verse-chorus-verse-chorus-type song, and struggled with it and got no pleasure from it whatsoever." The album's recording took place in a variety of locations, including Grouse Lodge Studios in Ireland; RAK Studios, Sarm Studios, Studio 45, The Premises, The Strong Room in London; Studio Barxeta in Valencia, Spain; Sunset Sound in Los Angeles; The Old Police Station as well as Cava Sound in Glasgow and Toy Room Studios in Brighton. Singles "Scream (Funk My Life Up)" was released as the album's lead single on 28 January 2014. A music video, directed by Nez, was released on YouTube on 10 March 2014 and a physical single released on 30 March 2014. The song peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart and number 5 in Scotland. The song has also charted in Belgium and Switzerland. Initially a non-charting single in the Netherlands, the song Iron Sky was revived by radio station 3FM in early 2015 following the Paris shootings at the Charlie Hebdo offices on 7 January 2015. It was rush re-released as a single and only a week later reached number 15 in 3FM's Mega Top 50 chart. Critical reception Caustic Love received positive reviews from music critics, holding a score of 79/100 on Metacritic, indicating, "generally favourable reviews". In a very positive review, The Independent called the album an "unqualified success", later going on to say it may be "the best UK R&B album since the 1970s blue-eyed-soul heyday of Rod Stewart and Joe Cocker." Chart performance Caustic Love debuted at number one on the Irish Albums Chart, outselling the same week's number 2, The Vamps' Meet the Vamps, by five copies to one. In the United Kingdom, as of 20 April 2014, the album had sold 109,000 copies therefore, making it the fastest selling album of the year, beating Sam Bailey's The Power of Love, which sold 72,644 copies in its debut week. The album held on to the top spot of the UK charts for a second week, bringing its total sales up to 162,000 copies. The album would go on to spend a third week at number one, bringing its sales to 198,000 copies. Track listing All tracks are produced by Paolo Nutini and Dan Castelar, unless noted otherwise. Notes "Let Me Down Easy" contains a sample of "Let Me Down Easy" by Bettye LaVette. "Bus Talk [Interlude]" contains a sample of "Stop! In the Name