Amo (Bring Me the Horizon album)

All tracks are written by Oliver Sykes, Lee Malia, Jordan Fish, Matthew Kean, and Matthew Nicholls, except where noted. "Nihilist Blues" co-written by Amy Lee, Terry Balsamo, Tim McCord, and William Hunt

Amo
Digital cover
Studio album by Bring Me the Horizon
Released	25 January 2019
Studio	Sphere and MDDN Studios [1] Los Angeles, US The Cinnamons [1] Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Genre	Pop rock electronic rock electropop alternative rock hard rock pop metal
Length	51:54
Label	Sony RCA
Producer	Oli Sykes Jordan Fish
Bring Me the Horizon chronology
Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2016) Amo (2019) Music to Listen To... (2019)
Singles from Amo
"Mantra" Released: 21 August 2018 "Wonderful Life" Released: 21 October 2018 "Medicine" Released: 3 January 2019 "Mother Tongue" Released: 22 January 2019 "Nihilist Blues" Released: 24 January 2019 "Sugar Honey Ice & Tea" Released: 26 July 2019 "In the Dark" Released: 21 October 2019

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Apologise If You Feel Something"	2:19
2.	"Mantra"	3:53
3.	"Nihilist Blues" (featuring Grimes)	5:25
4.	"In the Dark"	4:31
5.	"Wonderful Life" (featuring Dani Filth)	4:34
6.	"Ouch"	1:49
7.	"Medicine"	3:47
8.	"Sugar Honey Ice & Tea"	4:21
9.	"Why You Gotta Kick Me When I'm Down?"	4:28
10.	"Fresh Bruises"	3:18
11.	"Mother Tongue"	3:37
12.	"Heavy Metal" (featuring Rahzel)	4:00
13.	"I Don't Know What to Say"	5:52
Total length:		51:54

Japanese tour edition bonus tracks ^[46]

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Throne" (originally appears on That's the Spirit )	3:11
15.	"Happy Song" (originally appears on That's the Spirit)	3:59
16.	"Drown" (originally appears on That's the Spirit)	3:42
17.	"Avalanche" (originally appears on That's the Spirit)	4:22
18.	"Shadow Moses" (originally appears on Sempiternal )	4:03
19.	"Sleepwalking" (originally appears on Sempiternal)	3:50
20.	"Can You Feel My Heart" (originally appears on Sempiternal)	3:47
Total length:		77:28

Notes

• All track titles are stylised in lowercase except for "Mantra", which is stylised in all caps.
• Track 6 is mislabeled as "Ounch" on vinyl releases.

Personnel

Credits retrieved from AllMusic. ^[28]

Bring Me the Horizon [28] Oli Sykes – lead vocals, production Lee Malia – guitars Jordan Fish – keyboards, programming, percussion, backing vocals, production, engineering Matt Kean – bass Matt Nicholls – drums Additional musicians Grimes – guest vocals on track 3 Alissic – guest vocals on track 4 Dani Filth – guest vocals on track 5 Rahzel – guest vocals and beatboxing on track 12 Choir Noir – additional vocals [47] Parallax Orchestra – orchestra

Additional personnel Romesh Dodangoda – engineering Dan Lancaster – mixing Ted Jensen – mastering Alejandro Baima, Francesco Cameli, Nick Mills and Daniel Morris – engineering assistance Rhys May – mixing engineering Matt Ash and Craig Jennings – art Darren Oorloff – design Pretty Puke – photography

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Amo Chart (2019) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) [48] 1 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [49] 5 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [50] 2 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [51] 22 Canadian Albums (Billboard) [52] 12 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [53] 6 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [54] 12 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [55] 7 French Albums (SNEP) [56] 49 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [57] 3 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [58] 26 Irish Albums (IRMA) [59] 15 Italian Albums (FIMI) [60] 20 Japanese Albums (Oricon) [61] 28 Lithuanian Albums (AGATA) [62] 29 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [63] 9 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [64] 19 Polish Albums (ZPAV) [65] 17 Portuguese Albums (AFP) [66] 8 Scottish Albums (OCC) [67] 1 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [68] 19 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [69] 16 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [70] 6 UK Albums (OCC) [71] 1 UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [72] 1 US Billboard 200 [73] 14 US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [74] 2 US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [75] 2 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [76] 3

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Amo Chart (2019) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) [77] 75 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [78] 147 UK Albums (OCC) [79] 79 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [80] 99 US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [81] 41

Certifications

Certifications for Amo

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV) [82]	Gold	10,000‡
Russia (NFPF) [83]	Gold	5,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [84]	Gold	100,000‡
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Notes

1. Sykes stated in an NME interview: "Obviously 'Amo' is Portuguese for 'I love', obviously there's the 'ammunition' part and then in European Portuguese it means 'master'. It sounds happy, but there are all these hidden meanings that make it more complex." ^[9]

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External links

• Amo at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)