So Sad (Fade)
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| type = single
| artist = Love Amongst Ruin
| album = Love Amongst Ruin
| B-side = Love Song
| released = 30 August 2010
| recorded = Moles Studios
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| genre = Alternative rock, hard rock
| length = 3:07
| label = Ancient B Records
| writer = Steve Hewitt
| producer = Donald Ross Skinner, Steve Hewitt, Paul Corkett
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"So Sad (Fade)" is the debut single by British rock band Love Amongst Ruin. The single was released on 30 August 2010 on Ancient B Records.{{Cite web |url=http://www.aaamusic.co.uk/2010/08/28/love-amongst-ruin-so-sad-fade/ |title=Love Amongst Ruin – So Sad (fade) |date=28 August 2010 |access-date=24 April 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003ZDNXBM |title=So Sad (Fade): Amazon.co.uk: Music |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |date= |accessdate=24 April 2014}}
Reception
The single received generally positive reviews. AAA Music described the song as "an angry tune boosting a QOTSA sound alike intro, made of sharp guitars", while ATTN:Magazine said "all in all this is a promising start, and vocalist Steve Hewitt has done well to avoid sounding too much like Placebo."{{Cite web |url=http://www.attnmagazine.co.uk/music/2867 |title=ATTN:Magazine » Review: Love Amongst Ruin – So Sad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202042700/http://www.attnmagazine.co.uk/music/2867 |archive-date=2 February 2011 |url-status=dead |accessdate=11 January 2019}} God Is in the TV gave the single 3/5.{{Cite web |url=http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/content/content_detail.php?id=4730&type=Singles |title=God Is In The TV – Love Amongst Ruin – So Sad (Fade) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109211049/http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/content/content_detail.php?id=4730&type=Singles |archive-date=9 January 2011 |url-status=dead |accessdate=11 January 2019}}
Track listings
CD single
- "So Sad (Fade)"
- "Love Song"
- "So Sad (Fade) (Murdered by Killers #2)"
7"
- "So Sad (Fade)"
- "So Sad (Fade) (Murdered by Killers #2)"
7" (Limited Edition)
- "So Sad (Fade)"
- "Love Song"
Amazon exclusive
- "So Sad (Fade) (Acoustic)"
Credits
- Steve Hewitt – vocals, drums, bass, guitar, piano
- Jon Thorne – bass, guitar, Logic, string arrangements
- Nick Hewitt – guitar
- Donald Ross Skinner – guitar, bass, piano