''No Name Face'' is the debut studio album by American

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band Lifehouse. It was released on October 31, 2000, by

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and it produced the hit single "

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" which went on to be the most played song on radio the following year.Lamb, Bill
"Top 10 Pop Songs - Summer 2001"
, ''

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.'' Retrieved on 2009-6-24. This album launched Lifehouse into the limelight, and produced many radio-friendly hits. It has sold over four million copies worldwide, with 2,670,000 copies sold in the US alone. Lead singer and songwriter

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originally formed Lifehouse as a church rock band, and often performed for church worship services before signing to the commercial record label DreamWorks.

Reception

Critical reception

Liana Jonas of

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gave the album three out of five stars, noting how the "music aptly supports Wade's sonorous voice." She further commented on Wade's songwriting abilities by saying that Wade "is a lyrical wunderkind, writing words generally reserved for his older counterparts."

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compared Wade's voice on the album to

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, and

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formerly of

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and

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. They then commented on the musicality of the album by saying, "it's an intelligent musical formula sorely missed in much music of the early 21st century". John DiBiase of Jesus Freak Hideout gave the album three-and-a-half out of five stars, and called the album a "good mainstream album to check out from a band who seems to have a lot to offer which we're bound to see in the near future". Dave Urbanski from Today's Christian Music applauded the instrumentation on the album and also said that the band had "skillful musicianship, poetic insight, ndunflinching takes on faith".

Promotion

On August 7, 2001, DreamWorks Records announced that Lifehouse was preparing for their first headlining tour in support of ''No Name Face''. It was also announced that the opening acts would be The Calling and

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. When asked how the band approaches live performances in an interview with MTV Radio, Wade said, "On the record, there's a couple tracks that are more mellow, with acoustic guitars and stuff. But in our live show, we've been trying to keep it really up-tempo. It's gotten a lot rockier than on the record. We try to step it up with the guitars, getting them crunchier and picking the tempos up to draw the crowd in more. So the live show's a little more energetic than the record."

Track listing

Personnel

Produced by

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– vocals, guitars * Sergio Andrade – bass * Jon Palmer – drums

Additional personnel

– guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, engineer * Collin Hayden – electric guitar * Aaron Lord – viola * Marcus Barone – chamberlaine *

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– keyboards * John Leftwich – string bass *

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– bass * Jack Kelly – drums * Matt Laug – drums * Walter Rodriquez – tambourine *

Jude Cole Jude Anthony Cole (born June 18, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and talent manager from Carbon Cliff, Illinois. He began his career as part of Moon Martin's backing group the Ravens, and joined the English power pop ...

– background vocals * Kendall Payne – background vocals * Neal Averon – engineer * Jim Scott – engineer * Brendan O'Brien – mixing *

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– cover painting

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control Lifehouse (band) albums 2000 debut albums DreamWorks Records albums Albums produced by Ron Aniello Interscope Geffen A&M Records albums