Forced Witness

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Forced Witness
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Studio album by
Released8 September 2017
Genre
Length41:00
Label Secretly Canadian
Producer Alex Cameron, Jonathan Rado
Alex Cameron chronology
Jumping the Shark
(2013)
Forced Witness
(2017)
Miami Memory
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.1/10 [3]
Metacritic 69/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Exclaim! 6/10 [6]
FLOOD Magazine9/10 [7]
The Line of Best Fit 7.5/10 [1]
Loud and Quiet 9/10 [8]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [9]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Tiny Mix Tapes 3/5 [12]
Uncut 8/10 [13]

Forced Witness is the second studio album by Australian musician Alex Cameron. It was released by record label Secretly Canadian on 8 September 2017, and includes songs featuring Brandon Flowers and Angel Olsen. [9] [5] The album is defined by Cameron's characteristic 1980s instrumentation and first-person storytelling. [6] It received moderately positive reviews from critics. [4]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Candy May"4:08
2."Country Figs"4:11
3."Runnin' Outta Luck" (featuring Brandon Flowers)3:51
4."Stranger's Kiss" (featuring Angel Olsen)4:01
5."True Lies"3:52
6."Studmuffin96"3:15
7."The Chihuahua"4:06
8."The Hacienda"4:31
9."Marlon Brando"4:44
10."Politics of Love"4:31
Total length:41:00

Personnel

Performance

Production

Design

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