Familial (album)

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Familial
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Studio album by
Philip Selway
Released30 August 2010
Recorded2001 (2001)–2010 (2010)
Genre Folk rock [1]
Length32:43
Label
Producer Ian Davenport
Philip Selway chronology
Familial
(2010)		 Running Blind
(2011)

Familial is the debut solo studio album by the English musician Philip Selway, best known as the drummer of the rock band Radiohead. It was released on 30 August 2010 in the United Kingdom and received mainly positive reviews.

Contents

Music

Familial contains ten tracks written by Selway, with contributions from various musicians. [2] [3] Selway performed acoustic guitar and vocals; Pitchfork described the album as a collection of "hushed folk songs" in the tradition of the English singer-songwriter Nick Drake. [4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 66/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
BBC Favourable [7]
BlareStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Drowned in Sound 5/10 [9]
One Thirty BPM 68% [10]
Pitchfork 4.9/10 [11]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Familial has a score of 66, based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. [5]

Andy Kellman of AllMusic complimented the album's lyrics saying they "soothed rather than seethed" and wrote that "subtle, touching albums like this should be made more often". [6] A mixed review from Pitchfork described Familial as a "modest, mannered record that prizes directness, simplicity and bittersweet sentiment above all, sometimes successfully, sometimes not". [11]

Track listing

Familial track listing
No.TitleLength
1."By Some Miracle"2:37
2."Beyond Reason"2:52
3."A Simple Life"3:14
4."All Eyes on You"2:31
5."The Ties That Bind Us"3:41
6."Patron Saint"3:27
7."Falling"3:13
8."Broken Promises"3:01
9."Don't Look Down"5:03
10."The Witching Hour"2:54
Total length:32:33
iTunes and Japan bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Running Blind"4:13
12."What Goes Around" (demo) 

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Vozick-Levinson, Simon (20 July 2010). "Radiohead drummer Philip Selway preps a surprising solo debut: The Music Mix Q&A". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Radiohead drummer Phil Selway reveals solo album details". NME . Retrieved 22 June 2010.
  3. ↑ "Radiohead drummer announces details of debut solo album". The Independent . Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  4. ↑ Dombal, Ryan (26 July 2010). "Radiohead's Selway talks new solo LP, does not talk new Radiohead LP". Pitchfork . Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Familial at Metacritic" Metacritic. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  6. 1 2 Familial at AllMusic
  7. ↑ Wallace, Wyndham. "BBC - Music - Review of Phil Selway - Familial". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "REVIEW: Philip Selway – "Familial" | BLARE". Blaremagazine.com. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "Album Review: Phil Selway - Familial". Drownedinsound.com. 30 August 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  10. ↑ One Thirty BPM review Archived 2012-07-14 at archive.today
  11. 1 2 Pytlik, Mark. "Philip Selway: Familial". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
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