Ladyhawke (Ladyhawke album)

Infobox Album
Name = Ladyhawke
Type = studio
Artist = Ladyhawke


Released = flagicon|AUS September 20, 2008
flagicon|UK September 22, 2008
flagicon|US September 30, 2008
Recorded = 2007 - 2008
Genre = Pop rock, electropop
Length =
Label = Island
Producer =
Reviews =
*"The Guardian" rating|4|5 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/sep/19/popandrock4 2008]
*"The Observer" rating|4|5 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/sep/14/popandrock11 2008]
*"The Sunday Times" rating|4|5 [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article4775166.ece 2008]

Last album =
This album = "Ladyhawke" (2008)
Misc = Singles
Name = Ladyhawke
Type = studio
single 1 = Back of the Van
single 1 date = April 1, 2008
single 2 = Paris Is Burning
single 2 date = July 6, 2008
single 3 = Dusk Till Dawn
single 3 date = September 8, 2008
single 4 = My Delirium
single 4 date = TBR 2008
single 5 =
single 5 date =

Ladyhawke is the debut self titled album by New Zealand pop rock artist Ladyhawke. As of September 2008, 3 singles have been released from it, with the release of the album itself set for later that month.

Singles

#Her debut single was "Back of the Van", was released as a Digital Download in 2008, this single is the only single of Ladyhawke's not to chart.
#The second single of the album was "Paris Is Burning", it was released on June 30 2008, it is so far her most successful single of her career, in the New Zealand chart the song debut at 40, it was in this chart for 1 week. In the Australian ARIA Singles Chart the song debuted at 67, before eventually peaking at 52. It was on this chart for several weeks. In the UK Singles Chart the song debut at 61, the following week it dropped 39 places to 100, it stayed on this chart for 2 weeks.
#The third single of the album was "Dusk Till Dawn", it was released on September 15, in the UK Singles Chart it debut at 78, peaking just outside the top 75, it stayed on the chart for 1 week.
#The fourth single of the album is going to be "My Delirium", it is unknown when it will be released.

Chart Performance

The album debuted at the Australian Albums Chart at #16, falling to #31 the following week, spending two weeks inside the Australian Top 40.

In New Zealand, the album fared at #15, but sales quickly fell, dropping out the New Zealand Top 40 on its second week.

In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at #47, with sales of 3,500 copies on its first week, falling outside the Top 100 the following week.

Tracklisting

All songs written by Ladyhawke, in addition to the names listed.

# "Magic" (Pascal Gabriel) — 3:27
# "Manipulating Woman" (Anu Pillai, Roy Kerr) — 3:35
# "My Delirium" (Gabriel, Alex Gray, Hannah Robinson) — 4:16
# "Better Than Sunday" (Jim Eliot, Paul Harris) — 3:28
# "Another Runaway" (Gabriel, Gray) — 3:17
# "Love Don't Live Here" (Eliot) — 4:03
# "Back of the Van" (Michael Di Francesco) — 3:40
# "Paris Is Burning" (Pillai, Kerr) — 3:49
# "Professional Suicide" (Greg Kurstin) — 3:43
# "Dusk Till Dawn" (Gabriel, Gray, Robinson) — 2:37
# "Oh My" (UK bonus track)
# "Crazy World" (Eliot) — 3:35
# "Morning Dreams" (Gabriel) — 4:00

Personnel

* Phillipa "Pip" Brown – vocals, backing vocals, bass guitar, drums, electric guitar, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer
* Michael Di Francesco – bass guitar, synthesizer
* Jim Eliot – drums, electric piano, keyboards, percussion
* Pascal Gabriel – drums, guitar, keyboards, percussion, synthesizer
* Alex Gray – guitar, keyboards
* Paul Harris – drums, keyboards
* Peter Huntington – drums
* Roy Kerr – drums,
* Greg Kurstin – keyboards
* Anu Pillai – bass guitar, keyboards
* Hannah Robinson – backing vocals
* Leo Taylor – drums

Production

*Producers:
** Pascal Gabriel (tracks 1, 3, 5, 10, 12)
** Kids Glove (tracks 2, 8)
** Jim Eliot (tracks 4, 6, 11)
** Paul Harris (track 4)
** Michael Di Francesco (track 7)
** Greg Kurstin (track 9)
* Mixing: Tom Elmhirst, Pascal Gabriel, Tony Hoffer
* Mixing assistant: Jason Gossman, Dan Parry
* Programming: Anu Pillai, Roy Kerr, Greg Kurstin
* Recording: Michael Di Francesco, Jim Eliot, Antonio Feola, Pascal Gabriel, Kid Gloves, Paul Harris

Charts