Stop All The World Now
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Stop All the World Now is the second full-length album by American singer-songwriter Howie Day
. It was recorded at Olympic Studios
in London
over a period of 3 months in early 2003 and released by Epic Records
on October 7, 2003. Howie Day chose Martin Glover
as a producer, known for producing The Verve
's Urban Hymns
album, one of Howie Day's favorite albums.
The working title for the album was …from a Northern Sky, a line from the song "Come Lay Down". The final title Stop All the World Now is a lyric from the song "I'll Take You On".
Jay Clifford from Jump, Little Children
, The Verve
bassist
Simon Jones
, Los Angeles multi-instrumentalist
Les Hall
and London drummer
Laurie Jenkins. The songs "Numbness for Sound", "I'll Take You On", "Collide", and "She Says" were accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra
.
Several tracks were co-written with Jay Clifford, lyricist Peter Zizzo and Better Than Ezra
frontman Kevin Griffin
. The song "She Says" already appeared on his previous album Australia
but was re-recorded accompanied by a 25-piece orchestra and mixed by Chris Lord-Alge
. This version is also known as "She Says (Chris Lord-Alge Mix)".
After its release the record received lukewarm reactions. Rolling Stone
's author Pat Blashill referred to the album as "[…] not bad. It's tender and well-felt and pretty. But […] the music feels indistinct, even sorta impersonal." http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/howieday/albums/album/292135/review/5942595/stop_all_the_world_now Devon Powers from PopMatters
noted that "Stop All the World Now is an album you have a crush on, not one you fall deeply, complexly, and foolishly in love with. And crushes have a way of disappearing suddenly, without a trace." http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/d/dayhowie-stopall.shtml
Sales of Stop All the World Now were initially sluggish, but slowly began to rise beginning in late 2004 with the single release of the ballad "Collide", which became a popular radio hit and was featured on TV shows such as Scrubs
, One Tree Hill
and Third Watch
as well as being used in the promotion of the movies Pride & Prejudice
and The Perfect Man
.
Stop All the World Now was finally certified gold
by the RIAA on May 20, 2005. The single "Collide" was also certified gold on September 15, 2005. The fan favorite "She Says" was re-recorded and released as a single early 2005. Even though this single was more successful than the original single release in 2004, which failed to enter the U.S. charts, the re-record was unable to achieve the same success as "Collide".
with footage of Day recording his album in London. A Japan
ese edition containing 2 bonus tracks was also released. On November 16, 2004 a special edition of the album was released, featuring a new album cover, 2 bonus tracks, an acoustic version of "Collide" and a live recording of "Brace Yourself". On May 31, 2005 a DualDisc
edition was released with the album in high fidelity
audio on a Super Audio CD
, video clips of "Collide", "Brace Yourself" and "Perfect Time of Day", live videos of the songs "Bunnies" and "Ghost", and several other extras.
Originally 16 songs were recorded for Stop All the World Now, of which 11 made it to the original release. Three more songs were released as bonus tracks on the special and Japanese edition of the album. The songs "Madrigals" and "Enemy" remain unreleased.
Howie Day
Howard Kern "Howie" Day is an American singer-songwriter. Beginning his career as a solo artist in the late 1990s, Day became known for his extensive touring and in-concert use of samplers and effects pedals in order to accompany himself...
. It was recorded at Olympic Studios
Olympic Studios
Olympic Studios was a renowned independent commercial recording studio located at 117 Church Road, Barnes, South West London, England. The studio is best known for the huge number of famous rock and pop recordings made there from the late 1960s onward....
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
over a period of 3 months in early 2003 and released by Epic Records
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
on October 7, 2003. Howie Day chose Martin Glover
Martin Glover
Martin Glover, also known as Youth, is a record producer and a founding member and bassist of the UK band Killing Joke. He is a member of The Fireman along with Paul McCartney. Glover was born in Africa.-Early career:...
as a producer, known for producing The Verve
The Verve
The Verve were an English rock band formed in 1989 in Wigan by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Peter Salisbury. Guitarist and keyboardist Simon Tong later became a member. Beginning with a psychedelic sound indebted to shoegazing and space...
's Urban Hymns
Urban Hymns
Urban Hymns is the third album by English rock band The Verve, released on 29 September 1997 on Hut Recordings. It earned nearly unanimous critical praise upon its release, and went on to become the band's best-selling release and one of the biggest selling albums of the year...
album, one of Howie Day's favorite albums.
The working title for the album was …from a Northern Sky, a line from the song "Come Lay Down". The final title Stop All the World Now is a lyric from the song "I'll Take You On".
Recording
The album saw Day for the first time being backed by a permanent band. Stop All the World Now has been recorded with guitaristGuitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
Jay Clifford from Jump, Little Children
Jump, Little Children
Jump, Little Children, later known as Jump, was a band formed in 1991 in the city of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Known for their unique sound, energetic live performances, and willingness to interact with fans, the band built a strong following over their fourteen years together...
