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15-550: Soulsavers (also known as The Soulsavers Soundsystem ) is an English-American production and remix team composed of Rich Machin and Ian Glover. The Soulsavers' downtempo electronica sound incorporates influences of rock, gospel, soul, and country. To date, the duo has released six albums: Tough Guys Don't Dance in 2003, It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land in 2007 (with Mark Lanegan and others), Broken in 2009 (again with Lanegan and guest vocalists), The Light

30-555: A band... Gahan has always sounded like a complex individual with Depeche Mode, but on this set, he sounds set free." Alan Corr of RTÉ.ie mentioned, "Now a well-preserved 53, Dave Gahan has travelled a long way from his '90s nickname “The Cat”. He earned that sobriquet for his talent for cheating death but these days he channels his classic rock'n'roll story into brooding songs of redemption and rebirth." Jon Dennis in his review for The Guardian observed, "Gone are Depeche Mode’s shiny synths of yore: Angels & Ghosts ’ default position

45-464: A mini-tour was organized in support of the new album (for the first time with Gahan), during which songs from The Light the Dead See were performed as well as some Depeche Mode and Gahan's solo material in the encore. Shortly after a series of concerts in support of the album Angels & Ghosts , Machin and Glover had released the album Kubrick consisting of completely instrumental eight tracks (for

60-455: A normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, it received an average score of 67, based on 12 reviews. On AnyDecentMusic? , which collates critical reviews from more than 50 media sources, the album scored 6.6 points out of 10. Kory Grow writing for the Rolling Stone stated, "The reason Angels & Ghosts works, though, is because Gahan and Soulsavers sound like

75-498: Is the fifth studio album by English electronica production duo Soulsavers , released on 23 October 2015 by Columbia Records . It is their second collaboration with Dave Gahan , the frontman of Depeche Mode , as guest vocalist and songwriter, this time released under the moniker Dave Gahan & Soulsavers. The cover photo was shot by Gahan's daughter Stella Rose. The album was released as digital download , as well as CD and vinyl through Columbia on 23 October 2015. In support of

90-547: The Lie to Me episode "Truth or Consequences", which aired on 5 October 2009. They supported Depeche Mode during the European leg of their Tour of the Universe in late 2009. In October to December 2009, Soulsavers supported Depeche Mode during a tour in support of their album Sounds of the Universe . The idea of collaboration between band members and Depeche Mode vocalist Dave Gahan

105-503: The Guerrilla News Network . Their song "Revival" was featured on the 22 November 2007 episode of Grey's Anatomy , titled " Crash into Me " part 1. The song was also featured on 10 December episode of Friday Night Lights , titled "Giving Tree". It is also featured in the snowboarding movie That's It, That's All . "Revival" also featured in the trailer of the 2011 film Machine Gun Preacher . "Kingdoms of Rain" featured in

120-426: The Dead See in 2012, Angels & Ghosts in 2015 and Imposter in 2021 (with Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode ). After a series of successful EP releases in 2000–2002, in 2003 they recorded their first studio album Tough Guys Don't Dance . The vocalist and co-author of three of the nine songs was Josh Haden —bassist and vocalist for Spain. The release was not successful either commercially or critically. After

135-662: The Holy Ghost . Soulsavers recorded an album in England and Lanegan completed his vocals in Los Angeles. On the next Broken album, released on 17 August 2009, Lanegan's vocals are featured in nine out of thirteen songs, and he co-authored eight songs. Other prominent musicians such as Mike Patton (of Faith No More , Mr. Bungle , Tomahawk and other projects), Jason Pierce (of Spiritualized and Spacemen 3 ), Richard Hawley , and Gibby Haynes (of Butthole Surfers ) also feature on

150-579: The album, a tour with a 10-piece band followed with six shows in the US and Europe in late October and early November. Pre-orders for the album started 11 September 2015. The lead single from the album titled "All of This and Nothing" was released digitally 11 September 2015. A lyric video for the song was released on VEVO 10 September 2015. The video for the second single "Shine" was premiered on 10 December 2015. Angels & Ghosts received generally favourable reviews from critics. On Metacritic , which assigns

165-527: The album. The non-album single "Sunrise", a song written by Lanegan and sung by Will Oldham , preceded the album release on 3 August 2009. The B-side is a cover of Palace Brothers ' "You Will Miss Me When I Burn", a song written by Oldham and sung by Lanegan, that is also featured on the Broken album. The pair have also worked as film score composers, such as on BattleGround: 21 Days on the Empire's Edge produced by

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180-466: The first time in the project's history). After that the collective suspended its activities. On 12 November 2021, Soulsavers released the album Imposter . Tough Guys Don%27t Dance (Soulsavers album) Tough Guys Don't Dance is the debut studio album by English-American production team Soulsavers . The album was released in the UK on 13 October 2003. Spain lead singer Josh Haden sings vocals on

195-591: The release of the EP Closer in 2004, the musicians were engaged in mixing tracks for other artists. In 2006, collaboration begins with American singer, musician and songwriter— Mark Lanegan . On the It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land album, his vocals are featured in eight of the eleven songs, and he is also featured as co-author of five songs. In addition, the album has a remake of Lanegan's song "Kingdoms of Rain", originally released on his 1994 album, Whiskey for

210-454: The songs "Love", "Down So Low" and "Precious Time". Haden's own song "Spiritual" would later be covered by Mark Lanegan and Soulsavers on the duo's next album It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land . The song "Closer" was also released on the band's Closer EP on 22 November 2004. This 2003 rock album–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Angels %26 Ghosts Angels & Ghosts

225-546: Was embodied in the 2012 album The Light the Dead See , consisting of ten songs and two instrumental tracks. Gahan wrote lyrics to all the songs on the album and performed lead vocals for them. In May 2013 Soulsavers started to work on material for their up-and-coming fifth studio album in collaboration with Gahan. The album was released in October 2015 under the name Angels & Ghosts and in its support two singles were released—"All of This and Nothing" and "Shine". In addition,

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