The English Riviera is the third studio album by British electronic band Metronomy

Metronomy

Metronomy are an electronic music group formed by Joseph Mount in Totnes, Devon, England in 1999. The current band consists of Joseph Mount , Anna Prior , Oscar Cash and Gbenga Adelekan...

, which was released on 8 April 2011 in the UK and 19 April 2011 in the US.

Since the release of their last album Nights Out

Nights Out

- Nights In :* A 6-track bonus CD was released alongside the album and was available if the album was purchased in Rough Trade stores or in the Rough Trade Album Club...

 in 2008, original member Gabriel Stebbing left the band and Gbenga Adelekan had joined on bass and Anna Prior on drums. However, Stebbing is still credited throughout this album as bassist.

The album was nominated for the 2011 Barclaycard Mercury Prize.

Track listing

Singles

• "She Wants" was released as the lead single from the album on January 26, 2011, on Because Music
  Because Music
  Because Music is an independent record label with headquarters in Paris and London. Because Music was founded in 2006 and has acts on its roster such as Mercury Music Prize nominated Metronomy and electronic duo Justice. Along with actress and songwriter Charlotte Gainsbourg and husband and wife...
  
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• "The Look" was released as the second single on March 11, 2011. The video, directed by Lorenzo Fonda, intersperses scenes of the band performing the song in a white room alongside stopmotion animated sequences featuring seagulls. The band scenes were shot in London whilst the animation was produced in Los Angeles.
• "The Bay" was released as the third single on June 10, 2011. The video, directed by David Wilson, intersperses scenes of the English Riviera (Torbay
  Torbay
  Torbay is an east-facing bay and natural harbour, at the western most end of Lyme Bay in the south-west of England, situated roughly midway between the cities of Exeter and Plymouth. Part of the ceremonial county of Devon, Torbay was made a unitary authority on 1 April 1998...
  
  ) from the bird's eye view and the band performing the song at various places in Torquay
  Torquay
  Torquay is a town in the unitary authority area of Torbay and ceremonial county of Devon, England. It lies south of Exeter along the A380 on the north of Torbay, north-east of Plymouth and adjoins the neighbouring town of Paignton on the west of the bay. Torquay’s population of 63,998 during the...
  
   where the video was shot.
• "Everything Goes My Way" was released on October 17, 2011.

Metronomy

• Joseph Mount
  Joseph Mount
  Joseph Patrick Kennith Mount is the founder of British band Metronomy.-Biography:Mount started out as a rock and roll drummer, playing in various bands at school and then in his mid teens with The Upsides and The Customers. Mount also taught drums to kids in his local area...
  
   – Composer, Lead vocals, Keyboards and Guitar
• Oscar Cash – Saxophone, Backing vocals and Keyboards
• Gbenga Adelekan – Bass guitar and Vocals
• Anna Prior – Drums and Backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Harriet Wheeler - Violin (Track 1)
• Joseph Mount - Vocals, Drums, Guitar, Juno 60, Percussion, Mini Moog, Moog Source, Bass, Talkbox, Wurlitzer 200A, Yamaha CS80, Moog Modular, Congas, EDP Wasp, Clavinet, Yamaha CS2X, Prodcer, Art Direction
• Gabriel Stebbing - Bass guitar (Tracks 2 & 3)
• Oscar Cash - Guitar, Saxophone, Handclaps, Siel Orchestra, Juno 60
• Roxanne Clifford - Vocals (Track 3)
• Anna Prior - Backing vocals, Drums
• Marion Cassan - Vocals (Track 6)
• Nicole Elizabeth - Backing vocals (Track 11)
• Ash Workman - Engineer and Mixing
• Jamie Bell - Assistant Engineer
• Nilesh - Mastering

Release history

Region	Date	Format
Ireland	8 April 2011	Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
United Kingdom