Description
Zero 7 were formed in 1997 by producers Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker. In 2001 their debut album Simple Things was released selling over a million copies to date and was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. Follow up, When It Falls was a Top 10 album, peaking at no.4 in the UK album chart & US Billboard Dance/Electronic chart 3.
They released their third album The Garden in 2006 it also peak at no 4 UK album chart spending 7 weeks in total there. It has sold over 125k copies. In the USA, it entered the Billboard Dance/Electronic chart at #2 and stayed in the Top 20 of that chart for 5 weeks.
Singles taken from the album include Futures featuring José González, Throw It All Away and You're My Flame both featuring Sia.
This 2 x cd special edition of the album mirrors the now unavailable original CD plus extra disc of 11 tracks. Some of the 2nd disc tracks are exclusive live session tracks You're My Flame, The Pageant of the Bizarre (with Sia guesting on vocals) & Crosses (with José González). Thistles was a B side from the Throw It All Away release also featuring Sia with Carolina , an earlier version of Inaminute. For the other extra tracks including another Sia track - Dreaming, this is the 1st time they have been made available on a physical format.
The Garden is another timelessly classic album from a seminal electronic band and an essential soundtrack to any laidback listening.
As previous Zero 7 Special Editions this release will have a premium, luxury feel using gold foil blocking & a matt laminated finish.
Press quotes from the 2006 release:
"Outstanding" Q
"Return to Form" Uncut
"A musical garden of eden" Rob da Bank Radio 1