From Every Sphere

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Use British English|date=June 2011}} {{Infobox album | name = From Every Sphere | type = studio | artist = Ed Harcourt | cover = From Every Sphere.jpg | alt = | released = 17 February 2003 | recorded = 2001–2002 | venue = | studio = Real World, Bath, Somerset, England | genre = British rock | length = 56:43 | label = Heavenly | producer = Tchad Blake, Ed Harcourt | prev_title = Here Be Monsters | prev_year = 2001 | next_title = Strangers | next_year = 2004 | misc = {{Singles | name = From Every Sphere | type = studio | single1 = All of Your Days Will Be Blessed | single1date = 3 February 2003 | single2 = Watching the Sun Come Up | single2date = 19 May 2003 }} }} {{Music ratings | MC = 77/100<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/from-every-sphere/ed-harcourt|title=Reviews for From Every Sphere by Ed Harcourt|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=30 June 2019}}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/from-every-sphere-mw0000596492|title=From Every Sphere – Ed Harcourt|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=30 June 2019|last=Wilson|first=MacKenzie}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Alternative Press'' | rev2Score = 5/5<ref>{{cite journal|title=Ed Harcourt: From Every Sphere|magazine=Alternative Press|issue=179|date=June 2003|page=104}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev3Score = B+<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2003/05/30/every-sphere/|title=From Every Sphere|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=30 May 2003|access-date=30 June 2019|last=Kim|first=Wook|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630083158/https://ew.com/article/2003/05/30/every-sphere/|archive-date=30 June 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev4 = ''The Guardian'' | rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Ed Harcourt: From Every Sphere (Heavenly Recordings)|work=The Guardian|date=14 February 2003|last=Sweeting|first=Adam}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Mojo'' | rev5Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Ed Harcourt: From Every Sphere|magazine=Mojo|issue=112|date=March 2003|page=103}}</ref> | rev6 = ''NME'' | rev6Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/ed-harcourt/6981|title=Harcourt, Ed : From Every Sphere|magazine=NME|date=3 March 2003|access-date=30 June 2019|last=Dalton|first=Stephen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012222355/http://www.nme.com/reviews/ed-harcourt/6981|archive-date=12 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev7Score = 5.8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/3740-from-every-sphere/|title=Ed Harcourt: From Every Sphere|work=Pitchfork|date=25 June 2003|access-date=30 June 2019|last=Petrusich|first=Amanda|author-link=Amanda Petrusich}}</ref> | rev8 = ''Q'' | rev8Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Ed Harcourt: From Every Sphere|magazine=Q|issue=200|date=March 2003|page=108}}</ref> | rev9 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev9Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=2046616|title=Ed Harcourt: From Every Sphere|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=12 June 2003|access-date=30 June 2019|last=Edwards|first=Gavin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030524205327/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=2046616|archive-date=24 May 2003|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev10 = ''Uncut'' | rev10Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Ed Harcourt: From Every Sphere|magazine=Uncut|issue=70|date=March 2003|page=94}}</ref> | noprose = yes }}

'''''From Every Sphere''''' is the second album by British singer-songwriter Ed Harcourt, released in 2003. Heavenly Records labelmate Jimi Goodwin of Doves plays tambourine on the first single "All of Your Days Will Be Blessed”, Harcourt's only UK Top 40 single to date.

==Track listing== # "Bittersweetheart" – 4:30 # "All of Your Days Will Be Blessed" – 3:43 # "Ghost Writer" – 4:18 # "The Birds Will Sing for Us" – 4:26 # "Sister Reneé" – 4:44 # "Undertaker Strut" – 3:41 # "Bleed a River Deep" – 4:48 # "Jetsetter" – 3:55 # "Watching the Sun Come Up" – 5:47 # "Fireflies Take Flight" – 4:35 # "Metaphorically Yours" – 4:49 # "From Every Sphere" – 7:27

;Japan-only bonus tracks #<li value="13"> "The Ghosts Parade" – 5:30 # "Angels On Your Body" – 4:09

;US-only bonus tracks #<li value="13"> "The Hammer and the Nail" – 5:20 # "Watching the Sun Come Up" (Enhanced Video)

==Personnel== ===Musicians=== * Ed Harcourt – vocals, piano, electric guitar, pump organ, drums, bass, Clavinet, bells, percussion, harmonica, slide guitar, acoustic guitar, glockenspiel, fun machine, Korg synthesizer, Omnichord * Arnulf Lindner – electric bass, bowed bass, double bass, percussion * Nick Yeatman – drums, percussion * Hadrian Garrard – trumpet, trombone, Reed organ, percussion * Leo Abrahams – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, triggered strings, Casio, loops, slide guitar, sampling, string arrangements, woodwind arrangements, orchestral arrangements * Jimi Goodwin – tambourine * Lisa Germano – backing vocals, viola * Claire Lewis – programming * Tchad Blake – percussion * Dominic Kelly – oboe * Rowland Sutherland – flute * Chris Richards – clarinet * Jo Cackett – bassoon * Matt Gunner – French horn

===Wrecking Crew Orchestra=== * Violin – Howard Gott, Ruth Gottlieb, Lucy Wilkins, Natalia Bonner, Tim Myall, Jackie Norrie, Sally Herbert, Wendy De St Paer, Anna Morris, Alison Blunt, Gillon Cameron, Claire Raybould, Louise Peacock * Viola – Sophie Sirota, Rob Spriggs, Vince Greene, Amanda Drummond, Naomi Fairhurst * Cello – Sarah Willson, Oli Kraus, Andy Nice, Chris Mansell

==Singles== In the UK, there were two singles released: *"All of Your Days Will Be Blessed" (3 February 2003); CD **B-sides: "Coal Black Heart" / "Blackwoods Back Home" / "All of Your Days Will Be Blessed" (video) *"Watching the Sun Come Up" (19 May 2003); CD, Australian Tour EP CD **B-sides: "Sugarbomb" / "Paid to Get Drunk" / "Still I Dream of It" (Australian Tour EP only) / "Watching the Sun Come Up" (video)

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:2003 albums Category:Ed Harcourt albums Category:Heavenly Recordings albums Category:Albums produced by Tchad Blake