Freya Ridings (album)

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Freya Ridings
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Studio album by
Released19 July 2019 (2019-07-19)
Length41:52
Label
Producer
Freya Ridings chronology
You Mean the World to Me
(2019)
Freya Ridings
(2019)
Blood Orange
(2023)
Singles from Freya Ridings
  1. "Blackout"
    Released: 5 May 2017
  2. "Lost Without You"
    Released: 3 November 2017
  3. "Ultraviolet"
    Released: 15 June 2018
  4. "You Mean the World to Me"
    Released: 1 March 2019
  5. "Castles"
    Released: 30 May 2019
  6. "Love Is Fire"
    Released: 29 November 2019

Freya Ridings is the debut album by English singer-songwriter Freya Ridings, released on 19 July 2019 through Good Soldier Songs and AWAL. [1] It includes the singles "Lost Without You", which reached the UK top ten, as well as the lead single "Blackout", "Ultraviolet", "You Mean the World to Me" and "Castles". [1] It was also supported by the promotional single "Unconditional". It was named one of nine albums to look forward to in 2019 by Smooth Radio. [2] The album debuted inside the top 3 in the UK and Scotland's official charts, and has charted in countries like Germany and Ireland.

Contents

Background

Ridings stated that because the album was written over "such a long period of time", its "universal theme" is "loneliness", as she was "isolated" growing up and would play music on her school's pianos at lunchtime and "tell the kind of stories you would tell to a friend to the piano". [3]

Commercial performance

Freya Ridings debuted on the UK Albums Chart at number three, with sales of 14,779 units. [4]

Track listing

Adapted from iTunes. [1]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Poison" Freya Ridings
4:05
2."Lost Without You"RidingsGreen3:45
3."Castles"
3:31
4."You Mean the World to Me"
  • Ridings
  • Kieron McIntosh
Greg Kurstin 3:12
5."Love Is Fire"
3:31
6."Holy Water"
  • Green
  • Willetts
  • Gilbert
3:43
7."Blackout"
  • Ridings
  • Ollie Green
  • Green
  • Gilbert
2:54
8."Ultraviolet"
Fitton3:35
9."Still Have You"
  • Braide
  • Green
  • Gilbert
3:53
10."Unconditional"Ridings
  • Green
  • Gilbert
3:17
11."Elephant"
  • Ridings
  • Fitton
  • Fitton
  • Green
  • Gilbert
3:14
12."Wishbone"
  • Ridings
  • Jonathan Wright
Willetts3:12
Total length:41:52

Charts

Chart performance for Freya Ridings
Chart (2019)Peak
position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA) [5] 19
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [6] 49
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7] 27
Irish Albums (IRMA) [8] 18
Scottish Albums (OCC) [9] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [10] 19
UK Albums (OCC) [11] 3
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [12] 16

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [13] Gold100,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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