In January 2007, the band spent a week in Tutbury Castle recording

In January 2007, the band spent a week in Tutbury Castle recording vocals and finishing their new self-titled album The Wildhearts . The album was released on 23 April, preceded two weeks earlier by the download-only single “The Sweetest Song”. The album received favorable reviews in the British rock press, with the Sun newspaper giving it 5 out of 5 (“probably the rock album of the year”) and Rocksound magazine also giving it full marks (10 out of 10). The band performed in New York, and toured the UK in April and May.