Gravity the Seducer is the fifth studio album

Studio album

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 by English electronic

Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 band Ladytron

Ladytron

Ladytron are an English electronic band formed in 1999 in Liverpool, Merseyside. The group consists of Helen Marnie , Mira Aroyo , Daniel Hunt and Reuben Wu .Their sound blends electropop with New Wave and shoegazing elements. Ladytron described their sound as "electronic pop"...

 and their second to be released by Nettwerk

Nettwerk

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. It was released in the United Kingdom on 12 September 2011 and in the United States on 13 September.

"Ace of Hz", which appears on the album, was previously released as a single from the band's greatest hits compilation Best of 00–10

Best of 00–10

Best of 00–10 is a greatest hits album by English electronic band Ladytron, released on 28 March 2011 by Nettwerk. The collection includes remastered material spanning from the band's previous studio albums, as well as two previously unreleased tracks—lead single "Ace of Hz" and a cover version of...

and the music video was released on YouTube

YouTube

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 on 27 February 2011. In May 2011, "White Elephant" was officially released the lead single from Gravity the Seducer, and a video for the song was posted on YouTube on 26 July.

The album reached number seventy-two on the UK Albums Chart

UK Albums Chart

The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

, the group's highest-peaking album to date in their home country.

Track listing

Personnel

• Ladytron – production
  Record producer
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• Simon "Barny" Barnicott – additional production, engineering
  Audio engineering
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  , mixing
  Audio mixing (recorded music)
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• Alessandro Cortini
  Alessandro Cortini
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   – additional production
• Neil Krug – design
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Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Belgian Heatseekers Albums Chart Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...  (Flanders)	4
Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...	90
Finnish Albums Chart	50
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	72
US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	112
US Dance/Electronic Albums	6
US Heatseekers Albums Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...	2
US Independent Albums Independent Albums The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels...	27