Luminous

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Their fourth album, released in May 2014 worldwide. It was issued on CD in a digipack, digitally, on double vinyl and as a double deluxe vinyl edition.

2LP release

Cat. nbr.: XL Recordings – XLLP640

Track listing:

Side A

  1. Chasing Shadows
  2. First Day Of Spring

Side B

  1. So Now You Know
  2. In And Out Of Sight
  3. Jealous Sun

Side C

  1. Falling Star
  2. I See You

Side D

  1. Change Your Mind
  2. Mine And Yours
  3. Sleepwalk

Two different vinyl editions were released. This is the regular one which comes in a normal, non-gatefold, sleeve, has two white die-cut inner sleeves and a 12″x12″ sheet of paper with liner notes.

Pre-orders were signed by the band on the front sleeve, like the one in the photo above. As you can see, the singer really made an art out of it. Same for the other examples below.

Deluxe 2LP release

Cat. nbr.: XL Recordings – XLLP640X

Track listing:

Side A

  1. Chasing Shadows
  2. First Day Of Spring

Side B

  1. So Now You Know
  2. In And Out Of Sight
  3. Jealous Sun

Side C

  1. Falling Star
  2. I See You

Side D

  1. Change Your Mind
  2. Mine And Yours
  3. Sleepwalk

This is the deluxe vinyl edition. It has a gatefold sleeve, two printed inner sleeves plus a coupon to download the album as 192kbps mp3 files.

Pre-orders were signed by the band on the front sleeve, like the one in the photo above.

Independent Label Market 2LP release

Cat. nbr.: XL Recordings – XLLP640

Track listing:

Side A

  1. Chasing Shadows
  2. First Day Of Spring

Side B

  1. So Now You Know
  2. In And Out Of Sight
  3. Jealous Sun

Side C

  1. Falling Star
  2. I See You

Side D

  1. Change Your Mind
  2. Mine And Yours
  3. Sleepwalk

The album was re-released on vinyl on July the 12th 2014 in London for Independent Label Market as a limited edition of 50 copies, making this arguably the rarest commercially released Horrors item. It comes in a unique non-gatefold glow-in-the-dark sleeve with screen printed inner sleeves. Most, if not all, copies came in a tote bag with a similar design as this limited edition.

CD release

Cat. nbr.: XL Recordings – XLCD640

Track listing:

  1. Chasing Shadows
  2. First Day Of Spring
  3. So Now You Know
  4. In And Out Of Sight
  5. Jealous Sun
  6. Falling Star
  7. I See You
  8. Change Your Mind
  9. Mine And Yours
  10. Sleepwalk

The CD edition comes in a digipack. As with the vinyl editions, all pre-orders were signed by the band, like the one in the photo above.

Japanese CD release

Cat. nbr.: XL Recordings – XLCD640J

Track listing:

  1. Chasing Shadows
  2. First Day Of Spring
  3. So Now You Know
  4. In And Out Of Sight
  5. Jealous Sun
  6. Falling Star
  7. I See You
  8. Change Your Mind
  9. Mine And Yours
  10. Sleepwalk
  11. Phono
  12. Nocturne

This Japanese CD edition had two instrumental bonus tracks. The album was, surprisingly, released on April 30th in this country, so a week in advance of the UK release.

Digital release

Cat. nbr.: XL Recordings – unknown

Track listing:

  1. Chasing Shadows
  2. First Day Of Spring
  3. So Now You Know
  4. In And Out Of Sight
  5. Jealous Sun
  6. Falling Star
  7. I See You
  8. Change Your Mind
  9. Mine And Yours
  10. Sleepwalk

A digital release which can be purchased from most online digital music retailers.

Promotional CD release

Cat. nbr.: XL Recordings – none

Track listing:

  1. Chasing Shadows
  2. First Day Of Spring
  3. So Now You Know
  4. In And Out Of Sight
  5. Jealous Sun
  6. Falling Star
  7. I See You
  8. Change Your Mind
  9. Mine And Yours
  10. Sleepwalk

A promotional CD was released in the UK, and possible in other territories as well which comes in a cardboard sleeve.

Japanese Promotional CDr release

Cat. nbr.: XL Recordings – XLCD640J

Track listing:

  1. Chasing Shadows
  2. First Day Of Spring
  3. So Now You Know
  4. In And Out Of Sight
  5. Jealous Sun
  6. Falling Star
  7. I See You
  8. Change Your Mind
  9. Mine And Yours
  10. Sleepwalk
  11. Phono
  12. Nocturne

Japan had a nice promotional CDr which comes in a slim jewel case and without any artwork. It features the two bonus tracks from the commercial edition and the disc comes with a double-sided A4 press release in Japanese.

US Promotional CD release

Cat. nbr.: XL Recordings – XL CD 640

Track listing:

  1. Chasing Shadows
  2. First Day Of Spring
  3. So Now You Know
  4. In And Out Of Sight
  5. Jealous Sun
  6. Falling Star
  7. I See You
  8. Change Your Mind
  9. Mine And Yours
  10. Sleepwalk

This is a promotional CD which was distributed in the US. It is basically the regular commercial CD with a large black sticker applied on the back stating it is a promotional copy.

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