As I Try Not to Fall Apart

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As I Try Not to Fall Apart
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Studio album by
Released18 February 2022 (2022-02-18)
Length47:28
Label PIAS
Producer
White Lies chronology
Five
(2019)
As I Try Not to Fall Apart
(2022)
Singles from As I Try Not to Fall Apart
  1. "As I Try Not to Fall Apart"
    Released: 27 September 2021
  2. "I Don't Want to Go to Mars"
    Released: 1 December 2021
  3. "Am I Really Going to Die"
    Released: 17 January 2022
  4. "Blue Drift"
    Released: 14 February 2022
  5. "Trouble In America"
    Released: 14 September 2022
  6. "Breakdown Days"
    Released: 13 October 2022
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 68/100 [1]
Review scores
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As I Try Not to Fall Apart is the sixth studio album by British post-punk band White Lies. The album was released on 18 February 2022 through PIAS. The Bonus Edition of the album was released on 21 October 2022 and features 4 additional tracks.

Contents

The album had four singles released ahead of its release: the title track, "I Don't Want to Go to Mars", "Am I Really Going to Die", and "Blue Drift". Bonus Edition tracks "Trouble In America" and "Breakdown Days" were also later released as singles.

Track listing

As I Try Not to Fall Apart track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Am I Really Going to Die"4:47
2."As I Try Not to Fall Apart"4:58
3."Breathe"4:46
4."I Don't Want to Go to Mars"4:37
5."Step Outside"4:05
6."Roll December"6:44
7."Ragworm"4:32
8."Blue Drift"5:00
9."The End"3:54
10."There Is No Cure for It"4:05
Total length:47:28
Bonus Edition tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Trouble In America"3:36
12."Breakdown Days"3:38
13."What If We’re Bad Together"4:23
14."Staring At the Sun"4:55
Total length:62:08

Personnel

White Lies

Production

Charts

Chart performance for As I Try Not to Fall Apart
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] 45
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [8] 16
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [9] 69
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [10] 9
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11] 36
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [12] 43
Scottish Albums (OCC) [13] 6
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [14] 23
UK Albums (OCC) [15] 14
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [16] 3

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