"In the Lonely Hour" received generally lukewarm reviews from critics.Īt Metacritic, the album received an average score of 62, based 24 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". In the United States, the album debuted at peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200, selling 160,000 copies during its first week (making it the largest debut for a solo artist's debut album since Phillip Phillips' debut album, "The World from the Side of the Moon" launched with 169,000 at #4 on the chart).Īs of December 2015, the album has sold 2.228 million copies in the United States and has also sold 12 million copies worldwide. During its first five weeks after its release, it had sold 228,000 copies in the United Kingdom.Īs of December 2015, the album has sold 2,140,000 copies in total, including 893,000 units sold in 2015. "In The Lonely Hour" debuted at #1 on the UK Albums Chart (outselling Coldplay's album, "Ghost Stories"). So, it's my way of defining what is love, and how unrequited love is just as painful, just as powerful, as what we call 'normal' love."
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I don't have that many sad things going on in my life and it was the only thing that was really affecting me last year: I fell in love with someone who didn't love me back, and it made me get into this head space of, 'Will I find a man to love? When will I find love?' This album is my 'fuck off' to everyone and basically say, 'No, I have been in love with a man and, if anything, it was much more painful than your version', because I'm not getting what I want with a man and it's so close I can almost taste him. It was my way of talking about the only real issue in my life. In another interview with Digital Spy, when asked to describe the album, he said: "My debut album is just a diary from a lonely 21-year-old. He also said in an interview with The Line of Best Fit that the most personal song in this album is "Good Thing." Hopefully I'll be happier soon and I'll write about that."
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I was sad, heartbroken, and I wrote about being sad. Talking about the name of the album, he said: "People are saying, 'Oh but it's too sad', but that's what it's about. In an interview with Digital Spy, Smith described the overarching theme of his album as "sad". On January 7, 2014, Smith unveiled the artwork and tracklisting for the first time. On December 16, 2013, it was announced that Sam Smith's debut studio album would be released on through Capitol Records.