Here Be Monsters is the debut album by Ed Harcourt, released in 2001. It was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2001. Tim Holmes, one-half of British dance music duo Death In Vegas, co-produced the album. The singles "Something in My Eye" and "Apple of My Eye" charted in the UK. The album reached 84 in the UK album chart.
- "Something in My Eye" – 3:41
- "God Protect Your Soul" – 5:27
- "She Fell into My Arms" – 3:49
- "Those Crimson Tears" – 5:09
- "Hanging With the Wrong Crowd" – 3:41
- "Apple of My Eye" – 4:04
- "Beneath the Heart of Darkness" – 7:19
- "Wind Through the Trees" – 6:45
- "Birds Fly Backwards" – 3:30
- "Shanghai" – 3:49
- "Like Only Lovers Can" – 4:54
Ed Harcourt – vocals, piano, pump organ, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Wurlitzer, vibes, saxophone, harmonica, bass, beatbox, backing vocals, sampling, synthesizer, drums, percussion, string arrangementNick Yeatman – drums, percussion, backing vocals, hand clapping, loopsHadrian Garrard – trumpet, trombone, percussion, drums, backing vocals, hand clapping, radio staticArnulf Lindner – double bass, electric bass, fretless bass, bowed bass, backing vocalsLeo Abrahams – electric guitar, 12-string guitar, fretless guitar, baritone guitar, omnichord, glockenspiel, mandolin, backing vocals, string arrangementTim Holmes – loops, sequencing, samplesDave Fridmann – backing vocalsMartin Kelly – backing vocalsSimon Harris – backing vocalsChris Scard – hand clappingGil Norton – hand clappingSophie Sirota – viola, string arrangementMax Garrard – French hornHoward Gott – string arrangement, violinRuth Gottlieb – violinSarah Willson – celloIn the UK, there were four singles released:
"Something in My Eye" (11 June 2001); CD, 7" vinylB-sides: "T Bone Tombstone" / "Here Be Monsters""She Fell Into My Arms" (10 September 2001); CD, 7" vinylB-sides: "I've Become Misguided" (new version) / "When Americans Come to London""Apple of My Eye" (21 January 2002); CD1, CD2, cassetteB-sides: "Alligator Boy" / "Weary and Bleary Eyed" / "Last of the Troubadors" / "Little Silver Bullet" / "Apple of My Eye" (video)"Shanghai" (8 April 2002) (This single was canceled and released as a promo single only.)Q listed Here Be Monsters as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.