Hourglass
Studio album by
Dave Gahan
Released17 October 2007 (2007-10-17)
RecordedSpring 2007
Studio11th Floor (New York City)
Length48:38
LabelMute
Producer
  • Dave Gahan
  • Christian Eigner
  • Andrew Phillpott
Dave Gahan chronology
Paper Monsters
(2003) 		Hourglass
(2007) 		The Light the Dead See
(2012)
Singles from Hourglass
  1. "Kingdom"
    Released: 8 October 2007
  2. "Saw Something / Deeper and Deeper"
    Released: 14 January 2008

Hourglass is the second solo studio album by English vocalist Dave Gahan, released on 17 October 2007 by Mute Records. It received generally favourable reviews; most critics complimented its electronica sound, while some criticised it for sounding too similar to Gahan's group Depeche Mode.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic64/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The A.V. ClubB−[4]
BBCPositive[5]
The Guardian[6]
musicOMH[7]
Now2/5[8]
Pitchfork5.7/10[9]
PopMatters6/10[10]
Rolling Stone[11]
Uncut[12]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 64, based on 18 critical reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews."[2]

Ben Hogwood of musicOMH wrote, "Gahan, it seems, is progressing into a well-rounded, mature songwriter who plays to all his strengths, and in particular the cracked voice, and its ability to move from a confidential whisper to a rabble-rousing bellow. These songs show him in a newly redemptive prime and will satisfy both short and long term devotees".[13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dave Gahan, Christian Eigner and Andrew Phillpott.

  1. "Saw Something" – 5:14
  2. "Kingdom" – 4:34
  3. "Deeper and Deeper" – 4:34
  4. "21 Days" – 4:35
  5. "Miracles" – 4:38
  6. "Use You" – 4:48
  7. "Insoluble" – 4:57
  8. "Endless" – 5:47
  9. "A Little Lie" – 4:53
  10. "Down" – 4:34

Bonus tracks

All bonus tracks appear on the iTunes edition of Hourglass.

  2. "Kingdom" (Digitalism Remix) – 5:36
  3. "Use You" (K10K Remix) – 6:03
  4. "Deeper and Deeper" (SHRUBBN!! Dub) – 4:43

DVD

  1. "Hourglass – A Short Film" – 17:52
  2. "Kingdom" (promotional video) – 4:33
  3. "Hourglass – The Studio Sessions" – 20:03
    1. "Saw Something"
    2. "Miracles"
    3. "Kingdom"
    4. "A Little Lie"
  4. "Endless from Hourglass. The Studio Sessions" – 3:44

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Hourglass.[14]

Musicians

Technical

Artwork

Charts

Chart performance for Hourglass
Chart (2007) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15] 15
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 50
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] 6
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[18] 9
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[19] 16
French Albums (SNEP)[20] 18
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[21] 2
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[22] 11
Irish Albums (IRMA)[23] 73
Italian Albums (FIMI)[24] 8
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[25] 7
Scottish Albums (OCC)[26] 85
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[27] 18
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[28] 24
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[29] 5
UK Albums (OCC)[30] 50
US Billboard 200[31] 120
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[32] 1

Certifications and sales

Certifications for Hourglass
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)[33] Gold 10,000*
Russia (NFPF)[34] Gold 10,000*
United States — 8,000[35]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for Hourglass
Region Date Format Edition Label Cat. no. Ref.
Japan 17 October 2007 CD Standard Toshiba EMI TOCP-66717 [36]
Europe 22 October 2007 Mute CDSTUMM288 [37]
LP + CD STUMM288
CD + DVD Limited LCDSTUMM288
North America 23 October 2007 CD Standard Virgin 5099950872121
LP + CD 5099950872213
CD + DVD Limited 5099950872329

Notes

  1. ^ Mixed at Chung King Studios (New York City)
  2. ^ Mastered at Marcussen Mastering (Hollywood, California)

References

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  11. ^ Rolling Stone review Archived 14 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Uncut review Archived 5 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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  14. ^ Hourglass (liner notes). Dave Gahan. Mute Records. 1998. CDSTUMM288.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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