Balance (Lucy Spraggan album)

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Balance
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Studio album by
Released11 August 2023 (2023-08-11)
Genre Pop [1]
Length44:52
Label CTRL Records
Producer
  • Aron Bicskey
  • Philip Magee
  • Frank Colucci
  • Sam Preston
Lucy Spraggan chronology
Choices
(2021)
Balance
(2023)
Singles from Balance
  1. "Everything Changes (Beer Fear, Pt. II)"
    Released: 26 August 2022
  2. "Balance"
    Released: 7 December 2022
  3. "OCD"
    Released: 3 March 2023
  4. "Bodies"
    Released: 19 April 2023
  5. "Empire"
    Released: 14 June 2023

Balance is the seventh studio album by British singer-songwriter Lucy Spraggan. The album was released on 11 August 2023 through her own label, CTRL Records. [2]

Contents

Track listing

Balance track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Everything Changes (Beer Fear, Pt. II)"
  • Lucy Spraggan
  • Sam Preston
  • Philip Magee
  • Frank Colucci
2:58
2."OCD"
  • Spraggan
  • Aron Bicskey
  • Bicskey
  • Magee
3:28
3."Balance"
  • Spraggan
  • Bicskey
  • Magee
3:34
4."Bodies"
  • Spraggan
  • Joe Hammill
  • Magee
3:04
5."Seasick"
  • Joe Dunwell
  • Dave Dunwell
  • Magee
3:02
6."Not Another Travelling Song"
  • Spraggan
  • Cian McSweeney
  • Magee
  • Stephen Garrigan
  • Magee
3:25
7."California"
  • Spraggan
  • Hammill
  • Magee
3:14
8."Cocaine"
  • Spraggan
  • Joe Dunwell
  • Dave Dunwell
  • Magee
3:07
9."Hope For the Best"
  • Spraggan
  • Bicskey
  • Magee
2:48
10."Caroline"
  • Spraggan
  • Hammill
  • Bicskey
  • Magee
3:44
11."Underdog"
  • Spraggan
  • Joe Dunwell
  • Dave Dunwell
  • Magee
3:26
12."Empire"
  • Spraggan
  • Joe Dunwell
  • Dave Dunwell
  • Magee
3:05
13."Manchester"
  • Spraggan
  • Preston
  • Magee
2:48
14."Cost of Living"
  • Spraggan
  • Preston
  • Magee
  • Preston
3:09

Charts

Chart performance for Balance
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [3] 8
UK Albums (OCC) [4] 24
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [5] 3

Release history

Release dates and formats for Balance
RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
Various11 August 2023Ctrl Records [6] [7] [8]

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