Here Be Monsters (Ed Harcourt album)
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| Here Be Monsters | ||||
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| Released | 25 June 2001 | |||
| Studio | Ridge Farm Studios, Capel, Surrey, England | |||
| Genre | British rock | |||
| Length | 52:08 | |||
| Label | Heavenly | |||
| Producer | Tim Holmes, Gil Norton, Ed Harcourt | |||
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| Singles from Here Be Monsters | ||||
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Here Be Monsters is the debut album by Ed Harcourt, released in 2001. It was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2001. Tim Holmes, one-half of British dance music duo Death In Vegas, co-produced the album. The singles "Something in My Eye" and "Apple of My Eye" charted in the UK.[1] The album reached 84 in the UK album chart.[2]
In the UK, there were four singles released:
- "Something in My Eye" (11 June 2001); CD, 7" vinyl
- B-sides: "T Bone Tombstone" / "Here Be Monsters"
- "She Fell Into My Arms" (10 September 2001); CD, 7" vinyl
- B-sides: "I've Become Misguided" (new version) / "When Americans Come to London"
- "Apple of My Eye" (21 January 2002); CD1, CD2, cassette
- B-sides: "Alligator Boy" / "Weary and Bleary Eyed" / "Last of the Troubadors" / "Little Silver Bullet" / "Apple of My Eye" (video)
- "Shanghai" (8 April 2002) (This single was canceled and released as a promo single only.)
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Alternative Press | 8/10[4] |
| Drowned in Sound | 9/10[5] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[6] |
| The Guardian | [7] |
| NME | 8/10[8] |
| Pitchfork | 4.0/10[9] |
| Uncut | [10] |
Q listed Here Be Monsters as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.[11]
