Duck (album)

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Duck
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Studio album by
Released26 July 2019 (2019-07-26)
Genre Pop Rock
Length40:50
Label Polydor
Producer
Kaiser Chiefs chronology
Stay Together
(2016)
Duck
(2019)
Kaiser Chiefs' Easy Eighth Album
(2024)
Singles from Duck
  1. "Record Collection"
    Released: 23 May 2019
  2. "People Know How to Love One Another"
    Released: 6 June 2019
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Metacritic 61/100 [1]
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Duck is the seventh studio album by English indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs, released on 26 July 2019. It is the follow-up to their 2016 album, Stay Together . [10] It was preceded by the lead single "Record Collection". [10] The album was promoted by a concert at Elland Road on 8 June 2019 to commemorate 100 years of Leeds United F.C. [11]

Contents

Background

Frontman Ricky Wilson said that the lead single "Record Collection" is "about the internet and frustration with the internet, about how it rules our lives but we don't really understand what it is and how we just click accept". [12] The song is not to be confused with the title track of Record Collection by Mark Ronson, which was co-written by former Kaiser Chiefs member Nick Hodgson and subsequently covered by the band on triple j's Like a Version segment. The song entered iTunes Charts peaking at number 61 in Spain and 62 in Brazil. [13]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."People Know How to Love One Another"Baines, Mistry, Rix, White, Wilson3:36
2."Golden Oldies"Baines, Mistry, Rix, White, Wilson, Ben H. Allen III4:03
3."Wait"Baines, Mistry, Rix, White, Wilson3:50
4."Target Market"Baines, Mistry, Rix, White, Wilson, Allen III4:24
5."Don't Just Stand There, Do Something"Baines, Mistry, Rix, White, Wilson, Iain Archer2:52
6."Record Collection"Baines, Mistry, Rix, White, Wilson, Emelie Eriksson, Marcus Holmberg, Allen III4:17
7."The Only Ones"Baines, Mistry, Rix, White, Wilson, Eriksson, Gregg Alexander3:50
8."Lucky Shirt"Baines, Mistry, Rix, White, Wilson, Archer3:47
9."Electric Heart"Baines, Mistry, Rix, White, Wilson, Dee Adam3:09
10."Northern Holiday"Baines, Mistry, Rix, White, Wilson3:36
11."Kurt vs. Frasier (The Battle for Seattle)"Baines, Mistry, Rix, White, Wilson3:26
Total length:40:50

Charts

Chart performance for Duck
Chart (2019)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [14] 90
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [15] 152
Scottish Albums (OCC) [16] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [17] 40
UK Albums (OCC) [18] 3

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