Customer Reviews
'Quite A Revelation!' - By: Antony May, 21 Jun 2008 
Until the day I first heard their 'Gravity' single, I must admit that Embrace's music had failed to make any lasting impression upon me. Such was the quality of 'Gravity' however, I decided to give this album a try & I'm glad I did. While it turns out that 'Gravity' was actuallly written by Chris Martin & cohorts from Coldplay, songs like the anthemic balllad 'A Glorious Day' (my favourite track bar 'Gravity'), the wistfully sung 'Someday', rousing yet tender 'Ashes' & melodic 'Looking As You Are' prove that the band are more than capable of coming up with high quality songs of their own. 'Out Of Nothing' hangs together very well as an album listen (always a big plus with me) & has its share of light & shade along the way. While most of the songs have a commercial edge to them & great choruses, things do get decidedly more experimental towards the end of the album & 'Near Life' & the title track have a dreamy, quality about them (works less well in the title track's case, for me the weakest track on show here). If you like Coldplay and/or Radiohead ('Out Of Nothing' is very 'Street Spirit' at the beginning) you will like this record. Impressive.
An amazing, touching, they've-been-where-I've-been, stunner of an album - By: R G Swale, 14 Feb 2008 
Out of Nothing is an album of beautiful balance. Years in the making, with a new producer who seems to have breathed new life into the band, with a hit single from Coldplay's songwriter, & with at least one heavy break-up weighing heavily on Danny McNamara's mind, Out of Nothing is an album to listen to over & over again.
In Ashes - the amazing, banging 'I don't need you' crowd favourite - & Gravity - the beautiful Chris Martin penned love song - it has two singles as good as anything Embrace have ever released. In some ways, they are both toned down Embrace - there's very little in terms of strings, for instance - but the lyrical poise, & the endearing openness make for something very unique these days: not one, but two massively infectious singles.
Throughout the beautiful Looking As You Are (perhaps the highlight of the album) & middle-of-the-album stalwarts Keeping & Spell It Out, I got a real they've-been-where-I've-been feeling, which made this album amongst my favourite ever. And that, perhaps, is where Embrace reallly lie. The lyrics - both in terms of the emotional torment & the ever-lasting optimism - mean an awful lot to an awful lot of people. These people will forever be Embrace fans, & it's probable that many more will be added as time goes by.
now you're nobody - By: C. Farmer, 09 Nov 2007 
After the brilliance of 'the good will out' i thought it was a matter of time before embrace conquered the indie world. Sadly they have steadily deteriorated to become laughing stocks. 'Out of nothing' is rubbish. With gems like 'now you're nobody' & 'fireworks' in the back catalogue it confounds me as to how it has come to this. Guys, hang up your boots, it's over.
One long, tuneless dirge! - By: D. Wright, 24 Sep 2007 
I listened to this again very closely the other day & I can't believe how bad it actuallly is. Gravity is great, Ashes & A Glorious Day are good, but the rest is one long, samey tuneless & totallly forgettable dirge. All the songs are slow, unmemorable & overproduced. The follow up album is probably even worse with only two decent tracks - Nature's Law & Target.
Some people have reallly gone over the top with this band & album - 'best band & album of alll time, etc, etc.'
Well if it's that great why are they now virtuallly giving it away?
Very disappointing - By: Sally, 14 Sep 2007 I have to say after hearing "Gravity" & "Ashes" on the radio I was very much looking forward to hearing this album after many great reviews. But I think it is probably one of the worst purchase I have made. The two songs I have mentioned are probably the only highlights of the album with everything else being pretty much forgettable as it alll sounds the same. Disappointing as I expected more.
