Stop All the World Now (2003) Howie Day

howie day adjusting pedals @ point in philadelphia, pa circa 2004.

after ep s release, day relocated london, england record australia s follow up, provisionally titled northern sky. album, become stop world now, recorded in london s famous olympic studios martin youth glover, bassist british band killing joke, previous production credits included verve s urban hymns, 1 of day s favorite albums.

while tracks on australia had featured session musicians, stop world saw day joined first time permanent backing band, consisting of multi-instrumentalist les hall, drummer laurie jenkins , ex-verve bassist simon jones. in addition, majority of album s songs co-written either better ezra frontman kevin griffin or jump little children s jay clifford.

a full band tour promote stop world began on september 27, 2003. due other commitments, simon jones unable tour group , replaced jeremy curtis. album released 1 week , 3 days later on october 7 tepid critical reactions. rolling stone s pat blashill referred stop not bad indistinct, popmatters devon powers noted though australia had been album 1 falls passionately, stop world album have crush on, not 1 fall deeply, complexly, , foolishly in love with. , crushes have way of disappearing suddenly, without trace.

sales of stop sluggish, began rise beginning in late 2004 single release of ballad collide , became popular radio hit , featured on tv shows such cold case, scrubs, grey s anatomy, bones, , 1 tree hill soundtracking promotional trailer 2005 film adaptation of jane austen s pride , prejudice. stop certified gold in 2005. fan favourite says , first released on 1998 s white ep, released follow-up collide.

boosted slow burning success of stop world now, epic released live from... ep on december 6, 2005. 7-track ep contains live renditions of songs australia , stop world cover of crowded house s don t dream s on . ep has not been reviewed, though allmusic referred release holiday market product, tepid , , directionless .