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Head Up High (Morcheeba album)

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Head Up High
Studio album by
Released14 October 2013
GenreElectronic dance, synthpop
Length48:12
LabelPIAS
ProducerPaul Godfrey
Morcheeba chronology
Blood Like Lemonade
(2010)
Head Up High
(2013)
Blaze Away
(2018)
Singles from Head Up High
  1. "Gimme Your Love"
    Released: 15 July 2013
  2. "Make Believer"
    Released: 18 August 2014
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic57/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Exclaim!7/10[3]
musicOMH[4]

Head Up High is the eighth studio album by the British band Morcheeba, released on 14 October 2013.[5] In 2014 it was awarded a double silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association,[6] which indicated sales of at least 40,000 copies throughout Europe.[7]It became one of Morcheeba’s most successful albums in the U.S, peaking at 8 on Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums.[8]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gimme Your Love"
  • P. Godfrey
  • R. Godfrey
  • S. Edwards
4:49
2."Face Of Danger" (featuring Chali 2na))
  • P. Godfrey
  • R. Godfrey
  • S. Edwards
  • C. Stewart
3:56
3."Call It Love"
  • P. Godfrey
  • R. Godfrey
  • S. Edwards
  • J. Petralli
3:59
4."Under The Ice"
  • P. Godfrey
  • R. Godfrey
  • S. Edwards
3:40
5."I'll Fall Apart"
  • P. Godfrey
  • R. Godfrey
  • S. Edwards
  • J. Petralli
2:06
6."Make Believer"
  • P. Godfrey
  • R. Godfrey
  • S. Edwards
3:41
7."Release Me Now" (featuring Nature Boy Jim Kelly)
  • P. Godfrey
  • R. Godfrey
  • S. Edwards
  • J. Furlow
4:09
8."To Be" (featuring Rizzle Kicks)
  • P. Godfrey
  • R. Godfrey
  • S. Edwards
  • J. Stephens
  • H. Alexander-Sule
4:39
9."Hypnotized" (featuring Ana Tijoux)
  • P. Godfrey
  • R. Godfrey
  • S. Edwards
  • A. Tijoux
4:03
10."To The Grave"
  • P. Godfrey
  • R. Godfrey
  • S. Edwards
5:13
11."Do You Good"
  • P. Godfrey
  • R. Godfrey
  • S. Edwards
3:33
12."Finally Found You"
  • P. Godfrey
  • R. Godfrey
  • S. Edwards
  • J. Petralli
4:23
Total length:48:20
iTunes Bonus track[9]
No.TitleLength
13."Whirlwind"3:31
Total length:51:51

Charts

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Chart (2013) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10] 39
French Albums (SNEP)[11] 25
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 51
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[13] 10
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[14] 48
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 9
UK Albums (OCC)[16] 99
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[17] 18
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[18] 8

References

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  1. ^ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  2. ^ Jeffries, David. "Head Up High - Morcheeba". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  3. ^ Grier, Chaka (15 October 2013). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  4. ^ Monk, Christopher (11 October 2013). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Morcheeba Announce New Album 'Head Up High' Released October 14th 2013". contactmusic.com. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Photographic image of record sales data" (PNG). Impalamusic.org. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  7. ^ "IMPALA Awards for European Independent Acts Hit Record Levels | Impala". Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  8. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20211118010858/https://www.billboard.com/artist/morcheeba/chart-history/elp/
  9. ^ "Head Up High by Morcheeba". Apple iTunes. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Morcheeba – Head Up High" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  11. ^ "Lescharts.com – Morcheeba – Head Up High". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  12. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Morcheeba – Head Up High" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  13. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2013. 42. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  14. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  15. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Morcheeba – Head Up High". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  16. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  17. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  18. ^ "Morcheeba Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
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