Release
Echo Park was released in the United Kingdom on 23 April 2001. Before the album's release, the single "Seven Days in the Sun" reached #14 in the UK charts, which was the follow-up to "Buck Rogers" which reached #5. The album entered the UK album charts at the same position, before becoming their first gold album; they had been in danger of splitting up if the album didn't sell well. Grant said at the time in a Melody Maker interview, "It's the same with any band. That's just the way the music business is. There is only a certain amount of money a label will put into a band. I'm just being realistic. We've been around for seven or eight years and I am not planning on giving up, but we're putting everything into this record and I'm just hoping that people like it".
In July 2001 Echo released "Turn" as the third UK single to be taken directly from the album. The single reached #27 on the UK Singles Chart. It was the last UK single from the album, but "Just a Day", a b-side from "Seven Days in the Sun", was released in December of that year, and made #12 in the charts. "Piece By Piece" was released in Europe only shortly after "Turn". In August 2003, the album was later certified platinum after the commercial success of Comfort in Sound.
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