In This Light and on This Evening

Smith's home city of London dominates the album, both lyrically and musically. He said: "'I actually think it's in every song. In the right time and place, in the right light and on the right evening, something you have seen 1,000 times before can still take your breath away whilst the background of electronic whirrs and hums that run under many of the tracks mimic the constant background noise of the city."{{cite web|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=17299 |title=In This Light And on This Evening Songfacts |publisher=Songfacts.com |date=20 September 2009 |access-date=22 May 2012}}

{{Music ratings

|MC = 59/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/in-this-light-on-this-evening/editors/critic-reviews |title=Editors - In This Light and on This Evening |access-date=25 March 2010 |publisher=Metacritic}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1660939|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review], AllMusic

| rev2 = Drowned in Sound

| rev2Score = 7/10{{cite web |last=Gourlay |first=Dom |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14726/reviews/4138092 |title=Drowned in Sound review |work=Drowned in Sound |date=12 October 2009 |access-date=22 May 2012 |archive-date=4 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004235154/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14726/reviews/4138092 |url-status=dead }}

| rev3 = The Guardian

| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|author=Dave Simpson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/oct/09/editors-in-this-light-and-on-this-evening-review |title=The Guardian |access-date=22 May 2012 |location=London |date=9 October 2009}}

| rev4 = The Independent

| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite news|author=Andy Gill |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-editors-in-this-light-and-on-this-evening-columbia-1799653.html |title=The Independent review |work=The Independent |date=9 October 2009 |access-date=22 May 2012 |location=London}}

| rev5 = NME

| rev5Score = 5/10{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/editors/10884 |title=NME review |work=NME |date=9 October 2009 |access-date=22 May 2012}}

| rev6 = Observer Music Monthly

| rev6Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/06/editors-in-this-light-evening-review |title=Observer Music Monthly review |work=The Guardian |access-date=22 May 2012 |location=London |date=6 September 2009}}

| rev7 = Pitchfork

| rev7Score = 3.7/10{{cite web|url=https://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13597-in-this-light-and-on-this-evening/ |title=Editors: In This Light and on This Evening | Album Reviews |work=Pitchfork|date=4 January 2010 |access-date=24 February 2012}}

| rev8 = Slant Magazine

| rev8Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/editors-in-this-light-and-on-this-evening/1979 |title=Slant Magazine review |publisher=Slantmagazine.com |access-date=22 May 2012}}

| rev9 = Spin

| rev9Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Modell |first=Josh |url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/editors-light-and-evening-fader |title=SPIN Magazine review |work=Spin|date=11 January 2010 |access-date=22 May 2012}}

| rev10 = The Times

| rev10Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article6864440.ece |title=The Times review |work=The Times |date=13 May 2012 |access-date=22 May 2012}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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The album was met with mixed reviews. On the review aggregator site Metacritic, the album got a score of 59/100, indicating "mixed or average reviews", based on 25 reviews from mainstream critics.

All tracks written by Edward Lay, Russell Leetch, Tom Smith, and Chris Urbanowicz.

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| title1 = In This Light and on This Evening

| length1 = 4:21

| title2 = Bricks and Mortar

| length2 = 6:21

| title3 = Papillon

| length3 = 5:24

| title4 = You Don't Know Love

| length4 = 4:39

| title5 = The Big Exit

| length5 = 4:44

| title6 = The Boxer

| length6 = 4:40

| title7 = Like Treasure

| length7 = 4:52

| title8 = Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool

| length8 = 4:53

| title9 = Walk the Fleet Road

| length9 = 3:47

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{{Track listing

| headline = Amazon MP3 bonus track{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B002RO0NOK/ |title=In This Light And on This Evening (Deluxe Version): Editors: Amazon.de: MP3-Downloads |publisher=Amazon.de |access-date=24 February 2012}}

| title10 = You Don't Know Love

| note10 = demo version

| length10 = 4:04

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Japan edition bonus track{{cite web|url=https://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/3663451 |title=In This Light And on This Evening【CD】-Editors Release Country: Japan｜Britpop & Indie｜Rock & Pop｜Music｜HMV ONLINE Buy Music & Movie CD / DVD |publisher=Hmv.co.jp |access-date=24 February 2012}}

| title10 = These Streets Are Still Home to Me

| length10 = 3:18

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Cuttings II (CD2 deluxe edition) and iTunes pre-order bonus tracks{{cite web |title=iTunes pre-order offer|website = iTunes|url=https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPreorder?id=327137189&s=143444|date=24 August 2009 |access-date=28 August 2009}}

| title1 = This House Is Full of Noise

| length1 = 6:22

| title2 = I Want a Forest

| length2 = 3:59

| title3 = A Life as a Ghost

| length3 = 4:33

| title4 = Human

| length4 = 3:12

| title5 = For the Money

| length5 = 5:54

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Belgium edition bonus track (2010)

| title10 = No Sound But the Wind

| note10 = Live at Rock Werchter 2010

| length10 = 3:49

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Personnel adapted from album liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|title=In This Light and on This Evening|others=Editors|year=2009|type=album liner notes|publisher=Kitchenware Records / PIAS Recordings}}

• Tom Smith, Chris Urbanowicz, Russell Leetch, Edward Lay – band members
• Flood – production
• Ben Hillier – mixing, production
• Tim Young – mastering
• Cenzo Townshend, Rob Kirwan – mixing
• Darren Lawson – mixing assistant
• Liliane Lijn – cover art design
• Tom Hingston Studio – design and art direction

Following its release, the album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.everyhit.com |title=Search the UK Top 40 Hit Database |publisher=Everyhit.com |access-date=11 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217183242/http://www.everyhit.com/ |archive-date=17 February 2007}} Note: User needs to enter "Editors" for "Name of artist" and click "Search". It however had a very short chart life, only spending three weeks in the top 40 and five on the top 75, dropping from the top spot to No. 13 in its second week. This makes the album one of the shortest runners to reach number one, matching the five weeks by Little Angels "Jam" in 1993, an album which also dropped to No. 13 the week after.

In 2012 it was awarded a double gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 150,000 copies throughout Europe.{{Cite web|url=http://www.vut.de/index.php?id=42&tx_vutnews_pi1%5Barticle%5D=210&cHash=b7db7c5c120f55ac6c06cd370dbeec86|title = Aktuelles VUT: VUT - Verband unabhängiger Musikunternehmer*innen e. V.|website=Vut.de}}

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