Science & Faith

Science & Faith
Studio album by The Script
Released	10 September 2010 (Ireland) 13 September 2010 (UK) 18 January 2011 (US)
Recorded	Sphere Studios (London, England) Apogee's Berkeley Street Studio (Los Angeles, California, United States)
Genre	Rock[1]
Length	42:12
Label	RCA Epic/Phonogenic (America)
Producer	Mark Sheehan, Danny O'Donoghue, Andrew Frampton, Steve Kipner
The Script chronology
The Script (2008) Science & Faith (2010) #3 (2012)
Singles from Science & Faith
"For the First Time" Released: 20 August 2010 "Nothing" Released: 19 November 2010 "If You Ever Come Back" Released: 4 April 2011 "Science & Faith" Released: 27 May 2011

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	60/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Melodic	[3]
MusicOMH	[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]
Sputnikmusic	[6]
The Telegraph	[7]

Science & Faith is the second studio album by Irish pop rock band The Script. It was released in Ireland on 10 September 2010, via RCA Records. It was preceded by the lead single, "For the First Time", on 3 September 2010. It debuted at number one in Ireland and United Kingdom, selling 70,816 copies in its first week in the United Kingdom.^[8] In the United States, Science & Faith debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 49,000 copies.^[9] The album has sold 314,000 copies in the US,^[10] and over 1.5 million worldwide. The album was met with generally mixed reviews.^[11]

Background

For the album's release in the United States, the B-side track "Bullet from a Gun" was added to the tracklisting, and a remix of "Walk Away", featuring American rapper B.o.B, which was originally set to be a single stateside, was also added. On 16 October 2011, the album was re-released in Asia, in the form of a "Tour Edition", which again adds "Bullet from a Gun" to the tracklist, as well as a live version of "Science & Faith", and a bonus DVD containing the music videos for "For the First Time" and "Nothing", two behind the scenes segments, a director's cut video, a television performance clip, and a short documentary trailing the band's performance at Arthur's Day in Ireland. This particular version of the album has never been issued in the United Kingdom.

Singles

• "For the First Time" was released as the album's lead single in Ireland on 3 September 2010, and in the United Kingdom on 5 September. It debuted at number one in Ireland, becoming their first number-one single. The song went on to peak at two on the UK Singles Chart, originally entering the chart at five.^[12] The single's release was backed with a live version of "Breakeven" from the Shephard's Bush Empire concert. A version of "Rusty Halo" from the concert was earlier released as B-side to "The Man Who Can't Be Moved".^[13]

• "Nothing" was released as the second single from the album on 19 November 2010. It peaked at #15 in Ireland and #42 in the United Kingdom, becoming the band's lowest charting single there to date. The single was heavily promoted, with a music video being released one and a half months prior to the single's release, and the song receiving heavy radio airplay from BBC Radio 2.^[14]

• "If You Ever Come Back" was released as the third single from the album on 4 April 2011. The single was promoted through a performance during the band's stint as house band on Jason Manford's Comedy Rocks! on 30 March. A music video was also filmed to promote the release, and despite being labelled by critics as one of the standout tracks from the album, it only peaked at #188 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's worst performing single ever.

• "Science & Faith" was released as the album's fourth and final single on 27 May 2011. The single was backed with a live version of the track from the Birmingham N.E.C, which was later included on the Asian Tour Edition of the album. It faired moderate success, peaking at #62 on the UK Singles Chart, and being promoted through a performance of the track during the live stages of the fifth series of Britain's Got Talent.

• "Walk Away" was originally due to be released as a single in the United States, even being remixed to feature American rapper B.o.B. However, the release was cancelled, and the remix was instead included as a bonus track on the American edition of the album. "Walk Away" was never considered for release in any other territory.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"You Won't Feel a Thing"	Danny O'Donoghue, Mark Sheehan, Steve Kipner, Andrew Frampton, Glen Power, Ben Sargeant	Sheehan, O'Donoghue, Frampton, Kipner	4:33
2.	"For the First Time"	O'Donoghue, Sheehan	O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Frampton*	4:12
3.	"Nothing"	O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Kipner, Frampton	Sheehan, O'Donoghue, Frampton, Kipner	4:32
4.	"Science & Faith"	O'Donoghue, Sheehan	Sheehan, O'Donoghue, Frampton*	4:20
5.	"If You Ever Come Back"	O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Kipner, Frampton	Sheehan, O'Donoghue, Frampton, Kipner	4:02
6.	"Long Gone and Moved On"	O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Power	O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Frampton*	4:17
7.	"Dead Man Walking"	O'Donoghue, Sheehan	O'Donoghue, Sheehan	3:54
8.	"This = Love"	O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Power, Sargeant	O'Donoghue, Sheehan	4:21
9.	"Walk Away"	O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Power, Sargeant	Danny O'Donoghue, Mark Sheehan	3:36
10.	"Exit Wounds"	O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Kipner, Frampton	Sheehan, O'Donoghue, Frampton, Kipner	4:25

