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Length
  
45:31

Is Your Love Big Enough? (2012)
  
Blood (2015)

Release date
  
6 July 2012

Genres
  
Alternative/Indie, Pop

Producer
  
Matt Hales

Artist
  
Lianne La Havas

Label
  
Warner Bros. Records

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Released
  
July 6, 2012 (2012-07-06)

Nominations
  
World Music Award for World’s Best Album

Similar
  
Blood, Art Official Age, Sugar Mountain – Live at C, Live at the Cellar Door, Every Kingdom

Lianne la havas is your love big enough official video


Is Your Love Big Enough? is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Lianne La Havas. It was released in the United Kingdom on 9 July 2012 through Warner Bros. The album peaked at number 4 on the UK Albums Chart.

Contents

The album was nominated for the 2012 Mercury Prize and 2013 Ivor Novello Awards.

Lianne la havas don t wake me up


Background

Whilst attending sixth-form in Croydon, a friend of La Havas', the singer and songwriter Allan Rose (who had attended the Brit School), introduced her to other musicians who would assist La Havas in the recording of her first demos. Through that same friend La Havas was also introduced to British singer Paloma Faith; she later sang backing vocals on tour for Faith. La Havas was co-writer and performer in The Paris Parade alongside Christian Pinchbeck (who designed the artwork for Lost & Found and is also now part of the duo Memphis Industries duo Elephant); their short-lived career would kick off La Havas' career in commercial music. In 2010, Lianne signed to Warner Bros. Records, spending two years developing her songwriting skills before releasing any music publicly.

Her first EP Lost & Found was released on 21 October 2011 on the Labour of Love label, featuring Willy Mason on the opening track "No Room For Doubt". That same month, La Havas released the live EP Live From LA, which was made available for free download on her website. La Havas made her television debut on 21 October 2011 broadcast of BBC Two's Later… with Jools Holland, a programme that also featured Wisconsin folk band Bon Iver; soon after this on 25 October 2011 it was announced that La Havas would be the supporting act for Bon Iver's December 2011 North American tour.

Release and promotion

Her official debut single "Lost & Found" was released in the UK on 30 April 2012, and her debut album, was released on 9 July 2012 on Warner Brothers. "Forget" was released as the second single from the album on 30 December 2011. "Lost & Found" was released as the third single from the album on 27 April 2012. "Is Your Love Big Enough?" was released as the fourth single from the album on 22 May 2012. The song was heavily contributed to the 2014 documentary film The Distortion of Sound, which features Lianne and her live performance of the single. "Age" was released as the fifth single from the album on 3 December 2012.

At the end of 2012, Is Your Love Big Enough? was named iTunes Album of the Year. On 24 September 2012, September La Havas supported Alicia Keys at MTV 'Crashes' Manchester, a live performance in front of 1,000 people in Manchester Cathedral, which was broadcast in 164 countries. On 31 December 2012, she appeared on BBC Two's New Year's Eve show Jools' Annual Hootenanny singing Cow Cow Boogie. On 9 June 2013, La Havas played at the RockNess music festival in Inverness, Scotland, and on 30 June 2013 La Havas performed at the Glastonbury Festival 2013. La Havas also performed at the Isle of Wight Festival in June 2013.

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 15 reviews, which indicates "Generally favorable reviews". Gaffa listed Is Your Love Big Enough? the 30th best album of 2012 by a non-Danish artist.

Track listing

  • The enhanced CD gives access to videos of an exclusive track-by-track interview.
  • All writing and production credits have been taken from Is Your Love Big Enough? booklet.
  • Release formats

    Is Your Love Big Enough? (Standard edition)
  • Standard 12 tracks
  • Is Your Love Big Enough? (Deluxe edition)
  • Standard 12 tracks
  • Bonus 4 live tracks
  • 2 posters
  • 12-page booklet
  • 3-panel softpack case
  • Is Your Love Big Enough? (Limited vinyl edition)
  • MP3 download
  • Standard 12 tracks
  • Bonus 7" vinyl featuring two bonus tracks
  • Two exclusive 12" artcard prints
  • Is Your Love Big Enough? (iTunes Festival)
  • Standard 12 tracks
  • 3 bonus videos, live from the iTunes Festival 2012
  • Songs

    1Don't Wake Me Up3:45
    2Is Your Love Big Enough?3:22
    3Lost & Found4:28

    References

    Is Your Love Big Enough? Wikipedia