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'{{Infobox Album | Name = The Script | Type = studio | Cover = Script album.jpg | Artist = [[The Script (band)|The Script]] | Released = August 8, 2008 <br><small>(see [[#Release history|release history]])</small></small> | Genre = [[Pop-Rock]] | Length = 38:23 | Label = [[RCA Label Group]]/[[Phonogenic Records|Phonogenic]] | Reviews = * [[Allmusic]] {{Rating|2.5|5}} [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gifpxzekldse~T1 link] * [[BBC]] (Positive) [http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/jbhj/ link] * [[Digital Spy]] {{Rating|3|5}} [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/amusic/a122052/the-script-the-script.html link] *[[Entertainment.ie]] {{Rating|3|5}} [http://entertainment.ie/album-review/The-Script---The-Script/5797.htm link] * ''[[The Guardian]]'' {{Rating|2|5}} [http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/aug/08/popreview.thescript link] * [[MTV Asia]] (7/10) [http://www.mtvasia.com/Review/CD/C20080901001700.html link] * ''[[NME]]'' (2/10) *''[[The Independent]]'' {{Rating|2|5}} [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-the-script-the-script-rca-904927.html link] * ''[[The Times]]'' {{Rating|2|5}} [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article4464986.ece link] |Misc ={{Singles | Name = The Script | Type = studio | single 1 = [[We Cry]] | single 1 date = 28 April 2008 | single 2 = [[The Man Who Can't Be Moved]] | single 2 date = 28 July 2008 | single 3 = [[Breakeven (song)|Breakeven]] | single 3 date = 24 November 2008 | single 4 = [[Talk You Down]] | single 4 date = 16 March 2009 | single 5 = [[Before the Worst]] | single 5 date = 15 June 2009 }} }} '''''The Script''''' is the [[Choice Music Prize]]-[[Choice Music Prize#Irish Album of the Year 2008|nominated]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/5171298.html|title=Choice Music Prize Shortlist|date=2009-01-14|accessdate=2009-01-16|publisher=''[[Hot Press (magazine)|Hot Press]]''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imro.ie/newstastic//news.php?item=9762|title=Choice Music Prize - Shortlist Announced|date=2009-01-15|accessdate=2009-01-16|publisher=[[Irish Music Rights Organisation|IMRO]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0115/choicemusicprize.html|title=Choice Music nominees announced|date=2009-01-15|accessdate=2009-01-16|publisher=[[Radio Telefís Éireann|RTÉ]]}}</ref> self-titled debut album from [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] band [[The Script (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.<ref>[http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0019MLVEM Release date]</ref> Following success in the Republic of Ireland the album was released elsewhere in Europe in September 2008. The album entered the [[UK Album Chart]] with sales of 54,520 copies. The album went on to sell around 542,000 copies in the UK during 2008, and was the twelfth best selling album in the UK of 2008. It was then released in the United States on 11 March 2009. The album peaked at #91 on the [[Billboard 200]] on 4 April 2009.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=996240&aid=1184076|title=Billboard.com - Discography - The Script|date=2009-04-04|accessdate=2009-04-29|publisher=Billboard}}</ref> The album peaked at number 14 on the US iTunes chart on May 13th, 2009. <ref>http://www.thekhans.me.uk/stuff/iTunes.php?genre=USalbums</ref> ==Reception== 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 (band)|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."<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/jbhj/ Rock & Indie review - The Script, ''The Script'']</ref> 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."<ref>[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/amusic/a122052/the-script-the-script.html Digital Spy review]</ref> 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 point out the music industry's demise.)"<ref name=wom>{{cite journal|title=musik angehört|p=29|journal=WOM magazin|issue=September 08|pages=23|publisher=World of Music}} {{de icon}}</ref> 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."<ref>[http://www.mtvasia.com/Review/CD/C20080901001700.html MTVAsia Reviews - The Script]</ref> ==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<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_in_British_music</ref> 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.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_in_British_music</ref> The album also entered the [[Irish Album Chart]] at number one, holding the top spot for five weeks.