Chaos and the Calm

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Chaos and the Calm
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Studio album by James Bay
Released 23 March 2015 (2015-03-23)
Recorded 2013–14 in Nashville, Tennessee[1]
Genre
Length 48:13
Label
Producer Jacquire King
Singles from Chaos and the Calm
  1. "Let It Go"
    Released: 2 June 2014
  2. "Hold Back the River"
    Released: 17 November 2014
  3. "Scars[6]"
    Released: 28 August 2015
  4. "If You Ever Want to Be in Love"
    Released: 29 October 2015
  5. "Best Fake Smile"
    Released: 2 March 2016
  6. "Running"
    Released: 11 March 2016

Chaos and the Calm is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter James Bay. It was released on 23 March 2015 by Republic Records and produced by Jacquire King.

The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album, while the song "Hold Back the River" was nominated for Best Rock Song and Bay for Best New Artist.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 58/100[7]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars[8]

Chaos and the Calm received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 58, which indicates "mixed or average reviews", based on 9 reviews.

Commercial performance

The Official Charts Company reported that Chaos and the Calm debuted at number one in the UK Albums Chart on 29 March 2015, having sold over 64,000 copies in the first week of release.[9]

Track listing

Chaos and the Calm — Standard version
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Craving"  
Jacquire King 3:47
2. "Hold Back the River"  
  • Bay
  • Archer
 King 3:59
3. "Let It Go"  
King 4:21
4. "If You Ever Want to Be in Love"  
  • Bay
  • Jimmy Hogarth
  • Steve McEwan
 King 3:58
5. "Best Fake Smile"  
  • Bay
  • Archer
 King 3:26
6. "When We Were on Fire"  
  • Bay
  • Jon Green
 King 3:59
7. "Move Together"  
  • Bay
  • Jamie Hartman
 King 4:37
8. "Scars"   Bay King 4:32
9. "Collide"  
  • Bay
  • Thomas EP Hull
 King 3:24
10. "Get Out While You Can"  
  • Bay
  • Ed Harcourt
 King 4:43
11. "Need the Sun to Break"  
  • Bay
  • Joel Pott
 King 3:46
12. "Incomplete"  
King 3:41

Personnel

Charts and certifications

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Ireland 20 March 2015
United Kingdom[47] 23 March 2015

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