Love & War (Daniel Merriweather album)


Love & War is the debut studio album by Australian recording artist Daniel Merriweather, the album was released on 1 June 2009, on Marlin Records/Universal, Allido/Columbia/RCA. The success of singles "Change" and "Red", both of which cracked the UK top ten was enough to propel the album to number two on the UK Albums Chart. The album was released on 23 February 2010 in the United States under J Records and Allido Records. It features string arrangements by David Campbell.

Singles

Love & War has generally received positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a score of 66, based on five reviews.

Track listing

  1. "For Your Money" – 4:53
  2. "Impossible" – 4:07
  3. "Change" – 3:21
  4. "Chainsaw" – 4:05
  5. "Cigarettes" – 3:24
  6. "Red" – 3:53
  7. "Could You" – 3:36
  8. "Not Giving Up" – 3:14
  9. "Getting Out" – 3:17
  10. "Water and a Flame" – 3:40
  11. "Live by Night" – 2:53
  12. "Giving Everything Away for Free" – 3:30
  13. "The Children" – 3:29
  14. "You Don't Know What Love Is" originally by The White Stripes – 4:13
  15. "I Think I'm in Love"
  16. "Cigarettes"

    Charts and sales

The album debuted at #2 on the UK Albums Chart selling 43,000 copies in its first week and was the third highest first week sales for a debut album in 2009 at the time. The album was certified Platinum in the United Kingdom after selling 300,000 copies.
Chart Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart32
Australian Urban Albums Chart6
Austrian Albums Chart28
Danish Albums Chart12
Dutch Albums Chart59
German Albums Chart34
Greek Albums Chart41
Irish Albums Chart15
Swiss Albums Chart8
UK Albums Chart2
US Billboard Heatseekers Albums7

Certifications