The Script (album)

The Script
Studio album by The Script
Released	8 August 2008 (see release history)
Genre	Indie pop pop rock indie rock
Length	38:23
Label	Phonogenic Epic
Producer	Steve Kipner Danny O'Donoghue Andrew Frampton Mark Sheehan
The Script chronology
The Script (2008) Science & Faith (2010)
Singles from The Script
"We Cry" Released: 28 April 2008 "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" Released: 28 July 2008 "Breakeven" Released: 24 November 2008 "Talk You Down" Released: 16 March 2009 "Before the Worst" Released: 15 June 2009

The Script is the Choice Music Prize-nominated^[1][2][3] self-titled debut album from Irish band The Script, which was released in the Republic of Ireland on 8 August 2008 and was released in the UK on 11 August 2008 by Phonogenic Records.^[4] Following success in the Republic of Ireland, the album was released elsewhere in Europe in September 2008. The album topped the UK charts and peaked at #64 on the US Billboard 200 on 4 March 2010.^[5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
BBC	(Positive)[7]
Digital Spy	[8]
Entertainment.ie	[9]
The Guardian	[10]
MTV Asia	(7/10)[11]
NME	(2/10)
The Independent	[12]
The Times	[13]

The album was met with mixed reviews by music critics. Timothy Powell of the BBC stated that the album "reveals a band that is fresh, vital and ferociously good." He went on to say that the Script are now positioned as "next big thing" and that the album entails "hip-hop, pop melodiousness, state-of-the-art production and anthemic rock." His overall summary was that the album is "Intelligent, beautifully crafted and compelling."^[14] Nick Levine of Digital Spy gave the album 3/5 stars while saying it was often "devastatingly effective" and that "A lot of people are going to hate the Script, a lot of people are going to love the Script."^[8]

The German WOM magazin monthly went as far as writing: "Eigenständing und originell ist anders. The Script bringen die Misere der Musikindustrie auf den Punkt. (Independent and original [music] is different. The Script points out the music industry's demise.)"^[15] The album has mixed reviews in MTV Asia, which has praised "O'Donoghue's vocals are a pleasurably unique aural experience" though it also comments that, as a whole, "the album plays across a flat plane, with no big leaps, but no huge letdowns either."^[16] Allmusic's Alexey Eremenko said that the album was "not reckless or fuzzy enough [to be] power pop"; instead the closest discernible influence was the rock style of U2.^[17]

Chart performance

Following the success of "The Man Who Can't Be Moved", The Script entered the UK Albums Charts at number one with sales of 54,520 copies where it stayed for two weeks. The album spent eight weeks in the top ten and was the twelfth best selling album in the UK of 2008. The album also entered the Irish Album Chart at number one, holding the top spot for five weeks.^[18] It had, of January 2009, spent twenty two weeks in the top ten. The Irish office of Sony BMG music presented the group with their first multi platinum award disc for over 600,000 sales of The Script. On Sunday, 18 January 2009, the album went back up to #1 in the UK Album Charts, a whole 5 months since it was first released, mainly because of the £3.95 deal on iTunes. Though released in 2008, the album was the 198th best-selling album in 2010 in the USA.^[19] It has so far spent over 174 weeks in the UK albums chart.

