A Brief Crack of Light
A Brief Crack of Light is the thirteenth studio album by Therapy?, released on 6 February 2012 in the UK and Europe. It was first pencilled in for October 2011, but the date slipped, and the US got it a little later, on 14 February. It's the third record the band put out on Blast Records, part of The Global Music Group family.
It sits between Crooked Timber (2009) and Disquiet (2015), in a back catalogue that stretches from Babyteeth in 1991 to the present day. If you only know the band through Troublegum, this alternative metal album is a good way to hear what they were doing well into their third decade.
A Brief Crack of Light: tracklist, credits and charts
10 tracks · 41:16Tracklist
- 1Living in the Shadow of the Terrible Thing3:57
- 2Plague Bell4:12
- 3Marlow4:36
- 4Before You, With You, After You3:32
- 5The Buzzing3:39
- 6Get Your Dead Hand off My Shoulder4:08
- 7Ghost Trio5:20
- 8Why Turbulence?3:33
- 9Stark Raving Sane2:37
- 10Ecclesiastes5:43
- Produced by
- Adam Sinclair, Therapy?
- Recorded at
- Blast Studio, Newcastle
- Recorded
- December 2010 – February 2011 (tracks 1–4, 6–9), and June 2011 (tracks 5, 10)
- Label
- Blast Records
- Length
- 41:16
Singles
- “Living in the Shadow of the Terrible Thing” · 23 January 2012
- “Before You with You After You” · 26 November 2012
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| Ireland 2 · 2012 | 93 |
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How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 6 February 2012 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 6 February 2012 | |
| Wikidata | 2012 | |
| Deezer | 6 February 2012 | |
| UK / Europe release | 6 February 2012 | earliest UK or European date |
2 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 February 2012 | GB | Blast Records | 5065001991073 | original |
| 6 February 2012 | XW | Blast Records | original |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |