major commercial success selling 506 127 units in the United Kingdom and giving the band their second top ten single Just the Way I m Feeling Inside the inlay there were also a number of illustrations by Aya Takano including a picture per song for four of these only each with a lyrical extract The first three of these were released as singles from the album all in their order of appearance in the booklet which led to beliefs that the fourth song Comfort in Sound would be the fourth single only for Find the Colour to be released in its place instead In late 2016 Comfort in Sound was played in full on Kerrang Radio as part of a classic albums series Later on in February 2017 the album was inducted into Virgin Radio s Classic Albums Vault 1 Contents 1 Release 2 Reception 2 1 Accolades 2 2 Award nomination 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 Charts 5 1 Weekly charts 5 2 Year end charts 6 ReferencesRelease editThe album was given a low key promotional build up due to the death of drummer Jon Lee Before the album s release the band played a warm up show at the Portsmouth Wedgewood rooms prior to performing at the Reading and Leeds festivals and at the Gig on the Green Kerrang magazine gave a rating of 5 5 KKKKK for the band s performance at Reading Part of the band s appearance on the main stage at the 2003 Glastonbury Festival was featured on BBC Three and the full set was broadcast on BBC Radio 1 later in the year The band went on to play an arena tour at the end of the year with high ticket sales and selling out at the Bournemouth International Centre Lead single Come Back Around had its first airplay on BBC Radio 1 s The Evening Session show and was A listed by the station The song was originally recorded as an instrumental demo in 2001 with the lyrics shortly written afterwards After Lee s suicide Grant Nicholas re wrote the lyrics to relate to their friend and colleague s death when the final version was recorded with Mark Richardson on drums A completely instrumental version of the album was issued to television and radio media Reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2 BBC Manchester9 10 3 Contactmusic positive 4 Entertainment Ireland nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 5 The Guardian nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 6 iAfrica com nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 7 Music Scene nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 8 RockzoneB 9 The album was well received by critics and was a commercial success It initially entered the charts at 6 before dropping out of the top 75 after only four weeks It charted at 178 on the 2002 year end charts selling just under 100 000 units In 2003 the release of Just the Way I m Feeling sent the album back to 13 and helped it to 66 in the 2003 end of year charts The album re entered the album charts in early 2005 in total it spent 36 weeks in the top 75 As of October 2016 it has sold over 506 000 copies 10 Just the Way I m Feeling gained over 15 000 UK radio plays and charted at 10 on the UK singles chart with follow up single Come Back Around reaching 14 Accolades edit 5 in Rocksound s 2002 albums list 11 37 in Q magazine s 2002 albums list 12 27 in Planet Sound s 2002 albums list incorrectly listed as Come Back Around 13 32 in Kerrang magazine s Top 100 British Rock Albums of All Time 14 Rock Sound Album of the Month 15 Kerrang Album of the Week 15 Metal Hammer Album of the Month 15 The Times Album of the Week 15 Virgin Radio Classic Albums Vault inductee February 2017 Award nomination edit Best Album at the 2003 Q Magazine Awards 16 Track listing editAll tracks are written by Grant NicholasNo TitleLength1 Just the Way I m Feeling 4 222 Come Back Around 3 133 Helium 3 154 Child in You 3 275 Comfort in Sound 3 466 Forget About Tomorrow 3 517 Summer s Gone 4 498 Godzilla 2 059 Quick Fade 4 2410 Find the Colour omitted from first pressings of European release 3 5711 Love Pollution 4 1312 Moonshine 6 49 Asian bonus tracksNo TitleLength13 Opaque 3 5914 Emily 4 42Personnel editFeeder Grant Nicholas vocals guitars keyboards production additional arrangements Taka Hirose bass Mark Richardson drums percussion Additional musicians Audrey Riley string arrangements Enrico Tomasso trumpet on Helium Charles Gillingham accordion on Quick Fade Matt Page piano Production Gil Norton production additional arrangements Adrian Bushby engineering mixing Matt Sime engineering programming Feeder mixing John Dunne programming Bob Ludwig mastering Aya Takano artworkCharts editWeekly charts edit Chart 2002 Peakposition Irish Albums IRMA 17 27 Scottish Albums OCC 18 4 UK Albums OCC 19 6 Year end charts edit Chart 2002 Position UK Albums OCC 20 178 Chart 2003 Position UK Albums OCC 21 66References edit Vote Comfort in Sound into the Virgin Classic Vault feeder rocks and Virgin Radio UK Twitter handle Retrieved 16 February 2017 Comfort in Sound at AllMusic BBC review Feeder Comfort In Sound Album Contactmusic com 22 October 2002 Feeder Comfort In Sound Review by Andrew Lynch entertainment ireland Music CD Reviews 25 August 2007 Archived from the original on 25 August 2007 Retrieved 4 June 2017 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link CD Feeder Comfort in Sound the Guardian 25 October 2002 writersclub iafrica com nils vd linden music reviews Feeder Comfort in Sound 18 October 2006 Archived from the original on 18 October 2006 Retrieved 4 June 2017 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Music Scene review Archived from the original on 20 July 2011 Retrieved 7 February 2007 Rockzone review Archived from the original on 25 October 2006 Retrieved 7 February 2007 Jones Alan 14 October 2016 Official Charts Analysis Green Day claim top spot with Revolution Radio Music Week Intent Media Retrieved 27 November 2016 Rock Sound End of Year Lists 1999 2006 list Rocklist net Retrieved 26 April 2021 Q Magazine s albums of 2002 list q4music com Retrieved 7 February 2007 Planet Sound s Magazine s albums of 2002 list oocities com jfences Archived from the original on 26 January 2008 Retrieved 7 February 2007 Kerrang top 100 British rock albums 19th February 2005 Rocklist net Retrieved 7 February 2007 a b c d Comfort In Sound album sticker Feeder Anorak fansite Archived from the original on 30 June 2007 Retrieved 2007 02 08 Q Awards 2003 nominations report Radio Telefis Eireann RTE Entertainment article 25th September 2003 Retrieved 12 February 2007 dead link Irish charts com Discography Feeder Hung Medien Retrieved 2 December 2021 Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved 2 December 2021 Official Albums Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved 2 December 2021 UK Year End Charts 2002 PDF UKChartsPlus Retrieved 2 December 2021 End of Year Album Chart Top 100 2003 Official Charts Company Retrieved 2 December 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Comfort in Sound amp oldid 1192463079, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