<ref>http://acharts.us/album/37191</ref> 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, 18th 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]]. ===Singles=== Five singles were released from ''The Script''. The first single that released from the album was "[[We Cry]]". The song peaked at #15 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 (song)|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. It was released in fall 2009 in the United States and The Script performed it live on [[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]] on October 14, 2009<ref>http://www.thetunemusic.com/2009/10/video-script-breakeven-live-on-ellen.html</ref>. In May 2009, The Script confirmed that a fifth single would be released from the album. "[[Before the Worst]]" was released on June 15, 2009 in the UK. It peaked at #96 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the lowest charting single from ''The Script'' in the UK. == Personnel == '''Danny O'Donoghue''' - lead vocals, keyboards, rhythm guitars, piano '''Mark Sheehan''' - lead guitars, rhythm guitars, backing vocals '''Glen Power''' - drums, percussion, rhythm guitars, backing vocals ==Track listing== #"[[We Cry]]" – 3:43 #"[[Before the Worst]]" – 3:23 #"[[Talk You Down]]" – 3:50 #"[[The Man Who Can't Be Moved]]" – 4:01 #"[[Breakeven (song)|Breakeven]]" – 4:21 #"Rusty Halo" – 3:34 #"The End Where I Begin" – 3:34 #"Fall For Anything" – 4:32 #"If You See Kay" – 3:12 #"I'm Yours" – 4:13 U.S. Edition #<li value="11">"Anybody There" ;Japanese edition<ref>http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BVCP-25151</ref><ref>http://www.thescriptmusic.com/jp/music/releases/el/</ref> #<li value="11">"Anybody There" #"[[Live Like We're Dying]]"</li> #"We Cry" (Live Mix) ==Other Songs== *"[[Live Like We're Dying]]" *"None The Wiser" *"Heroes" <small>(cover of [[David Bowie]] song)</small> *"[[Lose Yourself]]" <small>(cover of [[Eminem]] song)</small> *"Times Like These" <small>(cover of [[Foo Fighters]] song)</small> *"That's My Home" ==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Chart<br />(2008) !Position |- |[[Irish Albums Chart]] |align="center"|1 |- |[[UK Albums Chart]] |align="center"|1 |- |[[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Albums Chart]] |align="center"|6 |- |[[ARIA Charts|Australian Albums Chart]] |align="center"|9 |- |US [[iTunes]] Chart <ref>http://www.thekhans.me.uk/stuff/iTunes.php?genre=USalbums</ref> |align="center"|14 |- |[[Denmark|Denmark Albums Chart]] |align="center"|15 |- |[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand Albums Chart]] |align="center"|15 |- |[[Swiss Music Charts|Swiss Albums Chart]] |align="center"|16 |- |[[The Netherlands|Dutch Album Chart]]<ref>[http://www.dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2009&date=20090711]</ref> |align="center"|25 |- |[[Germany|Germany Albums Chart]] |align="center"|32 |- |[[Italy|Italian Albums Chart]] |align="center"|38 |- |[[Billboard 200|US Billboard 200]]<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=996240&model.vnuAlbumId=1184076 US Billboard 200 Albums Chart : Archive: The Script]</ref> |align="center"|91 |} {| class="wikitable sortable" !align="left"|Country !align="left"|Certification !align="left"|Sales/<br />Shipments |- |align="left"|Ireland ([[IRMA]])<ref>[http://irishcharts.ie/awards/multi_platinum08.htm Multi Platinum certifications Ireland] ''[[IRMA]]''. Retrieved 12 April 2009.</ref> |align="center"|5x Platinum |align="center"|75,000 |- |align="left"|United Kingdom ([[BPI]]) |align="center"|2x Platinum |align="center"|1,000,000 |}austrailian 2x platinum `70000 ==Release history== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Country ! Date |- | [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] | August 8, 2008 |- | [[United Kingdom]] | August 11, 2008 |- | [[Europe]] | September 19, 2008 |- | [[Japan]] | October 22, 2008 |- | [[United States]] | March 17, 2009 |- | [[Brazil]] | August 24, 2009 |} {{start box}} {{succession box one to two |title1=[[UK Albums Chart]] [[List of number-one albums (UK)|number-one album]] (first run) |before=''[[ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits]]'' by [[ABBA]] |after1=''[[Forth (album)|Forth]]'' by [[The Verve]] |years1=17 August 2008 - 24 August 2008 |title2=[[Irish Album Chart]] [[Number-one albums of 2008 (Ireland)|number-one album]] |after2=''[[Death Magnetic]]'' by [[Metallica]] |years2=14 August 2008 - 11 September 2008 }} {{succession box |title=[[UK Albums Chart]] [[List of number-one albums (UK)|number-one album]] (second run) |before=''[[Only By The Night]]'' by [[Kings of Leon]] |after=''[[To Lose My Life...]]'' by [[White Lies (band)|White Lies]] |years=18 January 2009 }} {{succession box |title=[[Irish Album Chart]] [[Number-one albums of 2009 (Ireland)|number-one album]] (second run) |before=''[[The Essential Michael Jackson]]'' by [[Michael Jackson]] |after=incumbent |years=13 August 2009 }} {{end box}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{The Script}} [[Category:2008 albums]] [[Category:Debut albums]] [[Category:The Script albums]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Script}} [[it:The Script (album)]] [[pl:The Script (album)]] [[sv:The Script (musikalbum)]] [[th:เดอะสคริปต์ (อัลบั้ม)]]'