Up All Night by Razorlight

Up All Night, Razorlight's debut, came out on Mercury on 28 June 2004, the sound of a London band wearing its record collection on its sleeve. Johnny Borrell, who had started the group two years earlier, sings and plays guitar with the swagger of a man convinced he's the main event, while Björn Ågren's guitar and Carl Dalemo's bass keep things wiry and jittery. It was cut mostly at Sawmills Studio and mixed by John Cornfield at Sphere Studios, and the drummer who played on it had already been replaced by Andy Burrows a month before it reached the shops.

Reviews were kind, though critics grumbled that the influences showed a bit too plainly. Five singles came off it, "Rock 'N' Roll Lies", "Rip It Up", "Stumble and Fall", "Golden Touch" and "Vice", the album climbed to number 3 in the UK, and a 2005 reissue tacked on the number 2 hit "Somewhere Else".

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