Silver Sun is the debut full album by the British Power pop

Power pop

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 band Silver Sun

Silver Sun

Silver Sun may refer to:*Silversun , an Australian TV series*Silver Sun , an English rock/pop band*Silversun Pickups, an American indie rock band...

. It was released in April 1997 on Polydor Records and was produced by Nigel Godrich

Nigel Godrich

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.

Changing their name from Sun, under which their debut EP

Extended play

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 had been released, their debut studio album was released under the name Silver Sun. The album received critical acclaim, but had limited chart success, reaching #30 in the UK Album Chart. Four singles were released from the album; "Lava", "Last Day", "Golden Skin" and "Julia", of which, only "Golden Skin" and "Lava" reached the UK Top 40

UK Singles Chart

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. "Golden Skin" was used in the soundtrack

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 of the British romantic comedy film Shooting Fish

Shooting Fish

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which was released the same year as the album.http://imdb.com/title/tt0120122/soundtrack

Track listing

All tracks written by James Broad.

1. "Test" – 0:15
2. "Golden Skin" – 3:16
3. "Dumb" – 2:12
4. "Julia" – 3:19
5. "Far Out" – 2:57
6. "Last Day" – 3:37
7. "Service" – 3:01
8. "Yellow Light" – 3:33
9. "Lava" – 2:39
10. "2 Digits" – 3:09
11. "This 'n' That" – 2:47
12. "Wonderful" – 2:45
13. "Bad Haircut" – 2:40
14. "Nobody" – 3:34
15. "Animals Feet" – 4:03

Personnel

• Nigel Godrich
  Nigel Godrich
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   - production
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   & mixing
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• James Broad - lead vocals, guitar
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• Paul Smith - guitar
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• Richard Kane - bass
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  , piano
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  , vocals
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• Richard Sayce - drums
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• Jeff Cummings - album illustrations
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