American edition bonus tracks[15][16]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
11.	"Bullet from a Gun"	O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Power	O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Frampton*	3:21
12.	"Walk Away" (featuring B.o.B)	O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Power, Sargeant, Bobby Ray Simmons Jr.	O'Donoghue, Sheehan	3:36

Asian Tour edition bonus tracks[17]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
11.	"Bullet from a Gun"	O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Power	O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Frampton*	3:21
12.	"Science & Faith" (Live from the Birmingham N.E.C.)	O'Donoghue, Sheehan	Sheehan, O'Donoghue, Frampton*	5:11

Asian Tour edition bonus DVD[17]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"For The First Time" (Music Video)	4:41
2.	"For The First Time" (Director's Cut Video)	5:12
3.	"For The First Time" (Live Performance Clip)	5:18
4.	"For The First Time" (The Making of the Video)	3:00
5.	"Nothing" (Music Video)	4:32
6.	"Nothing" (The Making of the Video)	3:00
7.	"Arthur's Day" (Live Footage from Dublin)	11:22

(*) Additional production

Personnel

Danny O'Donoghue – songwriting, production and strings arrangement Mark Sheehan – songwriting and production Steve Kipner – songwriting and production Andrew Frampton – songwriting, production and additional production, programming, keyboards and additional keyboards, guitars Glen Power – songwriting, drummer Ben Sargeant – songwriting and bass The Script – drums, guitars, keyboards, vocals and programming Nick Ingham – strings transcript and arrangement Allan Kelly – strings arrangement assistant Isobel Griffiths – orchestra contractor Jo Buckley – assistant orchestra contractor Everton Nelson – violin leader Steve Morris – second violin leader Louisa Fuller – violin Boguslaw Kostecki – violin Patrick Kiernan – violin Rick Koster – violin Tom Pigott-Smith – violin

Julian Leaper – violin Ian Humphries – violin Simon Baggs – violin Clare Finnimore – viola Bill Hawkes – viola Bob Smissen – viola Ian Burdge – cello Sophie Harris – cello Paul Kegg – cello Mary Scully – bass Mark Stent – mixing Matt Green – mixing assistant Dan Frampton – recording and engineering Greg Marriot – recording and engineering assistant Ronan Phelan – recording and engineering assistant Frank Cameli – recording and engineering assistant Brandon Duncan – recording and engineering assistant Ted Jensen – mastering

Source:^[18]

Charts and certifications

Charts Chart (2010–11) Peak position Australian Albums Chart[19] 2 Austrian Albums Chart[20] 70 Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[21] 47 Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[21] 70 Canadian Albums Chart[22] 6 Danish Albums Chart[23] 23 Dutch Albums Chart[24] 14 European Top 100 Albums [25] 5 German Albums Chart[26] 40 Irish Albums Chart[27] 1 Italian Albums Chart[28] 40 New Zealand Albums Chart[29] 15 Scottish Albums Chart[30] 1 Spanish Albums Chart[31] 58 Swedish Albums Chart[31] 52 Swiss Albums Chart[32] 15 UK Albums Chart[33] 1 US Billboard 200[9] 3

Year-end charts Chart (2010) Position Australian Albums Chart[34] 53 European Top 100 Albums[35] 78 Irish Albums Chart[36] 2 UK Albums Chart[37] 19 Chart (2011) Position Australian Albums Chart[38] 78 UK Albums Chart[39] 68 US Billboard 200[40] 139 Chart (2012) Position UK Albums Chart[41] 134 Certifications Region Certification Sales/shipments Australia (ARIA) Platinum[42] Ireland (IRMA) 5× Platinum[43] United Kingdom (BPI) 2× Platinum[44] ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format
Ireland	10 September 2010	RCA, Sony Music	Standard
Austria
Scandinavia
Australia
United Kingdom[45]	13 September 2010
Germany	14 September 2010
United States[15]	18 January 2011	Epic Records	American Edition
Asia	16 October 2011		Asian Tour Edition CD+DVD

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