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Here Be Monsters
Studio album by
Ed Harcourt
Released25 June 2001
StudioRidge Farm Studios, Capel, Surrey, England
GenreBritish rock
Length52:08
LabelHeavenly
ProducerTim Holmes, Gil Norton, Ed Harcourt
Ed Harcourt chronology
Maplewood EP
(2000) 		Here Be Monsters
(2001) 		From Every Sphere
(2003)
Singles from Here Be Monsters
  1. "Something in My Eye"
    Released: 11 June 2001
  2. "She Fell Into My Arms"
    Released: 10 September 2001
  3. "Apple of My Eye"
    Released: 21 January 2002
  4. "Shanghai"
    Released: 8 April 2002 (promo only)

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]

Singles

In the UK, there were four singles released:

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Alternative Press8/10[4]
Drowned in Sound9/10[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[6]
The Guardian[7]
NME8/10[8]
Pitchfork4.0/10[9]
Uncut[10]

Q listed Here Be Monsters as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.[11]

Track listing

  1. "Something in My Eye" – 3:41
  2. "God Protect Your Soul" – 5:27
  3. "She Fell into My Arms" – 3:49
  4. "Those Crimson Tears" – 5:09
  5. "Hanging With the Wrong Crowd" – 3:41
  6. "Apple of My Eye" – 4:04
  7. "Beneath the Heart of Darkness" – 7:19
  8. "Wind Through the Trees" – 6:45
  9. "Birds Fly Backwards" – 3:30
  10. "Shanghai" – 3:49
  11. "Like Only Lovers Can" – 4:54

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "ED HARCOURT- singles Chart History". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  2. ^ "ED HARCOURT - album Chart History". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  3. ^ Joseph, Mark. "Here Be Monsters – Ed Harcourt". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Ed Harcourt: Here Be Monsters". Alternative Press (166): 86–87. May 2002.
  5. ^ Adams, Sean (8 June 2001). "Album Review: Ed Harcourt – Here Be Monsters". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Ed Harcourt: Here Be Monsters". Entertainment Weekly: 71–72. 29 March 2002.
  7. ^ Clarke, Betty (22 June 2001). "Monster magic". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  8. ^ Naylor, Tony (20 June 2001). "Harcourt, Ed : Here Be Monsters". NME. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  9. ^ Carr, Eric (30 May 2002). "Ed Harcourt: Here Be Monsters". Pitchfork. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Ed Harcourt: Here Be Monsters". Uncut (51): 86. August 2001.
  11. ^ "The Best 50 Albums of 2001". Q. December 2001. pp. 60–65.
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