, The Verve
The Verve
The Verve were an English rock band formed in 1989 in Wigan by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Peter Salisbury. Guitarist and keyboardist Simon Tong later became a member. Beginning with a psychedelic sound indebted to shoegazing and space...
bassist
Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
Simon Jones
Simon Jones (musician)
Simon Jones is an English bass player. He played bass and provided occasional backing vocals for the English band, The Verve.-Personal life:...
, Los Angeles multi-instrumentalist
Multi-instrumentalist
A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays a number of different instruments.The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument to be learned , but people who double on another instrument are not usually seen as multi-instrumentalists.-Classical music:Music written for Symphony...
Les Hall
Les Hall
Les Hall is an American composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter from Columbia, South Carolina, best known for his involvement in Crossfade and 70 Volt Parade, Trey Anastasio's backup band after the demise of Phish...
and London drummer
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
Laurie Jenkins. The songs "Numbness for Sound", "I'll Take You On", "Collide", and "She Says" were accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
The London Philharmonic Orchestra , based in London, is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom, and is based in the Royal Festival Hall. In addition, the LPO is the main resident orchestra of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera...
.
Several tracks were co-written with Jay Clifford, lyricist Peter Zizzo and Better Than Ezra
Better Than Ezra
Better Than Ezra is an American alternative rock trio based in New Orleans, Louisiana.-Formation and early success:Better Than Ezra was formed in 1988 by its four original members - vocalist and guitarist Kevin Griffin; Joel Rundell, the lead guitarist; bassist Tom Drummond; and drummer, Cary...
frontman Kevin Griffin
Kevin Griffin
Kevin Griffin is an American guitarist, vocalist, producer, and songwriter.Griffin formed the alternative rock band Better Than Ezra in 1988. The band had great success in the 1990s with hits such as "Good", "In the Blood", and "Desperately Wanting", and has continued in the 2000s with hits such...
. The song "She Says" already appeared on his previous album Australia
Australia (Howie Day album)
Australia is an album by Howie Day, first released in 2000 independently and re-released in 2002 by Epic Records.-Track listing:All songs written by Howie Day.# "Sorry So Sorry" – 4:34# "She Says" – 4:34# "Secret" – 3:46# "Slow Down" – 3:40...
but was re-recorded accompanied by a 25-piece orchestra and mixed by Chris Lord-Alge
Chris Lord-Alge
Chris Lord-Alge is a mixer who has worked on various albums. He is the brother of Tom Lord-Alge, another audio engineer. Chris Lord-Alge is known for his extreme use of dynamic range compression in both hardware and software plug-in versions....
. This version is also known as "She Says (Chris Lord-Alge Mix)".
Promotion and reaction
On September 27, 2003 a full band tour began to promote the album. Due to other commitments, Simon Jones was unable to tour with the group and was replaced by Jeremy Curtis.After its release the record received lukewarm reactions. Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
's author Pat Blashill referred to the album as "[…] not bad. It's tender and well-felt and pretty. But […] the music feels indistinct, even sorta impersonal." http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/howieday/albums/album/292135/review/5942595/stop_all_the_world_now Devon Powers from PopMatters
PopMatters
PopMatters is an international webzine of cultural criticism that covers many aspects of popular culture. PopMatters publishes reviews, interviews, and detailed essays on most cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, films, books, video games, comics, sports, theater,...
noted that "Stop All the World Now is an album you have a crush on, not one you fall deeply, complexly, and foolishly in love with. And crushes have a way of disappearing suddenly, without a trace." http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/d/dayhowie-stopall.shtml
Sales of Stop All the World Now were initially sluggish, but slowly began to rise beginning in late 2004 with the single release of the ballad "Collide", which became a popular radio hit and was featured on TV shows such as Scrubs
Scrubs (TV series)
Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...
, One Tree Hill
One Tree Hill (TV series)
One Tree Hill is an American television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003, on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and, since September 27, 2006, the network has been the official broadcaster...
and Third Watch
Third Watch
Third Watch is an American television drama series which first aired on NBC from 1999 to 2005 for a total of 132 episodes, broadcast in 6 seasons of 22 episodes each....
as well as being used in the promotion of the movies Pride & Prejudice
Pride & Prejudice (2005 film)
Pride & Prejudice is a 2005 British romance film directed by Joe Wright. It is a film adaptation of the 1813 novel of the same name by Jane Austen and the second adaption produced by Working Title Films. It was released on September 16, 2005, in the UK and on November 11, 2005, in the...
and The Perfect Man
The Perfect Man
The Perfect Man is a 2005 romantic comedy film directed by Mark Rosman and written by Gina Wendkos. It stars Hilary Duff, Heather Locklear and Chris Noth. Filming of the movie began in May 2004...
.
