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. It was released in May 1997 on Polydor Records and was produced by

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. Changing their name from Sun, under which their debut EP had been released, their debut studio album was released under the name Silver Sun. The album received critical acclaim, but had limited chart success, reaching #30 in the

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. Four singles were released from the album; "Lava", "Last Day", "Golden Skin" and "Julia", of which, only "Golden Skin" and "Lava" reached the

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. "Golden Skin" was used in the

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of the British romantic comedy film ''

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'' which was released the same year as the albu

Track listing

All tracks written by James Broad. #"Test" – 0:15 #"Golden Skin" – 3:16 #"Dumb" – 2:12 #"Julia" – 3:19 #"Far Out" – 2:57 #"Last Day" – 3:37 #"Service" – 3:01 #"Yellow Light" – 3:33 #"Lava" – 2:39 #"2 Digits" – 3:09 #"This 'n' That" – 2:47 #"Wonderful" – 2:45 #"Bad Haircut" – 2:40 #"Nobody" – 3:34 #"Animals Feet" – 4:03

Personnel

- Record Producer, production & mixing *James Broad -

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*Paul Smith -

*Richard Buckton - bass,

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*Richard Sayce -

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*Jeff Cummins - album illustrations

References

{{Authority control Silver Sun albums 1997 debut albums Albums produced by Nigel Godrich Polydor Records albums