True Romance is Golden Silvers

Golden Silvers

Golden Silvers are a band from London signed to independent record label XL. The line-up consists of vocalist and keyboardist Gwilym Gold, Ben Moorhouse on bass guitar, and Robden Alexis Nunez on drums.-Early stages:...

 Debut Album Released by XL recordings

XL Recordings

XL Recordings is a British independent record label owned by Richard Russell. It originated as a 1989 offshoot of Beggars Banquet Records.Though only releasing an average of six albums a year, XL Recordings has worked with The Prodigy, Radiohead, The White Stripes, Dizzee Rascal, M.I.A., Vampire...

 in April 2009 on CD, download and 12″ vinyl.

Critical reception

The album received generally positive reviews. It earned a collective score of 71 out of 100 from Metacritic

Metacritic

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. Dave Simpson of The Guardian

The Guardian

The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...

said that the album contains a "combination of masterful songwriting and lyrics that introduce dark edges" to a "more timeless than retro" sound.

Chart performance

True Romance debuted and peaked at #96 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

 and spent a total of 5 weeks on the chart.

Singles

• "True Romance (True No.9 Blues)" was released as the album's lead single and peaked at #142 on the UK Singles Chart
  UK Singles Chart
  The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
  
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Track listing

Personnel

• Neil Brockbank - engineer
• Nathaniel Facey - alto saxophone
• Gwilym Gold - composer, keyboards, vocals, artwork
• Dougal Lott - engineer
• B.J. Ben Mason - engineer
• Rebecca Miller - photography
• Ben Moorhouse - bass, background vocals

• Michael Mwenso - trombone
• Robbie Nelson - engineer
• Jay Phelps - trumpet
• Daniel Rejmer - engineer
• Graham Totner - photography
• Jack Watkins - web sesign

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Chart

Chart (2009)	Peak position
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...	96