Long Live the Angels

Long Live the Angels
Sandé sitting on a chair wearing a black dress, with a crucific necklace and styled blonde hair.
Studio album by Emeli Sandé
Released 11 November 2016 (2016-11-11)
Recorded 2013 – August 2016
Genre
Length 51:56
Label Virgin
Producer
Emeli Sandé chronology
Live at the Royal Albert Hall
(2013)		 Long Live the Angels
(2016)
Deluxe cover
Sandé sitting on a tall chair, wearing a black dress and leather jacket.
Singles from Long Live the Angels
  1. "Hurts"
    Released: 16 September 2016
  2. "Breathing Underwater"
    Released: 28 October 2016

Long Live the Angels is the second studio album by Scottish recording artist Emeli Sandé, released on 11 November 2016 by Virgin Records. The lead single from the album, "Hurts", was released on 16 September 2016.[1][2][3][4] Sandé is scheduled to begin a European tour to support the album, with dates in the United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Germany and Sweden.[5]

The album is influenced by Sandé's Zambian background. The song "Tenderly" features her father and cousins, credited as The Serenje Choir, named after the town of Serenje in the Serenje District of Zambia.[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
Chicago Tribune[9]
The Daily Telegraph[10]
The Guardian[11]
The Independent[12]
The New York Timesfavourable[13]
NME[14]
The Observer[15]
Pitchfork5.4[16]

Long Live the Angels received generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 71, based on 14 reviews.[7]

Chicago Tribune journalist Greg Kot wrote that Long Live the Angels "sounds lean and unadorned when compared to its best-selling predecessor, and is all the better for it. Some songs are stripped to little more than a guitar and voice, but Sande doesn't rely on vocal acrobatics to fill in the gaps. She whispers and roars, breathing with the songs instead of trying to overwhelm them."[9] Andy Gill, writing for The Independent, felt that "the more interesting aspects of the album are to be found in less formulaic arrangements, [...] settling into a folk-soul setting clearly influenced by Tracy Chapman."[12]

Chart performance

Long Live the Angels debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart. During the first week of the release, it sold 47,512 copies.[17]

Tour

Track listing

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Long Live the Angels.[18]

Long Live the Angels[19]
No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Selah"  
  • A. Sandé
  • ProducerWez
 2:29
2. "Breathing Underwater"  
Chris Loco 4:22
3. "Happen"  
  • Naughty Boy
  • Mac & Phil
 3:35
4. "Hurts"  
  • A. Sandé
  • Holmes
  • Leigh
  • James Murray
  • Mustafa Omer
  • Mac & Phil
  • Mojam
 3:58
5. "Give Me Something"  
  • A. Sandé
  • Holmes
  • Leigh
  • Crowhurst
  • A. Sandé
  • Mac & Phil
 3:52
6. "Right Now"  
  • A. Sandé
  • Holmes
  • Leigh
  • Khan
  • Naughty Boy
  • Mac & Phil
 2:14
7. "Shakes"  
  • A. Sandé
  • Khan
  • Coffer
Naughty Boy 2:49
8. "Garden" (featuring Jay Electronica and Áine Zion)
  • Loco
 4:02
9. "I'd Rather Not"  
  • A. Sandé
  • Khan
  • Coffer
  • Shakil Ashraf
  • Naughty Boy
  • Shakaveli
 3:49
10. "Lonely"  
  • A. Sandé
  • Holmes
  • Murray
  • Omer
  • Leigh
  • Mac & Phil
  • Mojam
 3:33
11. "Sweet Architect"  
  • A. Sandé
  • Coffer
  • Omer
  • Murray
  • Coffer
  • Mojam
 3:19
12. "Tenderly" (featuring Joel Sandé and The Serenje Choir)
  • A. Sandé
  • Holmes
  • Leigh
  • Joel Sande
  • Mac & Phil
 3:22
13. "Every Single Little Piece"  
  • A. Sandé
  • Holmes
  • Leigh
  • Mac & Phil
 4:03
14. "Highs & Lows"  
 3:14
15. "Babe"  
  • A. Sandé
  • Holmes
  • Leigh
  • Mac & Phil
  • Loco
 3:15
Total length:
 51:56

