''True Romance'' is the only album by

Golden Silvers Golden Silvers were an English band from London signed to independent record label XL Recordings. The line-up consisted of vocalist and keyboardist Gwilym Gold, Ben Moorhouse on bass guitar, and Robden Alexis Nunez on drums. Early stages The ba ...

. It was released by

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on April 20, 2009 on CD, download and 12″ vinyl.

Critical reception

The album received generally positive reviews. It earned a collective score of 71 out of 100 from

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. Dave Simpson of ''

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'' said that the album contains a "combination of masterful songwriting and lyrics that introduce dark edges" to a "more timeless than retro" sound.

Singles

* "True Romance (True No.9 Blues)" was released as the album's lead single and peaked at #142 on the

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Track listing

Personnel

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- engineer *Nathaniel Facey - alto saxophone *Gwilym Gold - composer, keyboards, vocals, artwork *Dougal Lott - engineer *B.J. Ben Mason - engineer *Ben Moorhouse - bass, background vocals *Michael Mwenso - trombone *Robbie Nelson - engineer *Jay Phelps - trumpet *Daniel Rejmer - engineer *Graham Turner - photography *Rebecca Miller - photography *Colin Henderson - album cover design/illustration *Jack Watkins - web design Source:

Chart

''True Romance'' debuted and peaked at #96 on the

and spent a total of 5 weeks on the chart.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:True Romance (Golden Silvers Album) 2009 debut albums XL Recordings albums