{{Use dmy dates |date=July 2020}} {{Infobox album | name = Shallow Bed | type = studio | artist = Dry The River | cover = ShallowBed.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2012|03|05|df=y}} <small>(UK)</small> <br/> {{Start date|2012|04|17|df=y}} <small>(North America)</small> | recorded = 2011 | venue = | studio = | genre = Folk rock, indie folk | length = 50:35 | label = RCA, Transgressive | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Alarms in the Heart | next_year = 2014 | misc = {{Singles | name = Shallow Bed | type = studio | single1 = No Rest | single1date = {{Start date|2011|06|17|df=y}} | single2 = Weights & Measures | single2date = {{Start date|2011|11|11|df=y}} | single3 = The Chambers & the Valves | single3date = {{Start date|2012|02|24|df=y}} | single4 = New Ceremony | single4date = {{Start date|2012|04|16|df=y}} }} }}
'''''Shallow Bed''''' is the debut studio album from English folk rock band Dry The River and was released 5 March 2012. The album peaked at number 28 on the UK Albums Chart. The album includes the singles "No Rest", "The Chambers & the Valves" and "New Ceremony".
==Singles== * "No Rest" was released as the album's lead single on 17 June 2011. * "Weights & Measures" was released as the album's second single on 11 November 2011. * "The Chambers & the Valves" was released as the album's third single on 24 February 2012. * "New Ceremony" was released as the album's fourth single on 16 April 2012.
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | MC = 70/100<ref name=MC>{{Cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/shallow-bed/dry-the-river |title=Shallow Bed by Dry the River Reviews and Tracks |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=July 24, 2020}}</ref> | rev1 = Beats Per Minute | rev1Score = {{rating|6|10}}<ref name="BPM">{{cite web|url=https://beatsperminute.com/reviews/album-review-dry-the-river-shallow-bed/|title=Dry the River - Shallow Bed Album Review|publisher=Beats Per Minute|author=Ray Finlayson|date = 2012-04-16|accessdate=2012-04-16}}</ref> | rev2 = ''The Daily Telegraph'' | rev2Score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopreviews/9111777/Dry-the-River-Shallow-Bed-review.html|title=Dry the River, Shallow Bed, review|date=29 February 2012 }}</ref> | rev3 = Digital Spy | rev3Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="DigitalSpy">{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/albumreviews/a369416/dry-the-river-shallow-bed-album-review.html|title=Dry the River - Shallow Bed|author=Ian Sandwell|website=Digital Spy |date = 2012-03-01|accessdate=2012-03-02}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Drowned in Sound'' | rev4Score = {{rating|6|10}}<ref name="DiS">{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16851/reviews/4144559?ticker|title=Releases: Dry the River - 'Shallow Bed'|publisher=Drowned in Sound|author=Christian Cottingham|date=2012-03-01|accessdate=2012-03-02|archive-date=2 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302212238/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16851/reviews/4144559?ticker|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev5 = Gigwise | rev5Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Gigwise">{{cite web|url=http://www.gigwise.com/reviews/albums/71207/Dry-The-River---%27Shallow-Bed%27|title=Dry the River - 'Shallow Bed'|publisher=Gigwise|author=Dave Craig|date = 2012-03-07|accessdate=2012-03-07}}</ref> | rev6 = ''musicOMH'' | rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="musicOMH">{{cite web| author= David Welsh |url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/dry-the-river_0212.htm|title=Album Reviews: Dry the River - 'Shallow Bed' Album Review | accessdate = 2011-03-06}}</ref> | rev7 = ''NME'' | rev7Score = {{Rating|7|10}}<ref name="NME">{{cite web| author= Mark Beaumont |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/dry-the-river/12831|title=NME Album Reviews: Dry the River - 'Shallow Bed' |website=NME | accessdate = 2011-03-06}}</ref> | rev8 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="RollingStone">{{cite web| author= Jörn Schlüter |url=https://www.rollingstone.de/reviews/alben/article282321/dry-the-river-shallow-bed.html|title=Review zu: Dry The River - Shallow Bed | accessdate = 2011-03-02}}</ref> | rev9 = ''This Is Fake DIY'' | rev9Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="FakeDIY">{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/albums/dry-the-river-shallow-bed/|title=Dry the River - Shallow Bed Album Review|publisher=This Is Fake DIY|author=Heather Steele|date = 2012-03-06|accessdate=2012-03-06}} </ref> }}