Live from London Bridge

Live from London Bridge is a live EP released alongside the album exclusively on the iTunes Store and Apple Music.[22]

No. Title Length
1. "Hurts" (Live from London Bridge) 5:06
2. "Breathing Underwater" (Live from London Bridge) 3:56
3. "Highs & Lows" (Live from London Bridge) 3:18
4. "Every Single Little Piece" (Live from London Bridge) 4:21

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[23] 20
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[24] 30
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[25] 9
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[26] 35
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[27] 70
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[28] 21
French Albums (SNEP)[29] 65
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[30] 12
Irish Albums (IRMA)[31] 6
Italian Albums (FIMI)[32] 84
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[33] 29
Scottish Albums (OCC)[34] 1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[35] 53
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[36] 52
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[37] 9
UK Albums (OCC)[38] 2
US Billboard 200[39] 41

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[40] Silver 60,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Leight, Elias (16 September 2016). "Emeli Sande Details New LP 'Long Live the Angels'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Gumushan, Tanyel (16 September 2016). "Stream Emeli Sandé's single 'Hurts' from new album 'Long Live The Angels'". NME. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Cliff, Aimée (16 September 2016). "Emeli Sandé Learned How To Say No. The Result Is Her Best Music To Date.". The Fader. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  4. ↑ White, Jack (16 September 2016). "Emeli Sande announces details of her second album, called Long Live The Angels". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 Levine, Nick (20 September 2016). "Emeli Sandé announces intimate UK comeback tour". NME. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  6. ↑ Savage, Mark (20 September 2016). "Emeli Sande: Zambian roots inspired my new album". BBC. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Critic Reviews for Long Live the Angels". Metacritic. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  8. ↑ Kellman, Andy. "Alicia Keys - Here". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  9. 1 2 Kot, Greg (2016-11-09). "Emeli Sande finds courage in heartbreak on 'Long Live the Angels'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  10. ↑ McCormick, Neil (2016-11-10). "Emeli Sandé finds heartbreak on a higher plane – review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  11. ↑ Sullivan, Caroline (2016-11-10). "Emeli Sandé: Long Live the Angels review – immaculately tame". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  12. 1 2 Gill, Andy (2016-11-09). "Album reviews: Emeli Sande - Long Live The Angels". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  13. ↑ Pareles, Jon (2016-11-09). "Emeli Sandé's 'Long Live the Angels' Is Uncluttered and Strong". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  14. ↑ Nicolson, Barry (2016-11-11). "Emeli Sandé - Long Live The Angels´Review". NME. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  15. ↑ McNulty, Bernadette (2016-11-13). "Album reviews: Emeli Sande - Long Live The Angels". The Observer. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  16. ↑ v, Katherine (2016-11-15). "Emeli Sande - Long Live The Angels". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  17. ↑ Jones, Alan (18 November 2016). "Official Charts Analysis: Olly Murs fifth album debuts at No.1". Music Week. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  18. ↑ Long Live the Angels (Media notes). Emeli Sandé. Virgin Records. 2016.
  19. ↑ "Long Live the Angels". iTunes. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  20. ↑ "Long Live the Angels (Deluxe)". iTunes. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  21. ↑ "Long Live the Angels (Japan)". CDJapan. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  22. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Live from London Bridge - EP by Emeli Sandé". iTunes Store.
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  24. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Emeli Sandé – Long Live the Angels" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  25. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Emeli Sandé – Long Live the Angels" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  26. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Emeli Sandé – Long Live the Angels" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
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  29. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Emeli Sandé – Long Live the Angels". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  30. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Emeli Sandé – Long Live The Angels" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
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  34. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  35. ↑ "TOP 100 ALBUMES — SEMANA 46: del 11.11.2016 al 17.11.2016" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
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  37. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Emeli Sandé – Long Live the Angels". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  38. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  39. ↑ "Emeli Sandé – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Emeli Sandé. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  40. ↑ "British album certifications – Emeli Sandé – Long Live the Angels". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 26 November 2016. Enter Long Live the Angels in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search

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