Singles

Five singles were released from The Script. The first single that released from the album was "We Cry". The song peaked at #13 on the UK Singles Chart. It was followed by the second single, "The Man Who Can't Be Moved", which peaked at #2 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the Script's highest charting single. In December 2008, the Script released "Breakeven" as their third single from the album. It peaked at #21 on the UK chart. The Script then released "Talk You Down" in 2009, as the fourth single from the album. However, the single failed to reach the success of the album's first three singles, missing the UK Top 40 and only peaking at #47. "Breakeven" was released in fall 2009 in the United States and the Script performed it live on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on 14 October 2009.^[20] "Breakeven" then went on to peak at 12 in the US where it was also certified platinum for shipment of 1,000,000 copies. "Breakeven" was also released in Australia where it peaked at number 3 and was certified platinum. In May 2009, The Script confirmed that a fifth single would be released from the album. "Before the Worst" was released on 15 June 2009 in the UK. It peaked at #96 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the lowest charting single from The Script in the UK. "Before the Worst" was also released in Australia where it peaked at number 10 and has been certified Gold.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"We Cry"	Andrew Frampton, Danny O'Donoghue, Glen Power, Mark Sheehan, Steve Kipner	Frampton, Kipner	3:45
2.	"Before the Worst"	O'Donoghue, Power, Sheehan	Frampton, Kipner	3:23
3.	"Talk You Down"	O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Power and Brilliancy	Sheehan	3:51
4.	"The Man Who Can't Be Moved"	Frampton, O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Kipner,	Frampton, Kipner	4:02
5.	"Breakeven"	Frampton, O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Kipner	Frampton, Kipner	4:21
6.	"Rusty Halo"	O'Donoghue, Sheehan	Sheehan	3:35
7.	"The End Where I Begin"	O'Donoghue, Sheehan	Sheehan	3:34
8.	"Fall for Anything"	O'Donoghue, Sheehan	Sheehan	4:33
9.	"If You See Kay"	O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Tony McGuinness	Sheehan	3:14
10.	"I'm Yours"	O'Donoghue, Sheehan	Sheehan	4:15

Bonus track[21]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
11.	"Anybody There"	O'Donoghue, Sheehan	Sheehan	3:00

Japanese bonus tracks[22][23]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
11.	"Anybody There"	O'Donoghue, Sheehan	Sheehan	3:00
12.	"Live Like We're Dying"	O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Frampton, Kipner	Frampton, Kipner	3:34
13.	"We Cry" (Live Mix)	O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Power, Frampton, Kipner	Frampton, Kipner	4:16

Deluxe edition bonus DVD[24][25]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"We Cry" (Music Video)	4:16
2.	"The Man Who Can't Be Moved" (Music Video)	4:02
3.	"Breakeven" (Music Video)	4:22
4.	"Talk You Down" (Music Video)	3:50
5.	"The Script: Live in Dublin" (Documentary)	23:36

B-Sides
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Rusty Halo" (Live at the Shephard's Bush Empire)	O'Donoghue, Sheehan	Sheehan	3:53
2.	"None the Wiser" (Demo)	O'Donoghue, Sheehan	Sheehan	3:11
3.	"Lose Yourself" (BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge)	Marshall Mathers, Luis Resto	Sheehan	4:46
4.	"Before the Worst" (Armand Van Helden Remix)	O'Donoghue, Power, Sheehan	Frampton, Kipner, Van Helden*	5:46
5.	"Bullet from a Gun"	O'Donoughue, Sheehan	Sheehan	4:11
6.	"Before the Worst" (Demo)	O'Donoghue, Power, Sheehan	Frampton, Kipner	3:18
7.	"Breakeven" (Live at the Shephard's Bush Empire)	Frampton, O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Kipner	Frampton, Kipner	5:11
8.	"Before the Worst" (Live at the Islington Academy)	O'Donoghue, Power, Sheehan	Frampton, Kipner	4:08

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2008) Peak position Australian Albums Chart 9 Denmark Albums Chart 15 Dutch Album Chart[26] 25 Germany Albums Chart 32 Irish Albums Chart 1 Italian Albums Chart[27] 38 Japanese Albums Chart[28] 34 New Zealand Albums Chart 15 Swedish Albums Chart 6 Swiss Albums Chart 16 UK Albums Chart 1 US Billboard 200[29] 64 US Billboard Rock Albums 16

Year-end charts Chart (2008) Position UK Albums Chart[30] 12 Irish Albums Chart[31] 3 European Top 100 Albums[32] 56 Chart (2009) Position UK Albums Chart[33] 37 Irish Albums Chart[34] 10 Australian Albums Chart[35] 34 European Top 100 Albums[36] 57 Chart (2010) Position UK Albums Chart[37] 111 US Billboard 200[38] 198 Chart (2011) Position UK Albums Chart[39] 148 Chart (2012) Position UK Albums Chart[40] 91

Certifications

Country	Certification
Australia (ARIA)	Platinum
Europe (IFPI)[41]	Platinum
Ireland (IRMA)[42]	5x Platinum
United Kingdom (BPI)	4x Platinum

Release history

Country	Date
Ireland	8 August 2008
United Kingdom	11 August 2008
Europe	19 September 2008
Japan	22 October 2008
United States	8 November 2008
Brazil	24 August 2009

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