''Shallow Bed'' was well received by music critics. Lewis Corner of Digital Spy gave the album a positive review stating, "Frontman Peter Liddle's smooth and dulcet tones - reminiscent of Brandon Flowers - are able to command both the anthemic stadium fillers and the delicate ballads that reside here. The latter is evident on 'Bible Belt', a song dealing with alcoholic parents, where Liddle's vocal nimbly pirouettes over a soft blend of gentle acoustics and orchestral undertones. What's most exciting is Dry The River's ability to open the lid on a song and let it soar; a prime example being the entangled vocal and guitar building throughout 'No Rest', which gloriously explodes by the track's end. This knack has the potential to deliver sky-blistering live performances that should make them a talking point throughout 2012 and, if we're lucky, well beyond."<ref name="DigitalSpy"/>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = Standard listing<ref name=cd>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005ZJCD4M/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B005ZJCD4M&linkCode=as2 Shallow Bed: Dry The River: Amazon.co.uk: Music]</ref><ref name=iTunes1>[https://music.apple.com/gb/album/shallow-bed/485306307 iTunes - Music - Shallow Bed by Dry the River]</ref> | title1 = Animal Skins | length1 = 2:56 | title2 = New Ceremony | length2 = 4:12 | title3 = Shield Your Eyes | length3 = 3:40 | title4 = History Book | length4 = 4:41 | title5 = The Chambers & The Valves | length5 = 3:10 | title6 = Demons | length6 = 3:46 | title7 = Bible Belt | length7 = 4:44 | title8 = No Rest | length8 = 3:07 | title9 = Shaker Hymns | length9 = 3:49 | title10 = Weights & Measures | length10 = 5:04 | title11 = Lion's Den | length11 = 6:44 | title12 = Family | length12 = 4:42 }} {{Track listing | headline = Deluxe Version<ref name=iTunes2>[https://music.apple.com/gb/album/shallow-bed-deluxe-version/496523781 iTunes - Music - Shallow Bed (Deluxe Version) by Dry the River]</ref> | title13 = Shield Your Eyes | note13 = Live at Lightship95 | length13 = 3:39 | title14 = History Book | note14 = Live at Lightship95 | length14 = 4:49 | title15 = Lion's Den | note15 = Live at Lightship95 | length15 = 6:19 | title16 = Hammer | length16 = 3:45 | title17 = Night Owls | note17 = Home Demo | length17 = 2:51 | title18 = Weights & Measures | note18 = Dry the River Summer 2011 | length18 = 5:06 | title19 = No Rest | note19 = Dry the River in New York | length19 = 3:52 }}
==Chart performance== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- !Chart (2012) !Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Dutch Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Dry+The+River&titel=Shallow+Bed&cat=a|title=Dry The River - Shallow Bed|publisher=dutchcharts.nl/}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"| 70 |- ! scope="row"| UK Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|title=Archive Chart|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20120311/7502/|work=Official Charts Company}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"| 28 |- |}
==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col"| Country ! scope="col"| Release date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Label |- | rowspan="2"| United Kingdom | 2 March 2012 | Digital download<ref name=iTunes1/><ref name=iTunes2/> | rowspan="2"| Sony Music Entertainment, RCA Records |- | 5 March 2012 | CD<ref name=cd/> |}
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Category:2012 debut albums Category:Dry the River albums Category:Transgressive Records albums