In Love and Death

***In Love and Death*** is the first studio album by British rock band The Tigers. It was released on September 28th 2004 and was a certified platinum album. A total of 1,000,000+ copies were sold. It is the band's fourth best

## Studio Album by the Tigers

### Album

Previous: N/A Next: Peace (2006)

performing album, behind After Hours, Vulnerable and Imaginary Enemy. The meaning of the album's name references struggles in general people's lives.

## Background

The Tigers were formed in October 2002, with the four members (as friends) all creating the group and started to play music. They didn't plan any albums but decided to record music for fun. Nothing too much happened during the first few months going into 2003. But in August 2003, they started writing and planning for a studio album.

The Album was produced in Sheffield, UK.

## Composition

Prior to recording, (Name) claimed there would be "a lot more piano-based songs than guitar-riff rock songs" on the album. He added that they "definitely want to keep it eclectic and mix it all up", incorporating each members different taste in music. " He added that there was "a lot [of] brighter tones and ... dance-y rhythms". Similar to their debut, he said "a lot of the songs are personal but ... written in a way that you're not gonna necessarily know what I'm talking about, but you'll definitely be able to get involved and make it your own". Overall, he said it was "all about loss and love and tragedy and just regular everyday things we all go through".

## Release

''Take It Away'' was the first song to be released by The Tigers, and was released as a single on the 26th August 2004. It quickly became popular and their second single, released on August 30th 2004 ''All That I've Got'' quickly becoming popular and getting 1 million listens just two weeks after being released. On the 1st September 2004, the listing for the album was released. On the 16th September 2004, their third and final single for the album, ''I Caught Fire'' was released. On the 28th September 2004, In Love and Death was entirely released. By the end of 2004, all songs in the gained at least one million listens, and All That I've Got got more than 5 million listens. Take It Away had more than 3 million listens and I Caught Fire had more than 2.5 million listens. The most popular non-single song was ''Hard To Say'' which got 1.8 million listens at the end of 2004. On 4th October 2004, a music video for ''Take It Away'' was released, as well as a lyric video for ''All That I've Got''. On the 6th January 2005, a music video for ''All That I've Got'' was released. Finally, on the 12th April 2005, a music video for ''I Caught Fire'' was released.

On the 26th April 2004, a deluxe edition for ''In Love And Death'' was released, which featured the 11 songs from the Album and three bonus tracks, ''Alone This Holiday'', ''Under Pressure'' (cover) and an acoustic version of ''All That I've Got''.

In 2005, they went on their first tours, starting in their home city, and going across the country to places like London, Manchester. In August 2005, they had their first tour abroad, going to Canada and then the USA in September 2005.

## Reception

The album has been generally well received by critics. Billboard said that it "continues to straddle the line between street credibility and mainstream success". The Guardian gave it 3 out of 5 stars, saying "Songs of self-abuse and suicide - and those are the sunnier moments - are wrapped in wailing riffs, big choruses and fiddly guitar solos."

## Track Listing

### Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks

 Total length:

### Additional Track Information

14 songs were recorded during the In Love and Death recording session. The two b-sides are ''Alone This Holiday'', which also features on the ''I Caught Fire'' CD as a b-side. The second is ''Under Pressure'' cover.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 In Love and Death: What does it mean? - The Tigers Lead Singer (NAME) answers questions
2. ↑ The Tigers - In Love And Death - Context - Production
3. ↑ The Tigers - How ''All That I've Got'' got so popular so quickly
4. ↑ The Tigers: Hard To Say most popular non-single in first studio album
5. ↑ The Tigers: First ever music video by the band has been released for Take It Away
6. ↑ The Tigers - All That I've Got (Official Music Video)
7. ↑ The Tigers: Deluxe Edition for In Love and Death now available!
8. ↑ The Tigers - In Love And Death (Deluxe Edition)