Stop All the World Now was finally certified gold
RIAA certification
In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. Other countries have similar awards...
by the RIAA on May 20, 2005. The single "Collide" was also certified gold on September 15, 2005. The fan favorite "She Says" was re-recorded and released as a single early 2005. Even though this single was more successful than the original single release in 2004, which failed to enter the U.S. charts, the re-record was unable to achieve the same success as "Collide".
Editions
Concurrently with the normal release a limited edition was released along with a bonus DVDDVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
with footage of Day recording his album in London. A Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese edition containing 2 bonus tracks was also released. On November 16, 2004 a special edition of the album was released, featuring a new album cover, 2 bonus tracks, an acoustic version of "Collide" and a live recording of "Brace Yourself". On May 31, 2005 a DualDisc
DualDisc
DualDisc was a type of double-sided optical disc product developed by a group of record companies including EMI Music, Universal Music Group, Sony/BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and 5.1 Entertainment Group and later under the aegis of the Recording Industry Association of America...
edition was released with the album in high fidelity
High fidelity
High fidelity—or hi-fi—reproduction is a term used by home stereo listeners and home audio enthusiasts to refer to high-quality reproduction of sound or images, to distinguish it from the poorer quality sound produced by inexpensive audio equipment...
audio on a Super Audio CD
Super Audio CD
Super Audio CD is a high-resolution, read-only optical disc for audio storage. Sony and Philips Electronics jointly developed the technology, and publicized it in 1999. It is designated as the Scarlet Book standard. Sony and Philips previously collaborated to define the Compact Disc standard...
, video clips of "Collide", "Brace Yourself" and "Perfect Time of Day", live videos of the songs "Bunnies" and "Ghost", and several other extras.
Originally 16 songs were recorded for Stop All the World Now, of which 11 made it to the original release. Three more songs were released as bonus tracks on the special and Japanese edition of the album. The songs "Madrigals" and "Enemy" remain unreleased.
Track listing
- "Brace Yourself" (Howie Day, Jay Clifford) – 3:40
- "Perfect Time of DayPerfect Time of Day (song)"Perfect Time Of Day" is the first single from singer/songwriter Howie Day's second full-length album, Stop All The World Now, released on August 12, 2003....
" (Day, Kevin GriffinKevin GriffinKevin Griffin is an American guitarist, vocalist, producer, and songwriter.Griffin formed the alternative rock band Better Than Ezra in 1988. The band had great success in the 1990s with hits such as "Good", "In the Blood", and "Desperately Wanting", and has continued in the 2000s with hits such...
) – 4:02 - "Collide" (Day, Griffin) – 4:09
- "Trouble in Here" (Day, Peter Zizzo) – 5:57
- "Sunday Morning Song" (Day, Griffin) – 3:57
- "I'll Take You On" (Day, Clifford) – 5:38
- "She Says" (Day) – 4:33
- "Numbness for Sound" (Day) – 3:51
- "You & a Promise" (Day, Clifford) – 6:24
- "End of Our Days" (Day, Zizzo) – 4:22
- "Come Lay Down" (Day, Clifford) – 5:52
Special edition
- "This Time Around" (Day) – 5:11
- "Standing in the Sun" (Day) – 5:41
- "Brace Yourself (Live and acoustic)" (Day, Clifford) – 3:50
- "Collide (Acoustic)" (Day, Griffin) – 4:37
Japanese edition
- "Standing in the Sun" (Day) – 5:41
- "So, Goodbye" (Day) – 4:46
Personnel
- James Clifford – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, background vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists... - Howie Day – acoustic guitarSteel-string acoustic guitarA steel-string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar descended from the classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound...
, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Les HallLes HallLes Hall is an American composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter from Columbia, South Carolina, best known for his involvement in Crossfade and 70 Volt Parade, Trey Anastasio's backup band after the demise of Phish...
– organOrgan (music)The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
, synthesizerSynthesizerA synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
, guitar, piano, harmoniumHarmoniumA harmonium is a free-standing keyboard instrument similar to a reed organ. Sound is produced by air being blown through sets of free reeds, resulting in a sound similar to that of an accordion...
, tamboura, mellotronMellotronThe Mellotron is an electro-mechanical, polyphonic tape replay keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. It superseded the Chamberlin Music Master, which was the world's first sample-playback keyboard intended for music...
, vibraphoneVibraphoneThe vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family....
, wurlitzerWurlitzerThe Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to simply as Wurlitzer, was an American company that produced stringed instruments, woodwinds, brass instruments, theatre organs, band organs, orchestrions, electronic organs, electric pianos and jukeboxes.... - Mark Heaney – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Laurie Jenkins – percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
, drums - Simon Jones – bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- London Philharmonic OrchestraLondon Philharmonic OrchestraThe London Philharmonic Orchestra , based in London, is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom, and is based in the Royal Festival Hall. In addition, the LPO is the main resident orchestra of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera...
- stringsString instrumentA string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones...
Record charts
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard The Billboard 200 | 46 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums | 46 |