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True Romance (Golden Silvers album)

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True Romance
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 20, 2009
GenreArt rock, Pop, Doo-wop
LabelXL Recordings
Singles from True Romance
  1. "True Romance (True No.9 Blues)"
    Released: April 29, 2009
  2. "Arrows of Eros"
    Released: June 23, 2009
  3. "Please Venus"
    Released: August 24, 2009

True Romance is the only album by Golden Silvers. It was released by XL Recordings on April 20, 2009 on CD, download and 12″ vinyl.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian link
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NME link
PopMatters link
Q Music[citation needed]

The album received generally positive reviews. It earned a collective score of 71 out of 100 from Metacritic.[1] Dave Simpson of The Guardian said that the album contains a "combination of masterful songwriting and lyrics that introduce dark edges" to a "more timeless than retro" sound.[2]

Singles

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  • "True Romance (True No.9 Blues)" was released as the album's lead single and peaked at #142 on the UK Singles Chart.[3]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Another Universe"4:51
2."True Romance (True No. 9 Blues)"3:32
3."Magic Touch"4:05
4."My Love Is a Seed That Doesn't Grow"4:04
5."Here Comes The King"4:05
6."Shakes"3:51
7."Queen Of The 21st Century"5:01
8."Please Venus"5:00
9."Arrows Of Eros"5:38
10."Fade To Black"2:49

Personnel

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Source:[4]

Chart

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True Romance debuted and peaked at #96 on the UK Singles Chart[5] and spent a total of 5 weeks on the chart.[3]

Chart (2009) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[3] 96

References

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  1. ^ "True Romance by Golden Silvers Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  2. ^ Simpson, Dave (2009-04-24). "Pop review: Golden Silvers: True Romance". The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
  3. ^ a b c "Chart Log UK - Chart Coverage and Record Sales 2009 and Special Single-File Version". zobbel.de. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
  4. ^ "allmusic ((( True Romance > Credits )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
  5. ^ "CHART: CLUK Update 9.05.2009 (wk18)". zobbel.de. Retrieved 2010-08-17.