Behind The Sun is Chicane

Chicane (recording artist)

Chicane is a British electronic dance music act, and the guise of British musician, composer, songwriter and record producer, Nicholas Bracegirdle....

's second album, released in August 2000 under Alex Gold's Xtravaganza Recordings in the UK

United Kingdom

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. In the United States, it was distributed by C2 Records

C2 Records

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, as part of a then newly-signed distribution deal between Xtravaganza and the now defunct imprint of Columbia Records

Columbia Records

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.

The album is described by Bracegirdle in the liner notes

Liner notes

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 as a reflection on "a year in the life of Chicane".

The lead single, "Saltwater" was released in 1999, and became a club hit, like Chicane's previous hit "Offshore". The song included new version of the vocals from Clannad's "Theme from Harry's Game

Theme from Harry's Game

"Theme from Harry's Game" or just "Harry's Game" is a BAFTA-nominated hit song by Irish group Clannad, written by Pól Brennan. It was released in 1982 and served as the main track from their album Magical Ring...

" provided by the original singer, Máire Brennan. Other singles included the dance hit, "Don't Give Up" (#1 in UK) with Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...

's vocals, "Autumn Tactics", "No Ordinary Morning" and "Halcyon". The collaboration with Adams followed a remix by Bracegirdle of one of Adams' songs.

Track listing

All songs written by Nick Bracegirdle in addition to those otherwise noted.

1. "Overture" – 3:46
2. "Low Sun" – 6:56
3. "No Ordinary Morning" (Bracegirdle, Ray Hedges, Martin Brannigan) – 5:08
   • Vocals: Tracy Ackerman
     Absolute (production team)
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4. "Saltwater
   Saltwater (Chicane song)
   "Saltwater" is a song by Chicane featuring the vocals of Irish singer Máire Brennan. The track uses parts of Clannad's 1982 hit "Theme From Harry's Game" with both re-recorded and newly-written lyrics....
   
   " (Original Mix) (Bracegirdle, Hedges, Pól Brennan
   Pól Brennan
   Pól Brennan is an Irish singer, songwriter and producer. He is the brother of Enya and Moya Brennan. He is a member of the family band Clannad, and co-wrote the hit song "Theme from Harry's Game". He left the group in 1990, but rejoined in 2011...
   
   , Ciarán Brennan
   Ciarán Brennan
   Ciarán Brennan is an Irish singer, songwriter, producer and instrumentalist from Gweedore, Co Donegal...
   
   ) – 10:03
   • Vocals: Máire Brennan
5. "Halcyon" – 9:01
6. "Autumn Tactics" (Bracegirdle, Hedges) – 4:53
   • Vocals by Justine Suissa
     Justine Suissa
     Justine Suissa is an English singer-songwriter, best known for her work with the trance group OceanLab, which includes her and Above & Beyond. She has also collaborated with some of the most popular DJs in the world, including Armin van Buuren, Markus Schulz and Robbie Rivera...
     
     
7. "Overlap" – 4:38
8. "Don't Give Up
   Don't Give Up (Chicane song)
   "Don't Give Up" is a song by Chicane, alias of English producer Nick Bracegirdle, with vocals recorded by Canadian rock/pop singer Bryan Adams...
   
   " (Bracegirdle, Bryan Adams, Hedges) – 8:22
   • Vocals: Bryan Adams
9. "Saltwater" (The Thrillseekers Remix) – 6:55
   • Vocals: Máire Brennan
10. "Andromeda" (Bracegirdle, Elstob) – 6:38
11. "Don't Give Up" (radio edit) – 3:40 (Hidden Track)
    • Vocals: Bryan Adams

CD+DVD edition

In July 2003 the album was re-released with an additional DVD compiling all the music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

s released for the album's singles.

The DVD's track listing is:

1. "Overture" (Main menu)
2. "Saltwater"
3. "Don't Give Up"
4. "No Ordinary Morning"
5. "Autumn Tactics"
6. "Saltwater" (TV theme for Tourism Ireland)

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	15
Belgium Album Chart	50
Finland Album Charts	34
Netherlands Album Chart	62
New Zealand RIANZ Album Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...	7
Switzerland Album Chart	66
UK Album Chart	10

Chart	Certification	Sales
BPI British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...	Gold	100,000+