This New Day

This New Day is the fifth studio album by English rock band Embrace. It was released on 27 March 2006, being preceded by the release of the single, "Nature's Law", and went straight to number one on the UK Albums Chart. The single and album were enough to earn the band the distinction of performing "World at Your Feet", England's official 2006 FIFA World Cup song. The album was then reissued on 5 June 2006, with the song included on it. The album is also notable for being the first album ever to top the UK Album Downloads Chart.^[1]

"Nature's Law" had become the band's most successful single, having debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart. Their second single was "World at Your Feet". The third single from the album was "Target" released on 11 September 2006, and charted at No. 29 after being number 9 in the midweek charts. The fourth single "I Can't Come Down" was released on 4 December 2006 and reached No. 54.

Notably, "Exploding Machines" was originally planned to be the title of the album.^[2]

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	59/100^[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
Gigwise	^[5]
The Guardian	^[6]
The Irish Times	^[7]
Melodic	^[8]
The Observer	^[9]
The Skinny	^[10]
Stylus Magazine	A−^[11]
The Times	^[12]
Yahoo! Music	^[13]

This New Day received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 59, based on nine reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Embrace and Martin Glover, except where noted

Standard edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"No Use Crying"		3:42
2.	"Nature's Law"		4:07
3.	"Target"		4:28
4.	"Sainted"		4:18
5.	"I Can't Come Down"	Danny McNamara Richard McNamara	4:13
6.	"Celebrate"		3:33
7.	"Exploding Machines"		5:17
8.	"Even Smaller Stones"		4:28
9.	"The End Is Near"	D. McNamara R. McNamara	4:38
10.	"This New Day"		4:45

Special edition
No.	Title	Length
1.	"No Use Crying"	3:42
2.	"Nature's Law"	4:07
3.	"Target"	4:28
4.	"World at Your Feet" (Embrace, Martin Glover and Tony Perrin)	3:39
5.	"Sainted"	4:18
6.	"I Can't Come Down" (Danny McNamara and Richard McNamara)	4:13
7.	"Celebrate"	3:33
8.	"Exploding Machines"	5:17
9.	"Even Smaller Stones"	4:28
10.	"The End Is Near" (Danny McNamara and Richard McNamara)	4:38
11.	"This New Day"	4:45

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format
United Kingdom	27 March 2006	Independiente	LP, CD

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart performance for *Simpatico*
Chart (2006)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[14]	1
UK Albums (OCC)^[15]	1
UK Independent Albums (OCC)^[16]	1
UK Album Downloads (OCC)^[17]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)	Position
UK Albums (OCC)^[18]	92

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[19]	Gold	100,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Brandle, Lars (22 April 2006). "Billboard - 22 April 2006 - Page 8". Billboard. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
^ "Embrace write new album in nine days". NME.
^ ^a ^b "Critic Reviews for This New Day - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ DiGravina, Tim. "This New Day - Embrace". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ Robinson, Paul. "Embrace - 'This New Day' (Independiente)". Gigwise. Archived from the original on 23 March 2006. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ Sullivan, Caroline (17 March 2006). "CD: Embrace, This New Day". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ McNamee, Paul (24 March 2006). "Pop/Rock". The Irish Times. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ Roth, Kaj (27 March 2006). "Embrace - This New Day". Melodic. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ Perry, Andrew (19 March 2006). "Embrace, This New Day". The Observer. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ Forgan, Duncan (16 April 2006). "Embrace - This New Day". The Skinny. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ "Embrace - This New Day - Review". Stylus Magazine. 27 March 2006. Archived from the original on 29 March 2006. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ "Embrace". The Times. 25 March 2006. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
^ Morgan, Emma (27 March 2006). "Embrace This New Day". Yahoo! Launch. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
^ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
^ "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
^ "British album certifications – Embrace – Out of Nothing". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Out of Nothing in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

External links

v t e Embrace
Danny McNamara Richard McNamara Steve Firth Mike Heaton Mickey Dale
Studio albums	The Good Will Out Drawn from Memory If You've Never Been Out of Nothing This New Day Embrace Love Is a Basic Need How to Be a Person Like Other People
EPs	Fireworks One Big Family All You Good Good People The Abbey Road Sessions Refugees
DVDs	Fireworks: The Singles 1997–2002
Compilations	Fireworks: The Singles 1997–2002 Dry Kids: B-Sides 1997–2005
Singles	"All You Good Good People" "Come Back to What You Know" "My Weakness Is None of Your Business" "Wonder" "Make It Last" "Gravity" "Ashes" "Nature's Law" "World at Your Feet" "Target" "I Can't Come Down" "Refugees" "Follow You Home"
Related articles	Discography

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