It was the fastest selling record of 2012 in the UK, and the second fastest record of the year in the US, behind only Taylor Swift’s Red.īabel spawned some of Mumford & Sons biggest hits to date including I Will Wait, Lover of the Light, and Hopeless Wanderer. Babel found the band stick close to the formula that had brought them such success, but the songs were bigger, bolder, and epic in scale. This anniversary release features a variation of the photography originally featured on Babel, shot on location in West London by long-standing collaborator, the photographer Marcus Haney.īabel followed the word-of-mouth success of the band’s debut album, Sigh No More, which debuted in October 2009 and slowly but surely sent Mumford & Sons stratospheric. Babel won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2013, with Mumford & Sons taking home the British Group award at the 2013 BRIT Awards. The record has since sold millions of copies worldwide (going 4 x platinum in both the US and UK alone). It was first introduced on the 7th August with first single, I Will Wait, as the band continued a sold-out headline tour of the US. The album was released in Autumn 2012, topping the charts on both sides of the Atlantic in September 2012 for the first time, as the band’s profile soared right across the globe. Mumford & Sons are pleased to share details of a very special, limited edition 180g 10th anniversary vinyl version of their second album ‘Babel’.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |