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''English Rain'' is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter Gabrielle Aplin. It was released on 13 May 2013 and serves as the follow-up to her 2012 extended play, ''Home''. It serves as her first release with a major record label, and was released with Parlophone. ''English Rain'' debuted at number 2 in the UK Albums Chart, selling over 35,000 copies. It has since been certified gold in the UK for selling 100,000 copies. ==Background== On 29 February 2012, Aplin announced that she had signed to Parlophone and began recording her debut album in March 2012. Aplin was confirmed as the soundtrack to the John Lewis 2012 Christmas television advertisement, covering Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "The Power of Love". In an interview, she said "I was worried people might hate me because they were so attached to the original single. But I've since been in touch with Holly Johnson, and he said some lovely things about my take on his song." On 12 December 2012, Aplin announced that the title of her debut album would be ''English Rain''. In addition, she also unveiled its artwork and release date of 29 April 2013; however, the release date was pushed back by two weeks to 13 May. On 12 March 2013 Aplin released previews of the songs that would appear on the standard edition of ''English Rain''. Aplin also worked with record producer Mike Spencer. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「English Rain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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