Zero 7 were formed in 1997 by producers Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker. In 2001 their debut album Simple Things was released selling over a million copies to date and was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. Follow up, When It Falls was a Top 10 album, peaking at no.4 in the UK album chart & US Billboard Dance/Electronic chart 3
Their third album The Garden was released in 2006 it also peak at no 4 in the UK album chart spending 7 weeks in total there. To date it has sold over 125k copies. In the USA, it entered the Billboard Dance/Electronic chart at #2 and stayed in the Top 20 for 5 weeks. Singles taken from the album include Futures featuring José González, Throw It All Away and You’re My Flame both featuring Sia.
This 2 x cd special edition of the album mirrors the now unavailable original CD plus extra disc of 11 tracks. Some of the 2nd disc tracks are exclusives, including instrumental track Carolina & live session tracks You’re My Flame, The Pageant of the Bizarre (with Sia guesting on vocals) & Crosses (with José González). Thistles was a B side from the Throw It All Away release also featuring Sia. For the other extra tracks including another Sia track – Dreaming, this is the 1st time they have been made available on a physical format. The Garden is another timelessly classic album from a seminal electronic band and an essential soundtrack to any laidback listening.